Gillis back in the mix for Blue Devils
After two years of varsity experience, Eli Gillis had to sit and watch the entire 2014 football season. A collarbone injury kept the wide receiver off the field, but Gillis is back for his senior...
View ArticlePalacios powers Twins past Royals
In just his second outing with the Twins, Jermaine Palacios had three hits and drove in multiple runs as the Elizabethton Twins defeated the Burlington Royals 12-5 on Saturday at Joe O'Brien Field to...
View ArticleHuman trafficking sting nets more than a dozen arrests
State investigators say more than a dozen people were arrested on charges related to sex trafficking during a sting in West Tennessee.
View ArticleWashington County proactively plans tax base
In less than 2 years, Washington County has eliminated its zoning administrator, created a building commissioner position, folded its Zoning Administrator Oversight Committee and made way for its...
View ArticleArea residents, property owners want answers from TVA
The "question and answer" period of a Tennessee Valley Authority presentation lasted nearly two hours Thursday night, with members of an approximately 200-person audience in The Millennium Centre...
View ArticleBack 2 School Bash gears students up for start of classes next week
With summer vacation winding down and area schools gearing up for classes next week, Saturday's Back 2 School Bash made sure area students were well informed, well ready and well supplied.
View ArticleCards score season-high in win over Jays
Johnson City belted out 15 hits and had a season-high run production in a 15-1 win over Bluefield on Saturday night at Cardinal Park.
View ArticleRob-Con, assemble! 30th-annual Bristol convention draws crowds
Saturday was the first day to suit up for Rob-Con's 30th-annual show, and this year's bigger-than-ever crowds grew to match the expanding convention.
View Article"The goal is to be who you are": Transgender teens describe their journeys
"The beauty of life is we get to dictate who we are, what we do and how we live in the world, and it should be the same for gender as for anything else."
View ArticleJohnson City man threatened girlfriend with rifle, police say
Police were called to the 1100 block of Henry Street about a man armed with a rifle early Saturday morning.
View ArticleBiden for president? Allies mulling Clinton challenge
Vice President Joe Biden's associates have resumed discussions about a 2016 presidential run after largely shelving such deliberations while his son was sick and dying earlier this year.
View ArticlePolice say person of interest in custody in officer killing
A person of "interest" has been taken into custody in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer during a traffic stop in Memphis, police said Sunday.
View ArticleAfter July 16, tragedy became politics
Even before the dead servicemen were buried, there was a cognitive rush for reason.
View ArticleBedbugs plaguing residents in Kingsport public housing
Some of the public housing in Kingsport is infested with bedbugs and residents believe the Kingsport Housing and Redevelopment Authority isn't doing enough to address the issue.
View ArticleClimate change: Obama orders steeper cuts from power plants
Aiming to jolt the rest of the world to action, President Barack Obama moved ahead Sunday with even tougher greenhouse gas cuts on American power plants, setting up a certain confrontation in the...
View ArticleSCSO: Piney Flats man threatens to blow up Boone Dam
A Piney Flats man has been arrested after allegedly threatening to blow up Boone Dam if the Tennessee Valley Authority doesn't raise the water level.
View ArticleMeet Your Neighbor: First-time competitor brings home national championship
Grace Bowers wasn't a good listener when it came to one piece of advice and that was a good thing at the recent U.S. Youth National Arabian Championship Horse Show in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
View ArticleDialog with Women Matter leads Johnson City police to start sexual assault...
When Johnson City resident Ruth Read approached Police Chief Mark Sirois about untested rape kits the department has stored, it created a dialog that led to the two initiating a sexual assault task...
View ArticleExcitement and a healthy amount of anxiety precursor to "back to school" time
A combination of anxiety and excitement come before every school year and this year will be no different, but the staff and administration of local schools are aware of the unease of students and their...
View ArticleFamily headed to Zambia to aid school for orphans
Two area educators are planning to put their talents to work in Africa for a second time while working at a Zambian Christian day school that serves orphans and children from low-income backgrounds.
View ArticleGood Samaritan Ministries helps prepare underprivileged children for start of...
Towers of boxes stuffed with back-to-school supplies welcomed fans as they poured in Cardinal Park for Sunday night's game.
View ArticleJohnson City police: John Sevier resident threatened to shoot neighbor
About 1 p.m. Sunday, police went to the low-income housing center in downtown Johnson City to investigate reports of a dispute and threats with a weapon.
View ArticleCoke still brings smile to Johnson City woman
But Coca-Cola wasn't always this far-reaching. The beverage began as the humble creation of an Atlanta pharmacist and ballooned northward into Tennessee, eventually setting down a few roots in Johnson...
View ArticleAlpha Natural Resources files for bankruptcy
Coal supplier Alpha Natural Resources announced Monday the company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries filed voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petitions in a Richmond-based federal court.
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