JC police chase ends in crash, kidnapping charge
Johnson City police arrested a Greeneville man after he hit a cruiser, fled in his car and crashed head-on into another vehicle after officers responded to a suspicious person call on Sunday. Brandon...
View ArticleGirl Scouts try to earn drug abuse awareness badge at ETSU pharmacy college
About 80 Girl Scouts took over East Tennessee State University’s Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy Saturday morning, and they weren’t trying to sell cookies. In fact, the Scouts —— made up of Daisies,...
View ArticleFood bank celebrates holiday with honors
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee celebrated Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service with a special recognition ceremony for volunteers who serve the food bank year round....
View ArticleCarver Recreation Center honors King's legacy
Without Martin Luther King Jr. we may not know what to do, according to some children who recently learned about the man who helped bring about considerable social change in this nation. The country...
View ArticleLarge meth site found in Carter; six charged
ELIZABETHTON – One of the largest methamphetamine dump sites in Carter County history was discovered Sunday afternoon by deputies who had been called to the scene on suspicion of domestic violence. “It...
View ArticleUnicoi sheriff stepping up speeding, traffic enforcement after complaints
ERWIN – Officials with the town of Unicoi have recently received a number of complaints of motorists speeding through various areas of the town, which has prompted the Unicoi County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleCity celebrations mark King holiday, Obama inauguration
Two separate but ultimately linked celebrations in Johnson City Monday night honored both the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and the inauguration of the country’s first black president. “I think...
View ArticleJohnson City man charged with 10th driving on revoked license offense
A Johnson City man police tried to stop reportedly fled and was then subdued with a Taser at his home. According to a Johnson City police news release, officers tried to stop Cecil D. Carver, 41, 205...
View ArticleAccused Johnson City killer's charge upped to 1st degree
The murder charge against a Johnson City man accused of killing a woman then dumping her off Butler Bridge was increased from second-degree to first-degree murder, with the presentment served on him...
View ArticleFirefighters working Elizabehton house fire
Elizabethton firefighters are on the scene of a house fire in the 600 block of Orchard Road. Smoke was reportedly pouring out of the house as firefighters arrived on scene. Emergency radio traffic...
View ArticleCommittee wants officer for every county school
Putting a school resource officer, or SRO, inside every school in Washington County has become priority number one for the County Commission’s Safety Committee. At a special called meeting Tuesday...
View ArticleLegal woes mount for local brothers
Two brothers’ legal trouble got a little worse Tuesday in Jonesborough, with one removed from the courtroom after cursing a court officer and the other leaving after hearing there might be a warrant...
View ArticleFighting poverty: Host, author, joins philosopher, educator at ETSU to...
The war on poverty is not over. And for those in attendance in East Tennessee State University’s D.P. Culp University Center auditorium Tuesday night, guest speakers Tavis Smiley and Cornel West tried...
View Article$2 million project will add 1,447 burial plots at Mountain Home
A major $2 million expansion project that will add more than 1,000 new burial plots has begun at the last section of available land in Mountain Home National Cemetery, though what will essentially be a...
View ArticleJohnson City Power Board members to test new peak-time billing
The Johnson City Power Board’s board of directors voted Tuesday to be the “guinea pigs” in a pilot rollout of the utility’s peak-time use billing policy coming this fall. Jeff Dykes, who took over as...
View ArticleUnicoi, Washington county authorities credit cooperation in drug arrest
ERWIN – A cooperative effort between two local law enforcement agencies led to the arrest of an Erwin man earlier this week for allegedly fleeing police when authorities attempted to arrest him for...
View ArticleManner of hospital sale displeases Unicoi board; liquor stores ordinance...
UNICOI – The town of Unicoi’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen wants to send the message that it does not approve of the manner in which the Unicoi County Memorial Hospital Board of Control voted last year...
View ArticleCarter Co. Commission votes to try to reduce supervisory authority of county...
The long-running conflict between Carter County Mayor Leon Humphrey and the Carter County Commission took a different twist during Tuesday’s commission meeting when the commission voted 16-5 to send a...
View ArticleCarter Co. planners OK new subdivision proposal
ELIZABETHTON – The Carter County Planning Commission heard two subdivision proposals during its Tuesday meeting and heard a complaint about drainage problems from a resident who said he experienced...
View ArticleUpdate: Couple charged in meth bust at Johnson City hotel
A tip about a meth lab led to the arrest of a girlfriend and boyfriend at a Johnson City hotel room Tuesday night, according to police. Johnson City police got a tip about a possible meth lab at Super...
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