Be kind to honor memory of Taylor Scout Smith
The plans Taylor Scout Smith had for her 13th birthday next week are all spelled out on her Pinterest board, and her family would love to give her everything she wished for.But March 6 — the day Taylor...
View ArticleLady Cyclones beat top-ranked Grainger for region title
GREENEVILLE — It was a much-anticipated game, and Elizabethton responded like champions.The Lady Cyclones, slotted behind Grainger all season in the state poll, whipped the top-ranked Grizzlies 77-51...
View ArticleState animal abuser registry not a bad idea
Wednesday’s front-page story about 20 small dogs abandoned overnight at the Johnson City Animal Shelter is just another example of why some people shouldn’t have pets. As Press staff writer Sue Guinn...
View ArticleNew food labels would highlight calories and sugar
WASHINGTON — Those "Nutrition Facts" labels that are plastered on nearly every food package found in grocery stores are getting a new look.Calories would be in larger, bolder type, and consumers for...
View ArticleWalk to honor grandfather, raise research funds
David Sweitzer, a 23-year-old Bristol man whose grandfather is slowly succumbing to Alzheimer’s disease, is preparing to set out on a 2,175-mile “Walk to Remember.”To raise funds and awareness for...
View ArticleArea's jobs outlook declines in quarter
A fourth-quarter labor market report showed dismal employment figures for the Tri-Cities area to finish 2013.Steb Hipple, an East Tennessee State University professor of economics and research...
View ArticleGreenways serve citizens in multiple ways
The average city park of the 1950s, with a metal swing set, a seesaw, a few picnic tables with peeling paint and a dusty baseball diamond, are now passé. City dwellers of the 21st century are demanding...
View ArticleBest Bets for local enterainment
KingsportARTS will sponsor Paint the Town 5K, a 5K run/walk fundraiser, beginning at 1 p.m., Saturday at the Kingsport Renaissance Center. Entry fee is $25 for race-day registrants....
View ArticleMore trees to be planted at Tree Streets Food Forest
The Tree Streets Food Forest is growing.Build It Up East Tennessee will host a community planting at the new edible park at the corner of Buffalo and West Maple streets Saturday morning.The event will...
View ArticleOff the Wall News: Sex offender, alleged brothel operator accused of...
PLYMOUTH, Ohio — A sex offender who allegedly helped run a massage parlor and prostitution house in Plymouth is back behind bars in Erie County after he threatened to kill his wife and co-defendant if...
View ArticleFilm director Spike Lee denounces gentrification of New York City...
NEW YORK — Film director Spike Lee has engaged in a brief and lively profanity-laced debate about gentrification of largely black New York City neighborhoods.Lee grew up in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. He...
View ArticleOff the Wall News: 4 college students caught smoking weed in an igloo
SALT LAKE CITY — Four University of Utah students could face disciplinary measures after a campus security guard says they were smoking marijuana in an igloo.Sgt. Garth Smith says the well-camouflaged...
View ArticleHamilton County backs off plan to install speed cameras
CHATTANOOGA — Hamilton County commissioners have reversed gear and voted against allowing police officers to use speed detection lasers to ticket drivers.The proposal, which was originally approved...
View ArticleKingsport neighbors' dispute over barking dogs lands 1 in jail, 1 in hospital
KINGSPORT — A Wednesday morning dispute over barking dogs ended with one man taken to the hospital by ambulance — possibly with a broken jaw — and the arrest of his Kingsport neighbor on an aggravated...
View ArticleTwo companies vying to manage city facility
With a lucrative contract on the line, two companies with very different philosophies vied for the Public Building Authority’s favor Wednesday for the management of Johnson City’s Millennium...
View ArticleETSU hosting 2nd annual comic and anime convention this weekend
Super heroes and other characters from popular comic books, films, video games and more may be spotted on the East Tennessee State University campus this weekend when the university hosts its second...
View ArticleCar winds up on top in town of Watauga
WATAUGA — The Tennessee Highway Patrol responded to a two-vehicle crash with injuries Thursday afternoon on 4th Avenue in Watauga. One vehicle wound up on its top, sending at least one person to a...
View ArticleFamilies' tension earns judge's warning in case
Tension between two families on opposite sides of a murder case ran high again prior to a hearing Thursday in the criminal case that has connected them forever.The interaction took place just before...
View ArticleEldridge called out on bill stance
Washington County Commissioner Roger Nave said this week that Gray residents “feel they have been betrayed” by County Mayor Dan Eldridge’s opposition to fast-moving state legislation that would let...
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