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Fentress County · Fentress CountyThe Fentress County Commission has approved increased death investigator rates for the county coroner. Fentress County Coroner Dr. Chad Conatser said his team currently charges $50 per case. Conatser said he feels like $50 per case is not fair. “Anything where we send out an autopsy is gonna require multiple days’ worth of work,” Conatser said. “It doesn’t just require the death investigator going to the scene of the death and reporting back to …Read Article
Fentress Increasing Death Investigator Rates

Jamestown, Tennessee · JamestownPhillip C. Peavyhouse, known affectionately as Phil to his friends and family, passed away peacefully on July 20, 2025, in South Lyon,at the age of 86. He was born on January 2, 1939, in Jamestown, Tennessee.Read Article
Phillip Peavyhouse, 86, dies – U.S. Trotting News

Fentress County · Fentress CountyFentress County will host a public hearing Monday in hopes of getting ideas from the public on ways to increase county revenue. The public hearing comes after the county opted not to raise property taxes this year. Fentress County Executive Jimmy Johnson said property taxes and a private act are the only ways for the county to increase revenue. Johnson said the public hearing is to see what would be feasible for the county to pursue. “It’s nothi…Read Article