Group to discuss potential purchase of land near Winged Deer
Johnson City could end up buying 30 acres of land near Winged Deer Park, but city commissioners will begin their inquiry tonight by looking closer at costs associated with site preparation of the...
View ArticleDuck Dynasty patriarch suspended from show following anti-gay statements
The A&E network announced Wednesday night that it had suspended Phil Robertson, patriarch of the “Duck Dynasty” clan, in the wake of anti-gay statements he made in GQ...
View ArticleMarsh Regional Blood Center: Give something that means something this holiday...
Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs a blood transfusion. Only 38 percent of the population is able to donate blood and, of those, only 5 to 10 percent give on a regular basis. They need more...
View ArticleSunnyside youth take a 'hands-on' approach to sharing their faith
Talk to the hand. No, talk with the hand. That is what a group of approximately 45 youth between grades 7 and 12 are doing to help spread the message of their faith with GLO Puppet...
View ArticleFamily Meals Matter: Hot cocoa for cold weather
HealthyEating.orgMCTCocoa is created from the dried fermented seeds of the cocoa tree. Cocoa, and its special mix of antioxidant flavonoids, has been widely studied for its heart protective effects....
View ArticleBeth Harwell: Wine in grocery stores may pass this year
A bill sent to the Senate floor last spring would let supermarkets, pharmacies, convenience stores and other retailers with beer licenses place wine on their shelves, provided voters agree through...
View ArticleHot Topics: Elf preservation is a challenge
The Charlotte Observer(MCT)He’s back. The Elf on the Shelf. We’ve moved and I was hoping he wouldn’t find us. Let’s just say “Jingle” has a loose jangle and I don’t find him to be that reliable. But he...
View Article‘Ruff’ reading at Ridgeview
Students at Ridgeview School love to read out loud, especially when those listening to them have a nose for the written word.Earlier this year, the school instituted a program called “Ruff Reading,”...
View ArticleLeaders expect new hotel to transform Bristol's downtown
BRISTOL, Va. — Bristol, Va., officials and developers announced a hotel project Thursday that they hope will transform the 800 block of State Street in the city's downtown into a "destination...
View ArticleWhat to do if you shopped at Target between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15
NEW YORK — With less than a week until Christmas, a real-life Grinch has stolen the credit and debit card information of about 40 million Target shoppers.Target says anyone who made purchases by...
View ArticleMilan orders removal of naughty Christmas tree
MILAN — A provocatively adorned outdoor Christmas tree in central Milan was just too naughty for city officials, who have ordered it denuded of its racy red sex toys.The city said in an order that the...
View ArticleGeneral Assembly should leave annexation laws alone
The Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations will ask the state General Assembly to extend a statewide moratorium on annexations initiated by cities and towns next year so the panel...
View ArticleCity man charged with 14 counts of forgery
Investigators with the Johnson City Police Department arrested a city man Thursday on 14 counts of forgery.According to police, Joshua Alan Fields, 27, 617 W. Mountain View Road, passed several stolen...
View ArticleGood Samaritan outreach to go through Dec. 24
If you’ve wondered why Christmas seems to have come so quickly this year, blame Thanksgiving.November’s later-than-usual fourth Thursday cut about a week out of the traditional holiday shopping season....
View ArticleChristmas gift ideas from a newly married man
Faithful readers of the Johnson City Press will know that I am a newly married man. It was from this perspective of marital bliss that I went down to Mahoneys to shop for Christmas gifts, with an eye...
View ArticleLondon theater partially collapses
LONDON — A theater in central London partially collapsed Thursday night during a performance at the height of the Christmas season, with police saying there were "a number" of casualties.It wasn't...
View Article2 kids kidnapped, one's throat cut in south Miss.
JACKSON, Miss. — A man lured two brothers, ages 5 and 8, from their yard in south Mississippi and took them to his camper trailer, where he sexually abused them and slashed the older boy's throat,...
View ArticleLocal families to benefit from food, gifts from Salvation Army Angel Tree and...
With a generous show of support from the community, gifts from the Salvation Army Angel Tree and food from the Johnson City Press Christmas Box were distributed to the families of 912 children from...
View ArticleJudge dismisses rape charge filed against Johnson City man after alleged...
The aggravated rape charge against a man accused of raping a woman in his car was dismissed in court this week because the woman recanted her story. Carlos Enrique Alegria, 27, 204 Wilson Ave.,...
View ArticleTheft probe sidelines Hampton teacher, coach
ELIZABETHTON — A teacher at Hampton Elementary School has been placed on suspension while the Carter County Sheriff’s Department conducts an investigation into alleged criminal activity. Director of...
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