Junior Bucs hold off Cloudland
University High is temporarily without point guard Luke Willoughby and shooting guard Joseph Phillips, but it still has quite a backcourt in Marcus Taylor.The 5-foot-9 senior overcame constant...
View Article40th Anniversary Happy Valley State Champs
40 State Champs Dave Boyd/Johnson City Press
View ArticleMan indicted on charge placed after gun incident at family meeting
ERWIN — A Unicoi County grand jury Friday indicted a county man arrested last year for allegedly pointing a gun at and threatening a member of his family. Brice McGhee Jr., 4560 Old...
View ArticleWork under way on last waterline link in Hampton
ELIZABETHTON — It has been a lengthy project, but the last link of the new waterline from Hampton Springs to Elizabethton underneath U.S. Highway 19E and the Doe River in Hampton began...
View ArticleGrand jury indicts one in alleged drive-by shooting in Erwin
ERWIN — A man arrested in November for allegedly committing a drive-by shooting in Erwin was indicted by a Unicoi County grand jury Friday. Howard D. Metcalf, 312 Jackson Ave., Erwin, was indicted on...
View ArticleThe Buzz: A week of local news worth talking about
In case you missed these posts, here are eight items worth reading today on JohnsonCityPress.com: • Man says he was denied entry to Justice Center due to service dog. A Johnson City man who...
View ArticleUPDATE: Legendary ETSU track and field coach David E. Walker dies at 82
When his mother dropped him off at East Tennessee State University, Mark Finucane remembers the chat his mother had with legendary distance running coach David E. Walker. “Now you take care of my...
View ArticleOrganizers trying to revive local senior softball
Charlie Matiolli wants to bring softball veterans back home and also sign up some new recruits.Over the past 10 years, Matiolli has seen the senior softball scene in the Tri-Cities dwindle down from an...
View ArticleSharon, Israel's bulldozer in politics, dies at 85
JERUSALEM — It was vintage Ariel Sharon: His hefty body bobbing behind a wall of security men, the ex-general led a march onto a Jerusalem holy site, staking a bold claim to a shrine that has been in...
View ArticleShelton takes over at Walters State
Pitching coach Joey Seaver started filling Ken Campbell’s cleats, but Dave Shelton will be the closer.Seaver was picked to succeed Campbell at Walters State last summer after Campbell concluded his...
View ArticleBucs back in business with win over Northern Kentucky
The East Tennessee State basketball team played with a sense of urgency when it counted Saturday to get back on the winning track.The Bucs broke open a tie game with 14 minutes to play, getting big...
View ArticleUnicoi deputies discover moonshine still
UNICOI — Unicoi County Sheriff Mike Hensley said officials made an unexpected discovery Friday evening while attempting to serve an arrest warrant, and as a result, a Unicoi woman faces charges...
View ArticleJonesborough board set to OK agreement on WCEDC’s role
The town of Jonesborough appears ready to endorse the much-discussed intergovernmental agreement that will designate the Washington County Economic Development Council as the county’s sole joint...
View ArticleChristmas Box distribution sets record
The Johnson City Press Christmas Box’s 2013 distribution of holiday food to local families and seniors in need brought the 33-year-old project to a record high. Art Powers, chairman of the project’s...
View ArticleDeputy on long road to recovery
Cody Chambers and his dad used to talk about everything. Now, they say it all with their eyes and a raised finger or two. Cody’s dad is Dave Chambers, a Washington County sheriff’s deputy who was...
View ArticleNeighborhood fired up about resilient Starlings
The birds — they just keep coming back. Johnson City residents have tried for years to shoo away notoriously stubborn starlings from nesting in their huge magnolia trees and bushes, especially in a...
View ArticleDavid Crockett at Happy Valley Basketball
David Crockett at Happy ValleyDave Boyd/Johnson City Press
View ArticleJohnson City man arrested for choking his brother
Police say they’ve arrested a Johnson City man for assaulting his brother Saturday night. According to a Johnson City Police Department news release, officers arrested 55-year-old Jerry Bradley, 1400...
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