Commission, Board of Education to discuss ETSU use of sports facilities
It’s no secret East Tennessee State University’s basketball and football teams are in want of some hardwood and turf, and it appears a deal may be in the offing to use Johnson City Schools’ facilities...
View ArticleGreeneville man arrested on gun, drug charges
Police said they arrested a Greeneville man Wednesday on multiple charges following an investigation.According to a Johnson City Police Department news release, 41-year-old Ronnie Shelton, of 35 Parmer...
View ArticleFive things to know about Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Five things to know about what’s going on at Daytona International Speedway in advance of the season-opening Daytona 500 on Sunday: ——— CRASHING CARS: A seven-car accident in...
View ArticleProposed apartment complex, bird woes on agenda tonight
City commissioners will be doing some listening tonight as opponents of a proposed 216-unit apartment complex on West Walnut Street get their chance to speak, as will Gump Addition residents, who are...
View ArticleLawmakers wont let Georgia hijack water
Georgia lawmakers are at it again. In recent years, state legislators there have tried a number of schemes to siphon water from the Tennessee River. This year, they have informed their counterparts in...
View ArticleHospice seeking volunteers to help at lives final stages
Mountain States Hospice is in need of some special volunteers — compassionate and caring individuals willing to extend their friendship to terminally ill patients as they live out the final stages of...
View ArticleJudge schedules trial in May for man charged in two rapes
A Kingsport man charged with two rapes in Johnson City that happened within a few hours of each other on the same night in September will go to trial on the cases in May.Thomas Coburn, 46, who was...
View ArticleWinter walking along Watauga Lake
Much of the Appalachian Trail in our neck of the woods is high country — 4,000, 5,000 and even 6,000 feet in elevation. During winter, hiking the AT can be brutally cold and snowy — if you can even...
View ArticleSchools students hope contest is in the bag
To promote recycling and the importance of going green, students at Fall Branch School have teamed up with Food City in a grocery bag recycling challenge.If the students can collect 10,000 used grocery...
View ArticleI-26 wreck snarls traffic Thursday morning
Four vehicles were involved in a traffic crash Thursday morning that snarled traffic in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 26 near Exit 13 in Gray.The wreck took place around 8:30 a.m. While it backed...
View ArticleLee Daniels lecture at ETSU canceled
A lecture by filmmaker Lee Daniels planned for Sunday evening at East Tennessee State University has been cancelled.The booking agent for the acclaimed actor, director and producer notified the...
View ArticleWine in grocery stores bill passes House
Tennessee lawmakers passed a controversial bill that will allow grocery stores, big box retailers and convenience stores to stock and sell wine, provided that voters approve a referendum on the...
View ArticleTwo Mountain City residents facing meth charges
MOUNTAIN CITY — Two people were arrested Wednesday on meth charges after officers with the Johnson County Sheriff's Department executed a search warrant at a Furnace Creek Road residence in Mountain...
View ArticleCity man charged with credit card fraud
Johnson City police arrested a city man Wednesday after an investigation into several unauthorized uses of a credit card.According to investigators, Kevin E. Gross, 46, 617 N. Barton St., used an...
View ArticleUpdated w/photos: Two Sullivan County school buses crash on Bloomingdale Road
Police and emergency personnel are in the process of transporting several children for treatment of injuries following a Thursday afternoon crash involving a pair of buses on Bloomingdale Road.The...
View ArticleCity may get 200 high-paying professional jobs
A major corporate office project could soon bring more than 200 high-paying professional jobs to Johnson City in conjunction with the possible expansion of a manufacturer in a nearby county, Mitch...
View ArticleETSU Athletic Director, Johnson City officials discuss hosting athletic events
Local leaders hope discussions regarding the cooperative use of athletics facilities will give Johnson City a sporting chance of fostering new relationships between the institutions.East Tennessee...
View ArticleLady 'Toppers, Cyclones begin state title hunt
Push has come to shove, and it’s time to start whittling down the number of girls basketball teams in the hunt for a state title.For the first time in a quite a while, Northeast Tennessee has two girls...
View ArticleHampton, D-B boys have shot at state
The next two games.Every basketball team across the state faces a pair of elimination games over the next five days.Win both contests, and a sectional berth — with a one-game shot at reaching the state...
View ArticleBuffs locked into 4-5 for AAC tourney
A trip to Montreat, N.C., is still special to Milligan College basketball coach Bill Robinson, but Saturday’s regular-season finale there won’t have much impact on his team’s playoff position.Win or...
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