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MARYVILLE – The people of Blount County, Ala., have reason to believe that old saying that there’s never a cop around when you need one. That’s because if they look up their sheriff’s department in the phone book, they will get the number for the Blount County Sheriff’s Office all right, the one in Tennessee. More...

Hayden High School is one of four Blount County high schools in their second years of the state’s Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators and Students Statewide (ACCESS) distance learning program. More...

A brisk change of topics for Cleveland Town Council

No mention was made at the Aug. 18 Cleveland Town Council meeting of the possible sale of water and sewer operations. The three active council members and Mayor Larry Longshore had agreed Aug. 12 to pursue negotiations with Blount County Water Authority, action prompted by the council’s opinion that the municipality couldn’t financially afford to operate the systems. More...

Editorials
There’s enough hurt in this county, what with job losses, business failures, mortgage foreclosures (check the legal notices), healthcare insurance cancellations. If you aren’t experiencing one or the other, count yourself fortunate; you probably know those who are. More...
The Southern Democrat, August 24, 1939
Sheriff’s force kept on jump Sheriff Miller and his deputies were busy last week. On Wednesday they captured a car carrying ten gallons of liquor at Allgood and placed two men in jail charged with transporting liquor through Blount County. More...
Blount County is about to be changed from the home we know unless we act quickly and directly. More...
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL • WEEK ONE PREVIEW
The high school football season gets started this week with a couple of big in-county match-ups – one each on Thursday and Friday. More...
What began as an idea is now a reality. In February of this year, Celia Cheney Ellis sent to individual reunion organizers letters exploring interest in a decade-reunion of Oneonta High School classes 1960-1970. More...
Yes, I can!
Background Scripture: Deuteronomy 30. Devotional Reading: Joshua 24:14-24. More...
If there appears to be a disagreement among family members about information to appear in an obituary, The Blount Countian reserves the right to decline to publish any of it. More...
FREE HEALTH FAIR at St. Vincent’s Blount 8 a.m. to 12 noon Saturday, Aug. 29, at the hospital, 150 Gilbreath Drive just off Ala 75 in Oneonta. Free screenings include cholesterol, blood sugar (glucose), blood pressure, vision, and bone density. Refreshments and door prizes. See www.stvhs.com/blount. More...