County seeks partial reimbursement for early school bus buy
Every little bit helps. That’s what Washington County Mayor Dan Eldridge conveyed to Washington County Commission Budget Committee members Wednesday when he announced his decision to utilize a passage...
View ArticleSentencing delayed for third time in death of Yorkie
A sentencing hearing for a Gray man who pleaded guilty to torturing his family’s dog to death while high on bath salts and cocaine was delayed for a third time Wednesday because his defense attorney is...
View ArticleWoman says she was using embezzled money to support cocaine habit
A woman who pleaded guilty to taking more than $60,000 from a Johnson City law office where she was employed testified Wednesday she was using the money to support at a $1,000-a-week cocaine habit....
View ArticleNew charges placed in Oak Park car burglaries
More burglary charges have been placed against a man a Johnson City police dog tracked to his apartment after a vehicle burglary in a nearby neighborhood earlier this week. Police added eight counts of...
View ArticleKent Harris takes stand in retrial
ERWIN – Kent Harris offered a direct response to defense attorney Jim Bowman’s question as to whether he stole $4,500 in Unicoi County funds. “I didn’t steal one dime from Unicoi County,” Harris said....
View ArticleUnicoi County residents rally against hospital’s sale decision
ERWIN —— Unicoi Countians who remain upset about the sale of Unicoi County Memorial Hospital to a Johnson City-based hospital chain rallied Thursday night at Unicoi County Intermediate School to launch...
View ArticleGPS devices now in use at ETSU to measure performance of athletes
Using satellites to measure performance could be the future of athletics, and the training to use this technology is only taking place in this country at East Tennessee State University. “It is the...
View ArticleGas prices vary widely in region, state
Gas prices in Johnson City rose to $3.27 a gallon Thursday – an increase of 2 cents from last week – while prices steadily decreased elsewhere in the Tri-Cities, according to AAA’s Fuel Gauge Report....
View ArticleKitchens interim city manager; Alexander mayor again in Elizabethton
ELIZABETHTON – The first meeting of the new Elizabethton City Council was the start of several major changes in the city and the finish of a career for the city manager. There were no changes at the...
View ArticleMan hurt when train strikes tractor
A Limestone man who was attempting to pull a broken down FedEx van with his tractor was injured Thursday afternoon when the tractor was struck by a freight train. According to the Tennessee Highway...
View ArticleWashington County deputies arrest 2 after stopping stolen Corvette
Washington County sheriff's deputies found a wanted man driving a stolen vehicle on Thursday and also arrested his passenger. Jason C. Hammonds, 38, 201 Browns Mill Road, was arrested after...
View ArticleElizabethton man accused of trying to return stolen merchandise
Johnson City police arrested an Elizabethton man Friday on charges that he tried to return stolen merchandise to a retail outdoors store and lied to police about it. Gary L. Whitson, 42, 611 Willow...
View ArticleJonesborough man accused of running from police during arrest
A Jonesborough man was arrested Thursday on charges that he committed theft, used a stolen credit card and tried to run from Johnson City police as he was arrested. Phillip R. Broyles, 21, 783 Conklin...
View ArticlePackage addressed to former ETSU basketball player facing drug charges...
More than $10,000 cash was found in a package addressed to a former East Tennessee State University basketball player facing drug charges stemming from another package found in the campus post office...
View ArticleLocal school officials react to Conn. shooting
As details of Friday’s shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., emerged, local school administrators mourned the loss of the young lives and hoped to reassure parents and guardians...
View ArticleGraduate to hold first ETSU doctoral degree in early childhood education
Helen Morris Lane patiently waited 14 years for East Tennessee State University to offer a doctorate in early childhood education, and today she will become the first graduate of that program, though...
View Article101 achieve dream at Milligan graduation
MILLIGAN COLLEGE – With Milligan College’s Mary B. Martin Auditorium in Seeger Memorial Chapel decorated in honor of the Christmas season with garland, red bows and candles along its perimeter, the...
View ArticleWashington County committee to define John Rambo’s job description, determine...
On Nov. 1, John Rambo became Washington County’s first full-time, in-house attorney. Three months before he officially took the position, the County Commission passed two resolutions. The first created...
View ArticleETSU honors 1,404 graduates Saturday
East Tennessee State University was a packed place on Saturday morning and afternoon, as commencement ceremonies honoring their most recent graduates took place, with one at 10 a.m. and another at 2...
View ArticleGrandmother, toddler without income this Christmas
For all the difficulties she’s been through, Faith, not her real name, considers herself richly blessed. In summer 2010, Faith’s husband died. That fall she took custody of her infant granddaughter....
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