Caleb Perhne: FEMA will not provide aid to local homeowners impacted by flooding

Homeowners in our region will be left to repair damage from last month’s flooding on their own. No county in our region will receive FEMA assistance.

Tennessee’s emergency management agency announced it will only request assistance for five counties: Decatur, Hardin, Humphreys, Perry and Sevier. Those counties each had at least 25 homes declared destroyed...