Have a heart! - Valentine Snack
FamilyFun magazine(MCT)Treat your child’s class to this striking snack, and they’ll love you forever.Coat a 9- by 13-inch pan with cooking spray.Prepare 4 (3-ounce) boxes of red gelatin according to...
View ArticlePrimary coming soon: Are you registered to vote?
We are now just a few months away from the beginning of a very busy and important election year that will see voters decide a number of contested races for local, state and federal offices. It will all...
View ArticleSnow wipes out district basketball tournaments
A forecast of heavy snow Wednesday wiped out all of the district tournament high school basketball action in Northeast Tennessee.Tournament organizers made fairly simple changes to their schedules, but...
View ArticleWeather and climate are two different things
Weather is defined as “the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind and rain.” It’s a description of the atmosphere at any given moment — a snapshot. The...
View Article5 healthy snacks for children
Mother Nature Network(MCT)Snacks are important. As I mentioned in a previous piece on why kids have a sweet tooth, children have evolved to crave more calories to fuel their growth and play. That’s one...
View ArticleDisputing Depelteau
According to the Feb. 2 Press article, Dr. Audrey Depelteau at the Gray Fossil Site challenged climate skeptics to “bring it on.” Her rhetoric echoes the same tired, old line of climate alarmists who...
View ArticleDupuy’s abortion stance
Opinionated columnists cause controversy and controversy sells newspapers. Tina Dupuy, in her Feb. 1 column headlined. “GOP wants religious freedom, but no rights for women,” is extremely opinionated....
View ArticleWhat about other half?
In a recent column by Thomas Sowell headlined, “Income inequality doesn’t exist,” Sowell initially appeared to make sense commenting on the various historically important and talented industrial...
View ArticleWintry weather wreaks havoc on school schedule
The Charlotte Observer(MCT)Ah, some thoughts on the most recent winter storm …W – When are these kids gonna go to school for a full week? Since December, we’ve had winter break, MLK holiday, a teacher...
View ArticleKing University alumni fundraiser pledges $1M if president is removed
An organized group of former King University students have raised more than $200,000 in three days, hoping to use their dollars to depose President Gregory Jordan from his position at the private...
View ArticleVictims ID'd, more information released in Tennessee explosion case
LEBANON, Tenn. — Law enforcement investigators held a press conference Tuesday at the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office to give updates on Monday night’s explosion at a home on Vance Lane just outside the...
View ArticleOff the Wall News: Sinkhole eats Corvettes at museum
BOWLING GREEN, KY. — A sinkhole collapsed part of the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky on Wednesday, damaging eight there but not shutting down the facility.Museum spokeswoman Katie Frassinelli...
View ArticleUPDATE: Amid closings, snow begins to accumulate
Johnson City Schools announced all locations will be closed on Thursday, Feb. 13.As expected, snow began to fall in the early afternoon Wednesday. With many school classes and meetings either canceled...
View ArticleCommunity complaints lead to marijuana-related arrest in Unicoi County
ERWIN — Following several complaints of suspicious activity, a Unicoi County man was arrested Tuesday on multiple marijuana-related charges, authorities said.According to a press release from the...
View Article7 Elizabethton students charged with bus vandalism that halted fleet
ELIZABETHTON — Seven students of Elizabethton High School, all of them juvenile boys, have been charged with vandalism over $1,000 and criminal conspiracy following an investigation by the Elizabethton...
View Article2 sought for info in suspicious Greene Co. death
GREENEVILLE — Investigators were looking for two people of interest wanted in the suspicious death of a man on Tuesday.Greene County Sheriff Steve Burns said Donald Ray Gunter, 69, was found dead at...
View ArticleSend us your snow pictures
The Johnson City Press would love to see your snow pictures for an online gallery of reader photos.We'd be happy to have your shots of kids and pets playing in the snow, snow-covered landscapes or any...
View ArticleReader Photo: Snow from her window
Angela Freese of Johnson City sent us this pic of a snow-covered fence taken from her window.The Johnson City Press would love to see your snow pictures for an online gallery of reader photos.We'd be...
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