Spy the Grand Canyon of Tennessee from Snoopers Rock
Prentice Cooper State Forest, situated in a big bend of the Tennessee River near Chattanooga, is a huge swath of wild land, below which is the Grand Canyon of the Tennessee, where the Tennessee River...
View ArticleReview: Xbox One a great game player - and more
What is the Xbox One?If you're a video-game aficionado, you know the answer: It's Microsoft's latest game console, and it arrives in North America and Europe on Friday. To gamers, Xbox means...
View ArticleETSU president takes to Twitter to thank well wishers
East Tennessee State University President Brian Noland took to Twitter this morning to thank ETSU and the community for the "outpouring of support" he has received since being injured in a car crash...
View ArticleGovernor to lead JC parade on new route
Tennessee's governor will be a grand marshal in this year's Downtown Johnson City Christmas Parade, which will take a new route on West Walnut Street.Brandi Woodall, events coordinator for parade...
View ArticleTheater Round-up: Plays offer comedy, drama
If you’re a connoisseur of live theatrical entertainment, two plays will start their four-day runs today in Johnson City, each bringing comedy, drama and thought-provoking messages to the stage.At the...
View ArticleWhere’s the bus?
The days of questioning how long you have to wait until the bus arrives are over –– for Johnson Citians at least.On Wednesday, Johnson City Transit unveiled a new integrated technology system that...
View ArticleDash cam — West Market/West Watauga: Are the sight distances safe?
The intersection of West Watauga Avenue and West Market Street has been the site of some high-profile automobile crashes, including a 2011 crash involving a police cruiser and most recently one that...
View ArticleETSU Child Study Center taken off probation
The director of the East Tennessee State University Child Study Center said newly implemented procedures have eliminated the lapses in supervision that brought a 60-day probation for the preschool...
View ArticleDemocrats vote to curb filibusters on court appointees
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats eased the way for swift approval of President Barack Obama's current and future nominees on Thursday, voting unilaterally to overturn decades of Senate precedent and...
View Article5 children unresponsive after being pulled from car in pond; driver escapes
ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. — Authorities say a car veered off a rain-slicked highway ramp in suburban Minneapolis, landing in a nearby holding pond and trapping five children underwater for several minutes...
View Article600K baby monitors recalled after 2 deaths
WASHINGTON (AP) — Angelcare Monitors Inc. is voluntarily recalling 600,000 baby monitors following the death of two infants due to strangulation.The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said...
View ArticleHere comes the Tweetsie Trail
Shovels hit the ground Wednesday kicking off the first phase of East Tennessee’s first “Rails-to-Trails” project — the Tweetsie Trail — a 10-mile pedestrian-friendly path from Johnson City to...
View ArticleCommon Core critics see examples of agenda in class assignments
DALLAS — The Common Core curriculum, an effort to create voluntary national standards and testing for math and English, has long been criticized by some conservatives who say it’s being used to promote...
View ArticleVolunteers help get Santa Train ready to roll
KINGSPORT — Santa dropped in at Food City on Eastman Road for a few groceries (we think we saw some extra large bags of reindeer chow in the lower part of his buggy) Wednesday evening.Outside the store...
View ArticleOff the Wall News: Deputies say 'Don Juan' on bath salts impersonated chicken
CHURCH HILL — A Church Hill man told sheriff's deputies Monday evening his name was “Don Juan” and he was pretending to be a chicken in the yard of a total stranger to scare away the “imaginary...
View ArticleNE Tennessee high school band instruments damaged by sprinkler leak
KINGSPORT — A school official said a sprinkler head failed at Sullivan North High School Thursday morning, flooding the band room and damaging an undetermined amount of instruments, music,...
View ArticleUpdate: Unicoi County mayor, probable election opponent clash in office scuffle
ERWIN — Unicoi County Mayor Greg Lynch and county mayoral candidate John Day were set to do battle for the office in next year’s election. But, according to law enforcement officials, things...
View ArticleReport: Elizabethton woman admitted to 'shooting up' cocaine while pregnant
ELIZABETHTON — A woman was arrested Wednesday evening on a charge she had used cocaine while she was pregnant. Wendy Annette Langston, 33, 217 Echo Drive, was charged with one count of reckless...
View ArticleOff the Wall News: Deer takes bathroom break in old Elizabethton bowling alley
ELIZABETHTON — Owner Ed Odom got a surprise when he came to work at his business, Odom Auto Sales, on Thursday morning. "I saw the glass in the front doors was broken out," Odom said of the entrance...
View ArticleRemembering JFK: Johnson City Press readers reflect on 50th anniversary of...
The Johnson City Press asked readers to share their memories of President John F. Kennedy's assassination and its impact on American society. Here are messages from some who responded: • I remember...
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