PIKEVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) – The Mayor of Bledsoe County says a bureaucratic change in how Tennessee is counting COVID-19 cases is bad for his community. Gregg Ridley says his county’s numbers jumped ...

A 19-year prison sentence ordered in 2015 for a Bledsoe County man has been reinstated after an appeals court reversed 2023 findings by a post-conviction court that a witness statement wasn't provided ...

The state announced Tuesday plans to more than double the size of Southeast Tennessee State Regional Correctional Facility in Pikeville (Bledsoe County), southeast of Nashville. The prison currently ...

Bledsoe County's new prison has its first escapee. Thomas Masengale took Bledsoe County deputies for a wild ride Monday morning. The sheriff says Masengale escaped from the jail after grabbing the ...