Netherland Inn takes visitors back in time
Beginning in the early 1820s, Richard and Margaret Netherland entertained friends, relatives and neighbors each year with a lavish Christmas open house. Guests arrived on horseback, by carriage and by...
View ArticleHaslam writes feds letter about hopes for Tennessee deal on Medicaid expansion
NASHVILLE — Republican Gov. Bill Haslam is putting his goals for a special Tennessee deal for Medicaid expansion into writing.The governor said speaking to the Nashville Rotary Club on Monday that the...
View ArticleCurrent, former Los Angeles sheriff's deputies charged in beatings of inmates...
LOS ANGELES — Federal officials on Monday unsealed five criminal cases filed against 18 current and former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies as part of an FBI investigation into allegations of...
View ArticleNew Mexico officer fired after shooting at van full of kids to appeal
TAOS, N.M. — A New Mexico State Police officer who fired shots at a minivan full of children during a chaotic October traffic stop in Taos plans to appeal his firing.Attorneys for Elias Montoya...
View ArticleEvents: Build-A-Boat Race
Build-A-Boat RaceDecember 14, 9 -1 pmJohnson City Parks and Recreation Freedom Hall Pool1320 Pactolas Rd. JCITYOpen to Ages: 12 & UpEntry Fee: $5 per personRegistraton will be taken at Memorial...
View ArticleDeputy says breakup led man to chase Butler woman with wooden-handled tool...
BUTLER — Two men were arrested by the Carter County Sheriff's Department following an incident at 2 a.m. Saturday. Deputy Myles Cook said he spoke with Haley Herd, 21, who told him she had been dating...
View ArticleAppalachian Express Chorus presents The Sounds of Christmas, Dinner and Show
Appalachian Express Chorus presents The Sounds of Christmas, Dinner and Show Johnson CityDecember 13, 6-9 pmTickets: $12 per person (includes dinner) Pre-registration Required by - December...
View ArticleJohnson City woman claims ex tried to cause her to wreck, told her they...
CHURCH HILL — A Johnson City woman told police she was driving her ex-boyfriend to an aunt’s house in Hawkins County Friday night when he allegedly “jerked” the steering wheel out of her hand...
View ArticleBlue Devils bounce back in a big way
Given the end, the beginning is either a surprise or it was expected.Given the history of Unicoi County basketball, “expected” is probably the best explanation.In the Blue Devils’ final game of...
View ArticleNo more roundball at Hall for Bucs, for now
East Tennessee State’s sojourn in Freedom Hall Civic Center turned out to be a three-game experiment after all.After some discussions about the ETSU basketball team possibly playing more games at the...
View ArticleLarkin’s attorneys say autopsy info off-limits
Defense attorneys for a man facing a second trial in the 2003 drowning death of his wife filed a motion last month asking a judge to limit the evidence prosecutors can use from the first trial. Dale...
View ArticleStock-holding seniors, retirees see benefits, but changes could be made
Changes in Tennessee’s Hall Income Tax over the past few years have rewarded seniors and retirees who own stock, but a continual rise in the exemption level means less money for cities and the...
View ArticleStudent housing complex slated for summer completion
“In the next couple of months, you’ll see us doing what we consider horizontal improvements, we’ll be installing piping and pouring foundations, getting the utilities set,” King said Monday. “It’s...
View ArticleErwin board OKs resolution on animal shelter
ERWIN — Nearly six months to the day that the Erwin Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to sever its funding to the Unicoi County Animal Welfare Board, and effectively the Unicoi County Animal Shelter,...
View ArticleSelf-inflicted shooting being investigated
Johnson City police were responding to a domestic dispute Monday night just off the Bristol Highway when they heard a noise resembling that of a gunshot, police said. Sgt. Tim Parker said officers...
View ArticleCutting Hall tax would hurt local taxpayers
A recent change to Tennessee’s Hall Income Tax on investments is an excellent example of the law of unintended consequences. As Press staff writer Gary B. Gray reported in Tuesday’s...
View ArticleGough hates Affordable Care Act and idiots, but can’t say why
Kenneth Gough’s column (“ ‘Useful idiots’ will be made to pay for Obamacare”) in Sunday’s paper was highly successful in expressing a negative opinion about the Affordable Care Act, but failed...
View ArticleStill complaining
Kenneth Gough thinks people who want and sign up for insurance through the Affordable Care Act are “useful idiots” because they are responsible and want health insurance for themselves and their...
View ArticleNews about VA facility
I have been buying the Johnson City Press for over 40 years. A good newspaper keeps us informed and preserves our freedom. I find it very difficult to keep buying a newspaper that gives me full pages...
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