New downtown Elizabethton fountain
ELIZABETHTON — Jed Ward, an employee of the Elizabethton Water Department prepares the concrete for a new drinking fountain that will be placed downtown at the intersection of Elk and Sycamore. Ward...
View ArticleBody found in Bristol identified
A body found in a wooded area off Stafford Street in Bristol, Tenn. last week has been identified as a man reported missing in Virginia three weeks ago, according to a Bristol, Tenn. police press...
View ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: Infant trapped in sewer treated in hospital
BEIJING — A Chinese newborn who was trapped in a sewer pipe moments after his birth has been released from hospital into the care of his grandparents. Local officials and media...
View ArticleNY crash kills 4 kids, 3 adults
TRUXTON, N.Y. — A minivan carrying two families was hit by a runaway trailer hauling crushed cars in upstate New York, killing four young children and three adults in their early 20s, authorities said...
View ArticleETSU accepts invitation to Southern Conference
East Tennessee State athletics will soon be back in more familiar company.The university on Thursday accepted an invitation to return to the Southern Conference beginning July 1, 2014. The Bucs were...
View ArticleJohnson City man accused of raping teenage boy denied public defender
ERWIN - The Johnson City man arrested Friday following an investigation by the Erwin Police Department and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation for allegedly attempting to solicit sex from an underage...
View ArticleBoy, 10, finds $10,000 in hotel room, hands over to cops
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 10-year-old boy found $10,000 in a drawer at a Kansas City hotel room and turned the money over to police.Tyler Schaefer found the money Saturday in the room at the Hilton airport...
View ArticleUpdate: Johnson City man charged with early-morning shooting at Campus Ridge...
A Johnson City man was charged Thursday in a shooting incident earlier that morning at Campus Ridge Apartments, according to a Sessions Court affidavit. Johnson City police responded to Johnson City...
View ArticleMethadone clinic proposed for Johnson City
A company that operates two methadone clinics in Asheville, N.C., has filed a certificate of need to operate a clinic in Johnson City, nearly a decade after a similar effort failed. The company also...
View ArticleDeputies: 4 children found in NE Tennessee home with meth lab
CHURCH HILL — Hawkins County deputies allegedly found a one-pot meth lab cooking while checking up on a tip Monday evening of four neglected children living in a Church Hill residence.The tipster told...
View ArticleThe return of ETSU football
A decade after playing its last game on the gridiron, East Tennessee State University is amid a relaunch of its intercollegiate football program. President Brian Noland made the initiative one of his...
View ArticleShots fired after sexual advance shot down
KINGSPORT — Police responded to reports of shots fired at a mobile home on Orleans Road, learning the resident and a female visitor had been arguing. He said he made the woman leave when she denied his...
View ArticlePolice: Man caught with items stolen in Johnson City restaurant burglary
A 31-year-old Johnson City man was arrested Thursday on charges that he burglarized a local Mexican restaurant and shoplifted from a neighboring grocery store.Rickey Lynn Kiser, general delivery, was...
View ArticleJohnson City schools say goodbye to beloved counselor 'G-P'
Not many people can say they have enjoyed every single minute of a career that spanned more than 30 years, but Indian Trail Intermediate School guidance counselor Pam Gilliam-Pearce considers herself...
View ArticleVanderbilt will be tough task for Bucs, Doane
The East Tennessee State baseball team finds itself in some rare air tonight in Nashville as it makes its first NCAA tournament appearance in 32 years.The Bucs hope they’re still breathing come...
View ArticleWoman charged with using stolen credit card
A Hampton woman was arrested Wednesday after she allegedly used a stolen credit card to purchase merchandise at JC Penney in the Mall at Johnson City around Christmas Eve, police said. According to a...
View ArticleBoston Marathon benefit show starts with 'Feeling'
BOSTON — A benefit concert for victims of the Boston Marathon bombing has kicked off with the rock band Boston playing songs including its 1970s hit "More Than a Feeling."Lead singer Tommy DeCarlo told...
View ArticleWould-be Chicago backpack bomber gets 23 years
CHICAGO— A federal judge raised the specter of the Boston Marathon Thursday as he sentenced a young Lebanese immigrant to 23 years in prison for placing a backpack he believed contained a powerful bomb...
View ArticleTornadoes touch down in Oklahoma and Arkansas
OKLAHOMA CITY — At least two tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma and another hit Arkansas on Thursday as a powerful storm system moved through the middle of the country, injuring at least nine...
View ArticleFBI: Ricin letter to Obama also sent from Wash.
SEATTLE — The FBI says a suspicious letter containing the deadly poison ricin was mailed to President Barack Obama from Spokane, Wash., on the same day similar ricin-tainted letters were...
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