Takahata Agrees to pay $2.5M in COVID relief case
Takahata Agrees to pay $2.5M in COVID relief case By Shane Gilreath SCN Contributing Editor [email protected] A Scott County manufacturing company with global ties has agreed to pay more than $2.5 million to resolve a federal case alleging misuse of COVID relief funds that were offered to small businesses during the pandemic. The Helenwood-based Takahata…
Read MoreCommunity Events
Scott County Farmers & Craft Market – held every Saturday beginning May 16 – September 26, 2026. Join us from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 600 Scott High Drive, Huntsville, rain or shine. Alumni Banquet – Fairview Elementary School, May 23, 2026, 5:00 PM- 7:00PM. Admission: $10.00. All former students of Norma High School…
Read MoreTaylor Named Director of Schools
Taylor Named Director of Schools By Shane Gilreath SCN Contributing Editor [email protected] In a 5-2 vote, the Scott County Board of Education selected Scott High Principal Marc Taylor as the county’s next Director of Schools last week. Taylor emerged from a field of six applicants, which was reduced to five after Fairview School Principal Scott…
Read MoreA New Chapter for SCN
A New Chapter for SCN Change is inevitable. Some have said it is the only constant in our lives. If that’s true, then perhaps it’s fitting that Scott County News – an institution that has chronicled change for more than a century –would embrace a little of its own. So, it’s time for us to…
Read MoreLetters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Publishers, and Radio Partners, I want to extend my sincere gratitude for your continued partnership in keeping Tennesseans informed. Your willingness to run my weekly column and air “Talkin’ the 12th” has provided an important platform to share updates on legislative issues, community priorities, and the work being done on behalf of the…
Read More95 Piccadilly
I’ve told this story before, but a decade or so ago, Rendy – a dear, lifelong friend of mine – called to say I was on television. That wouldn’t have been anything unusual in a former chapter of my life, but what she meant was the cast of Southern Charm. “Your kind of people,” she…
Read MoreThis Column Will Save Your Life
Let’s talk…What 103 Years Taught Me About a Mother’s Love This Mother’s Day, my mother will turn 103. That number alone invites questions. People want to know her secret—what she ate, how she lived, what she did “right.” But after all these years, I’ve come to understand something different. It wasn’t what she did. It…
Read MoreTammy Reminiscences
Well, I’m behind a few weeks and it seems we have a lot going on in the county. New restaurants, a new gas station with a convenience store that sells great pizza! I have been to big cities, but nowhere compares to home! Sure, we may have to take a little drive to get to…
Read MoreMax Edward Howard Jr. (Eddie)
Max Edward Howard Jr. (Eddie) January 24, 1977 ~ April 25, 2026 Max Edward Howard Jr. (Eddie), age 49 of Oneida, TN passed away on Saturday, April 25, 2026, at his home. He was born in Delaware, Ohio on January 24, 1977. His hobbies and favorite things to do were slinging mud in the mountains,…
Read MorePamela Grace (Barnes) Jeffers
Pamela Grace (Barnes) Jeffers August 16, 1954 ~ April 26, 2026 Pamela Grace Barnes Jeffers, age 71 of Oneida, TN, passed away on Sunday, April 26, 2026, at the Big South Fork Medical Center in Oneida. Born August 16, 1954, she was the daughter of the late Herman Barnes and Alphene and Jay Hall. In…
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