Rolling car hits man at Girls Inc. lot in Johnson City
A Hampton man was injured Monday morning when a car he was working on struck him at Girls Inc. in Johnson City.Police said Robert A. Vestal, 57, Hampton, was working on a 2008 Chevrolet Impala in the...
View ArticleOff the Wall News: Apparently they really do return to scene of the crime
SANDUSKY, Ohio — A man who robbed the Venice Road Dollar General on Thursday struck the same store again Friday morning and was arrested by officers who were still in the area investigating...
View ArticleOff the Wall News - Cockfighting: Just good, wholesome entertainment?
OGDEN, Utah — Cockfighting is just good, wholesome entertainment. Well, either that, or an obscene blood sport involving drugs, prostitutes and gambling. It all depends on whom you ask.Ask John...
View ArticleSpectacular Shelbridge
Originally farmland on the north side of a small train-stop town, the 6,000-square-foot mansion now known as Shelbridge has been home to industrialists and university presidents, but most importantly,...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Extreme purse-snatching, the butter knife attack, and more
On second thought, I'll take yours. When a man realized he didn't have enough money to buy a pack of cigarettes from a gas station, he went out to his car to get the money he needed. After he returned...
View ArticleSupermarket wine sales bill headed to governor
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Legislation allowing wine to be sold outside Tennessee liquor stores is headed to the governor for his consideration.The Senate on Monday approved minor changes made by the...
View ArticleETSU's Rembert makes first-team All-Atlantic Sun
Rashawn Rembert was named to the first team and two other East Tennessee State player picked postseason awards from the Atlantic Sun Conference on Monday.Rembert was joined by Jalen Riley, who was...
View ArticleBucs get one last shot at Lipscomb
It’s fitting, perhaps, that East Tennessee State will play one more game of basketball with Lipscomb as it heads out the Atlantic Sun Conference door.The teams have waged some memorable battles over...
View ArticleTarter tops All-NET girls team
When looking at the body of work compiled by Tianna Tarter, it’s hard to see anything but the best player in the area.Helping Science Hill record 31 straight victories before a tough upset loss in the...
View ArticleGood named All-NET player of the year
Patrick Good carried on the family tradition this season.Good, a 5-foot-11 sophomore guard for the David Crockett High School boys’ basketball team, became the third member of his family to be named...
View ArticleThe Buzz: Keeping you up-to-date with the day's need-to-know stories
Have you fallen behind? Don't fret! The Buzz is here with all the need-to-know stories from Monday:• Absent Erwin alderman resigns post. ERWIN - Town of Erwin Alderman Robie Sullins...
View ArticleSenate passes bill to legalize switchblade knives
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The state Senate has passed a bill to legalize switchblades and other knives with blades longer than 4 inches in Tennessee.The chamber voted 24-1 on Monday to approve the bill...
View ArticleMan goes from one jail to another, police say
ELIZABETHTON — A man who had just been released from the Sullivan County Jail found himself immediately arrested by the Carter County Sheriff’s Department on several methamphetamine charges, police...
View ArticleRussia sets Ukraine agenda with diplomacy, threats
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops said to be 16,000 strong tightened their stranglehold on Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula Monday, openly defying the U.S. and the European Union and rattling world...
View ArticleAfter heart, lung transplant, Weston readies for another fight
Weston Keeton, the 7-year-old Blountville boy who underwent a heart and double lung transplant at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in December, will undergo an unprecedented...
View ArticleWeather service warns of icy early-morning road conditions
While the latest round of winter weather is expected to conclude by this afternoon, the National Weather Service said early morning road conditions may not be ideal.Sam Roberts, a meteorologist at the...
View ArticlePolice say masked gunman robbed local pharmacy
The Johnson City Police Department is searching for a man they say robbed a local pharmacy with a handgun.Police said that at around 5 p.m. Monday, a masked gunman stole an undetermined amount of...
View ArticleDetails emerge in weekend shooting of Carter County teen
ELIZABETHTON — The Carter County Sheriff’s Department has released more information about Saturday’s incident in which a 13-year-old boy was shot in the neck.The boy was accidentally shot by...
View ArticleErwin policeman seriously injured in crash after swerving to miss deer
ERWIN — An Erwin policeman remained in serious condition Monday after a single-vehicle crash that occurred overnight in Unicoi County.Patrolman Gregg Copp, who has been with the department since...
View ArticleWe will always need social services if we maintain poor working conditions
“Nobody who works full time should have to raise their family in poverty.”People hear versions of this phrase from politicians and pundits trying to arouse emotions in a crowd, with varying degrees of...
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