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Lifestyles

October 6, 2026

One year, hundreds of stories and a County i’m proud to call home

Austin Dalton, Grainger County Journal One year. It is strange how two simple words can somehow hold so much. One year ago, I became part…

Grainger Now and Next – October

Survivors come together for evening of hope

Orange and White spirit takes over Blaine

When the past spoke again

Fall flavors, local finds return to Blaine market

Health

October 5, 2026

Breaking the Silence: Mental Illness Awareness Week calls for understanding, action

RUTLEDGE – Mental health struggles are not always visible. They may belong to the neighbor who waves every morning, the student sitting quietly in class,…

Fall Allergies are here: What Grainger County residents should know

Grainger Stride Tribe kicks off Walk Across Tennessee

Down Home Pharmacy offers help with new Medicare GLP-1 Bridge Program

988 Day highlights help available before a crisis

Men encouraged to recognize warning signs, prioritize preventive health

News

October 6, 2026

Jim Bakker, televangelist whose PTL empire rose and fell before a decades-long comeback, dies at 86

RUTLEDGE – Jim Bakker, the television evangelist who became one of the most recognizable faces of American Christianity alongside his former wife, Tammy Faye Bakker, before scandal, a federal fraud conviction and prison brought their multimillion-dollar religious empire crashing down, died Monday, October 5. He was 86. Bakker’s wife, Lori Bakker, announced his death in…

Rutledge High School Class of 1996 to celebrate 30 year reunion

Weekly Arrest Report

Pike remains unconscious days after failed Tennessee execution

Christa Pike remains in critical condition, on ventilator after failed Tennessee execution

Grainger County Commission October meeting moved

Entertainment

October 5, 2026

Dolly Parton celebration special to air live October 21

RUTLEDGE – Country music will come together this month to celebrate the life and legacy of Dolly Parton with a star-studded television special. “CMA Presents I Will Always Love You: A Celebration of Dolly Parton” will air live Wednesday, October 21, at 9 p.m. Eastern on ABC and Disney plus. The special will also be…