Temps expected to hit 60s, 70s this weekend, but rain also forecast
While many in the region were excited to learn warmer temperatures were on their way for the weekend, the warming trend may dampened a bit with some rain and overcast conditions expected to last until...
View ArticleMan accused of selling items from job site
A Johnson City man was charged Wednesday following an investigation into missing appliances, according to a police press release. Johnson City police said John W. Norton II, 31, 369 S. Broadway St.,...
View ArticlePolice say man tried to pass forged check
A Johnson City man was arrested Wednesday after he attempted to pass a check and deposit funds into his personal account, according to a police press release. Police said Michael Longcrier, 33, 3433...
View ArticleMan allegedly brandished gun during robbery
A Johnson City man was arrested Thursday following an investigation into two reports that alleged a man brandished a gun and robbed a business, according to a police press release. According to the...
View ArticleInquiry from JCPD leads to arrest in burglary
ELIZABETHTON – The Carter County Sheriff’s Department got some help from the Johnson City Police Department in making an arrest into last week’s burglary of a Stoney Creek residence. Christopher Allen...
View ArticleCity free to annex within urban growth boundary, including Gray
A U.S. district judge on Wednesday dismissed a suit in which Gray residents, upset with Johnson City’s recent and possible future annexations, challenged state statute as being unconstitutionally vague...
View ArticleUnicoi schools offering automated alert system
ERWIN – Full-time resource officers are now in every county school, but Unicoi County school system officials are not finished putting into place measures to prepare for emergency situations. The...
View ArticleElizabethton council votes to give $160,000 to city golf course
ELIZABETHTON – The Elizabethton City Council voted 7-1 on Thursday night to provide the Elizabethton Golf Course with $160,000 to cover cash flow problems at the recreational facility. The measure will...
View ArticlePolice say children living in filthy conditions; four charged
ERWIN – Four Unicoi County residents are facing multiple counts of child neglect after officers with the Unicoi County Sheriff’s Department discovered them and their children living in filthy and...
View ArticleFirefighters respond to fire across from the Covered Bridge
ELIZABETHTON – Elizabethton firefighters were in the right spot not only to put out a fire but to be the first ones to discover and report a fire on Thursday. The fire broke out Thursday afternoon in a...
View ArticleAdvance Disposal apparent low bidder for Carter solid waste service
ELIZABETHTON – A self-described “new kid on the block” was the apparent low bidder to handle the county’s solid waste for as long as the next eight years. Advance Disposal, which has opened the EcoSafe...
View ArticleUpdate: Unicoi Co. woman killed in crash identified
A Unicoi County woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash Thursday along Highway 107 in the Limestone Cove area. Unicoi County Sheriff Mike Hensley said Thursday evening the accident happened between...
View ArticleSheriff: Drunken, armed man arrested with 2 kids in truck
A report of an armed, intoxicated man at a Johnson business led Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies to arrest a Gray man Thursday in a traffic stop with two young children in his vehicle. Jason...
View ArticleFire in Gray destroys barns
Two barns burned to the ground in Gray early this morning. Reports of fire at the barns, located side-by-side near Pickens Bridge Road and Lester Heights Road, came in around 12 a.m. Friday, according...
View ArticleWoman charged with tanning business theft
A 21-year-old city woman was arrested Thursday on a charge that she stole from a tanning business. Rachel Marshall, 1710 Knob Creek Road, was charged with theft over $1,000. Police said her arrest...
View ArticlePolice: N.C. fugitive arrested in Johnson City
A King Springs Road woman was arrested Thursday in Johnson City on a warrant from North Carolina. Dorothy Farmer, 24, 820 King Springs Road, was arrested after Johnson City police learned of a check...
View ArticleBody of missing Carter County man positively identified
A body found in Carter County along Gap Creek Road earlier this month has been positively identified, according to Sheriff Chris Mathes. The body was identified as that of Zane Baxter Gervin II, 45,...
View ArticleWashington County inmate death being investigated by TBI
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is probing the death of an inmate at the Washington County Detention Center on Friday afternoon. According to a release from Washington County Sheriff Ed Graybeal,...
View ArticleAppeal request filed in Johnson City U-Haul case
U-Haul is not going quietly into the night. The company’s lead counsel, Thomas Peebles, filed a motion late Friday asking Washington County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Seeley to send his ruling and...
View ArticleJonesborough to celebrate Main Street updates
The town of Jonesborough will celebrate the completion of its yearlong Main Street improvement project with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday morning in front of the courthouse. Jonesborough Special...
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