Signal Mountain, TN

Local news from Signal Mountain in Hamilton County, Tenn.

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A Signal Mountain man has died in a Tuesday morning motorcycle crash on Shoal Creek Road.

Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to contact Signal Mountain police at 423-886-2124.

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Walden officials this week put off approval of a proposed general site plan for a grocery store, and a lawsuit by citizens against the town related to the project is to go to mediation on Aug. 20. https://t.co/4rRBJJwctl

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The Signal Mountain Town Council plans to postpone making any decisions on the town manager's request for the removal of a monument to C.E. James, the town's founder and first mayor, and the renaming of James Park.

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A Signal Mountain pastor will take over as acting president of Liberty University, after the most recent controversy surrounding the former president, Jerry Falwell Jr.

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In some parts of Tennessee, including Hamilton County, the trend of new daily COVID-19 cases shows signs of improving, indicating that public health interventions such as public face mask mandates may be helping to slow the growth of some local outbreaks.
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UPDATE: A push to elect two new conservatives to the Hamilton County Schools board failed at the polls Thursday night, but voters handily reelected conservative Rhonda Thurman despite a challenge from a candidate backed by the teacher's union.

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UPDATE: With the help of his former boss, President Donald Trump, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Bill Hagerty has won the Republican primary for Tennessee's open U.S. Senate, The Associated Press is projecting.

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UPDATE: A push to elect two new conservatives to the Hamilton County Schools board failed at the polls Thursday night, but voters handily reelected conservative Rhonda Thurman despite a challenge from a candidate backed by the teacher's union.

https://t.co/KGHKgc0D7R

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A lifeguard at the Signal Mountain pool has tested positive for the coronavirus, and town officials have decided to close the facility for the remainder of the summer, according to a social media post.
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The Eagles won the Bear Invitational at the Cleveland Country Club by 15 strokes on Monday in one of the first local prep sports to be played since the TSSAA began allowing competition to return.

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“We’ve had this reputation [of racism] up here for as long as I’ve been alive,” said Signal Mountain Town Manager Boyd Veal, a third-generation resident. “It turns out [that reputation] was earned, and we need to do something to earn our way past it.”

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It's been a "roller coaster" for the owners of Shuford's Smokehouse since the restaurant faced a wave of social media harassment after it took a nearly $1,000 order to provide food during a rally in support of law enforcement.

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The body of a 27-year-old man from Signal Mountain who had been missing was found by a hiker in a wooded area Wednesday, according to Signal Mountain police. https://t.co/BoyQhuDC92

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Tennessee Tech women's basketball has added three-year Signal Mountain High School varsity star Olivia Koontz to its 2021 recruiting class.

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To raise money for his college fund, as well as aid those he saw eating out of garbage bins while living in Hawaii last year, 5-year-old Ryan Dehoney has started selling Christmas decorations.

Read more about his story here:

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Hunter is believed to have been wearing a black, lightweight jacket, a Pruett's t-shirt and a Pruett's ball cap with khaki Carhartt pants or jeans when last seen. He was also carrying a hard plastic brownish/green water bottle with an orange lid. https://t.co/JSwfLTU5eE

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The landowner claims the conservation group has caused damage to his property, while the group said the property owner is harassing the group and misrepresenting the scope of what it is responsible for.

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Signal Mountain Town Manager Boyd Veal said one of his goals was to maintain a stable fund balance as a safeguard due to the uncertainty associated with some revenues and the possibility of supply chain issues causing some expenditures to increase.

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The Signal Mountain Town Council is still considering whether it will open the pool in a limited capacity for lap swimming this summer.

Estimates for the cost of opening the pool will be presented at the council's special-called meeting.

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Hamilton County crews are battling a brush fire on the side of Signal Mountain, the Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security says. The W Road is temporarily closed by the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office.

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