Robin Thicke, Miley Cyrus and twerking — let’s just turn off TV
Apparently that sweet little Hannah Montana, aka Miley Cyrus, has done something just awful. I gather this from the Facebook posts from some of my younger friends.After the MTV Video Music Awards aired...
View ArticleJohnson City man charged with threatening live-in girlfriend with knife
A Cash Hollow man was arrested early Saturday morning on accusations that he threatened his live-in girlfriend with a knife and used it to flatten a vehicle's tire. Jose Luis Chagala-Baxin, 35, 742...
View ArticleUnattended drier likely cause of Stoney Creek house fire
ELIZABETHTON — A house fire at 133 Midway Drive may have been caused by a clothes drier. Deputy David Caldwell responded to the fire call about 3:15 p.m. Friday. When he arrived, he spoke...
View ArticleRegistered sex offender charged with indecent exposure at Kingsport Walmart
A registered sex offender has been charged with indecent exposure by Kingsport police, after a woman and her daughter allegedly observed him fondling himself in a parking lot.Police say that when they...
View ArticleElizabethton church burglarized, vandalized
ELIZABETHTON — A burglary and vandalism case at CrossPointe Fellowship Church on Parkway Boulevard was reported over the weekend. Pastor Harold Mains told Officer Jon Frazier that someone had...
View ArticleJohnson City man charged with choking family member
An East Holston Avenue man was arrested Monday on charges he choked a woman during an argument in August. Chris Steven Ricker, 39, 224 E. Holston Ave., Apt. 3, turned himself in Monday at Johnson City...
View ArticleGordon, Busch ready to battle in Richmond
For the second year in a row, four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon comes to Richmond needing a big performance to make the “Chase for the Championship.”Standing in his way is a driver named Busch,...
View ArticleScience Hill golfers embrace challenges before postseason
Science Hill may be a stroke or two off Dobyns-Bennett’s pace this season, but Hilltoppers’ head coach Kevin Vannoy said he likes something he has seen from his boys’ golf team this year.“Any time...
View ArticleETSU basketball schedule
ETSU scheduleHome games capitalizedx-exhibition; y at Freedom Hallx-Tuesday, Oct. 29 MILLIGANx-Saturday, Nov. 2 MARS HILLFriday, Nov. 8 at...
View Article17 home games on Bucs’ schedule, including three at Freedom Hall
It may take awhile to get a feel for a revamped East Tennessee State basketball team this season, but the home fans will have plenty of chances early.The Bucs’ schedule, released Tuesday, shows a...
View ArticlePedestrian injured in hit-and-run crash
BRISTOL — Police were looking for the driver in a hit-and-run crash that left a pedestrian hospitalized on Tuesday. About 5:15 p.m., police were called to the 300 block of Old Thomas Bridge Road,...
View Article4-year-old boy killed in Kingsport ATV crash
KINGSPORT — A 4-year-old boy was killed in an all-terrain-vehicle accident at a Kinsgport residence on Tuesday. Police said the boy was playing with and around a four-wheeler parked in the yard at the...
View ArticleGovernor Haslam stands by Tennessee Board of Education policy changes
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam stood by recent controversial teaching license policy changes by the state Board of Education, saying a job performance measure for educators is needed to help the state’s...
View ArticleJohnson City school board urges testing policy reversal
Contrasting Gov. Bill Haslam’s statements Tuesday, the Johnson City Board of Education unanimously passed a symbolic resolution in opposition of using standardized testing data as a prerequisite for...
View ArticleLocation, location, location locked down for Washington County-Johnson City...
Mayor Ralph Van Brocklin arrived at Tuesday night’s Animal Control Board meeting and got right down to business. With not falling behind on the project to build a new Washington County-Johnson City...
View ArticleState Line Drive-In owner hopes he's a winner
ELIZABETHTON — Although the contest is designed so that no one knows how well they are doing, State Line Drive-In owner Andrew Wetzel is hopeful he may be one of the five drive-ins to be awarded an...
View ArticlePolice say DUI suspect leaves trail of damage in Elizabethton
ELIZABETHTON — Officer Sarah Ellison of the Elizabethton Police Department did not have much trouble making an arrest in a case of leaving the scene of an accident shortly after midnight on Sunday....
View ArticleUniversity High Lady Bucs played Elizabethton Lady Cyclones
University High Lady Bucs played Elizabethton Lady Cyclones at the Civitan Park Soccer Complex in Johnson City Tuesday evening. (Lee Talbert/Johnson City Press)
View ArticleEarly morning fire destroys Johnson City house
Fire destroyed a Pine Ridge neighborhood house early this morning. The fire at 2811 Oakcliff Court was reported about 1 a.m. Johnson City firefighters could see smoke from the fire from Princeton Road...
View Article10 things to know today from across the nation and around the world
1. CLEVELAND KIDNAPPER COMMITS SUICIDEAriel Castro, who held three women captive in his home for nearly a decade, is found hanging in his prison cell.2. GOP'S BOEHNER BACKING SYRIA STRIKENow he'll try...
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