New sponsor for Nationwide race at BMS
Bristol Motor Speedway announced Thursday new sponsorship of its March NASCAR Nationwide Series race to be known as the Drive to Stop Diabetes 300, presented by Lilly Diabetes.The race, scheduled for...
View ArticleRembert, Bucs upset Gulf Coast
The East Tennessee State basketball team was embarrassed once by Florida Gulf Coast this season.The Bucs made sure it didnt happen twice.Rashawn Rembert poured in a career-high 31 points and the Bucs...
View ArticleSon-in-law pleads not guilty in package-bomb deaths of former Johnson City...
LEBANON, Tenn. — A man accused of killing his in-laws with a package bomb that exploded in their rural Tennessee home has pleaded not guilty.Richard Parker is charged with two counts of felony...
View ArticleGinger and Lynnzie
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View ArticleYour Turn: Should Tennessee go on daylight saving time all year long?
A Middle Tennessee legislator's bill would have Tennessee using daylight saving time all year long. What do you think? Give us your thoughts on the proposed uniform time system by commenting at the end...
View ArticleNeeds a bigger shovel
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View ArticleMayor Godsey ousted as chairman of Sullivan County commission
BLOUNTVILLE — The Sullivan County Commission moments ago voted to end County Mayor Steve Godsey's tenure as chairman of the commission's proceedings.In a majority vote, the commission elected County...
View ArticleBenefit set for NE Tennessee man paralyzed in hunting mishap
KINGSPORT — A Mount Carmel father of four who was paralyzed in a hunting accident last fall still has a long road of recovery ahead of him, and the financial burden on him and his family continues to...
View Article9 Dead as Mayhem Grips Ukrainian Capital
KIEV, Ukraine — Mayhem gripped the center of the Ukrainian capital Tuesday evening as riot police officers tried to drive two armored personnel carriers through stone-reinforced barriers in...
View ArticlePolice: Johnson City man swallowed crack, assaulted Elizabethton policeman...
ELIZABETHTON — A Johnson City man was arrested Sunday on four charges, including assaulting an Elizabethton policeman following a traffic stop.Anthony Steven Collins, 51, 603 E. Mountcastle Drive,...
View ArticleVandy suspends coach after drunk driving arrest
NASHVILLE — New Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason has indefinitely suspended an assistant coach charged with drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident.Mason suspended Vavae Tata on Tuesday after...
View ArticleEx-soldier convicted of raping, killing Iraqi teenager dies in federal prison
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A former Fort Campbell soldier convicted of raping and killing a teenage Iraqi girl and using a shotgun to kill her family has died in prison in Arizona.Federal Bureau of Prisons...
View ArticleTorbush turns attention to coaching staff
With the recruiting season mostly behind him, East Tennessee State football coach Carl Torbush is moving on with other priorities.High on his list is expanding the new program’s coaching staff in the...
View Article2 inmates convicted of assault from Carter jail fight
ELIZABETHTON — Two prisoners in the Carter County Jail had another day in court on Tuesday after they were charged with assaulting a third prisoner last week.Alexander James Russom, 28, 3222 Cross...
View ArticleKurt Busch has championship hopes in move to SHR
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Kevin Harvick popped in for what he thought was a quick hello with a bedridden Tony Stewart.Roughly a week after Stewart broke his right leg in a sprint car crash, Harvick was...
View ArticleTired Bucs fall to Furman
After his team played its fourth game in three days on Tuesday — a 5-3 loss to Furman — East Tennessee State baseball coach Tony Skole could finally exhale."We just played our 39th inning in three...
View ArticleFox making tweaks to revamped NASCAR scoreboard
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Fox Sports’ attempt to modernize the scoring crawl is going back in for repairs.The network ditched the usual rolling leaderboard at the top of the screen for a rectangular box on...
View ArticleMontoya's return to IndyCar slowly coming along
ORLANDO, Fla. — Juan Pablo Montoya took a job in IndyCar with Roger Penske because he wanted to win races again. His history showed it wouldn’t be a problem. His preseason testing...
View ArticleCloudland rolls to 1-A girls title
Courtney Clarke will admit it. She likes Cloudland’s “adopted home floor” at Daniel Boone’s Bobby Snyder Gym even better than the Lady Highlanders’ actual home floor of Sonny Smith Gym in Roan...
View ArticleLocal SWAT team takes part in explosives training in New Mexico
After sending some of its officers to an explosives training program at no cost, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office might be trying to get less bang for no bucks.Last week, nine sheriff’s deputies...
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