Groups combine forces to help feed folks with locally grown ingredients
During a special event held at a local cafe, local residents had a chance to sample free tapas dishes such as lamb kabobs, vegetarian ratatouille and spinach- pepper- and parmesan-stuffed mushrooms.All...
View ArticleCity man arrested after police say he assaulted girlfriend with chair, frying...
A city man was arrested after police said they were told he assaulted his girlfriend with a chair and frying pan.On Saturday, police arrested Curtis L. Seals, 51, 1027 Johnson Ave., No. 2, after his...
View ArticleBucs turn attention to next year
These are the toughest days for a college basketball coach, the ones directly after the season ends.No practice today. No game tomorrow. It throws them off their regimented schedule.“It’s always tough...
View ArticleAllen grateful for taste of Madness against Michigan
Jaylen Allen and Wofford lost to Michigan, but it’s one shining moment that won’t ever lose luster.Allen, a 6-foot-3 freshman who played his first three seasons in high school at Science Hill before...
View ArticleAppeals court halts gay marriages in Michigan
MASON, Mich. (AP) — Same-sex couples rushed to Michigan county clerk's offices Saturday to get hitched a day after a judge overturned the state's constitutional ban on gay marriage, and several hundred...
View ArticleBucs salvage series with Stetson
It was too early in the season to be a must-win game, but when the East Tennessee State baseball team was facing a doubleheader sweep against Stetson, the pressure was on.Then Dylan Tritsch changed the...
View ArticlePro-Russian forces storm Ukrainian base in Crimea
BELBEK AIR BASE, Crimea (AP) — Ukraine's armed forces took what may prove to be one of their final stands Saturday in Crimea, as pro-Russian forces stormed and seized control of an air force base amid...
View ArticleMan arrested on 13 drug charges
A man was arrested after police said his residence had been under investigation for suspected drug activity.On Friday, Johnson City Police Department officers arrested Brett Fisher, 38, 305 W. Main...
View ArticlePlans for Kingsport's new sports complex starting to take shape
KINGSPORT — The Model City is getting the ball rolling on its new sports complex.Kingsport is planning to build a new softball/baseball complex on a portion of the old General Shale property along...
View ArticlePress to host county mayor, sheriff candidate forum April 1
The Johnson City Press is sponsoring a Community Editorial Board meeting April 1 at the International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough in which candidates for Washington County mayor and sheriff...
View ArticleDisaster drill gives ETSU students real-world test
KINGSPORT — For a select group of East Tennessee State University students, disaster struck.But then, that was the idea.On Saturday, students participated in a simulated third-world disaster during the...
View Article'Shine On: Developers work to establish local moonshine distilleries
Though any act of “moonshining” used to be considered illegal in Tennessee, state laws have relaxed in recent years, and with the proper paperwork — and state and federal tax payments — distilleries...
View ArticleUpdate: Police charge convicted felon with murder, attempted murder in...
Police charged a Johnson City man with killing one man and wounding another in a downtown parking lot overnight.Jamarcus Lavelle Jackson, 24, 1211 King Springs Road, was accused of killing DeShaun...
View ArticleVoices plead for help: Washington state mudslide kills at least 3; searchers...
SEATTLE — After hearing voices pleading for help, rescuers were "combing through the debris" in an overnight search for survivors from a massive mudslide in Washington state that killed at least three...
View ArticleJohnson City police: Man jailed after firing shots on West Ninth
A man fired shots in the air after an argument at his cousin's house on West Ninth Avenue early Saturday morning, resulting in his arrest, police said.William A. Letcher, 22, 408 W. Ninth Ave., was...
View ArticleTwo weeks of mystery: French data show possible debris from missing jetliner
PERTH, Australia — France provided new satellite data Sunday showing possible debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, as searchers combing a remote part of the southern Indian Ocean tried...
View ArticleEast Tennessee 10-year-old with MS forms team to fight disease
ALCOA — Matthew Tieng doesn't do small.It will take a huge effort by the 10-year-old boy to beat his fundraising total from last year's Walk MS.Tieng, the son of Dr. Edward Tieng who practices in...
View Article7,780 flood insurance policies face hike in Tennessee
NASHVILLE — For many Tennessee property owners in flood-prone areas, a move by Congress to soften steep increases to subsidized insurance policies may come as little comfort.A law signed by President...
View ArticleThe Tennessee Office of Open Records Counsel is here to help
Throughout this week, we’ve stressed the importance of open government. Sunshine Week has been a time to praise the benefits of openness in the public square as a fundamental tool of citizenship.Every...
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