Update: Two adults, two children dead in Erwin shooting incident
ERWIN – Officials are continuing to investigate an apparent triple homicide-suicide that occurred early Saturday morning in Erwin. According to a release issued Saturday by Erwin Police Chief Regan...
View ArticleWant football at ETSU? Here's how much it would cost
Playing intercollegiate football again at East Tennessee State University undoubtedly would be a costly proposition – one that at least some students have been wiling to open their wallets to help...
View ArticleReady for some hot wings? Super Bowl time means super party time
It's the biggest day of the year in sports, and that means a big day for restaurants, bars and stores throughout Johnson City. Lots of people may be watching the game from somewhere other than...
View ArticleCharges pending after three injured in head-on crash in Elizabethton
ELIZABETHTON – Three people were injured in a two-truck crash on the old Elizabethton Highway late Friday, and charges were pending, Elizabethton police announced this morning in a news release. The...
View ArticleErwin handgun school owner to offer class for hearing impaired
ERWIN – René Keplinger, owner of the All American Handgun School in Erwin, has seen a number of folks seeking to acquire their handgun carry permit come through her doors since she became a certified...
View ArticleLimb transplants add potential to ‘quality of life’ donation
Last week’s news of the double-arm transplant received by Brendan Marrocco, the 26-year-old Iraqi war veteran who survived the loss of all four of his limbs in a roadside bomb explosion, focused the...
View ArticleLoud car radio leads JCPD to arrest fugitive
Johnson City police arrested a man Friday who was wanted on charges in Mississippi after stopping his vehicle on Winter Street because he was playing the radio too loud. According to a Johnson City...
View ArticleWoman faces theft charge after items found
A Jonesborough woman was arrested early Saturday after reportedly being found with items she was attempting to take from a business at 429 N. State of Franklin Road. According to a news release from...
View ArticleLocal trooper named to high post in THP
The Tennessee Highway Patrol announced several changes and promotions this week, including a local man being named to a top position in the agency. Dean Hurley, who started his career with the THP in...
View ArticleRibbons part of Black History Month at ETSU
Black History Awareness Month continued at East Tennessee State University with red, black and green on Monday. Brooklyn Allison, a student majoring in public health, was busy Monday afternoon handing...
View ArticleMan accused in dog’s death served with summons
ELIZABETHTON – A man who admitted to shooting his neighbor’s dog on Jan. 27 has been served with a criminal summons charging him with intentional killing of a domestic animal. Joseph D. Garland, 37,...
View ArticleNames of slain Erwin family, alleged shooter released
ERWIN – The names of the three victims and alleged shooter in an apparent triple homicide-suicide that occurred early Saturday morning at the Town Acres apartments in Erwin have been released. On...
View ArticleCharges to be dismissed in animal cruelty case
Animal cruelty charges against a Gray woman were dismissed as long as she pays court costs for the two cases against her, according to a state prosecutor. Barbara Perry Christian, 55, 166 Buttermilk...
View ArticleFirst-degree murder trial starts today in May 2010 shooting
A former Washington County man accused of killing his ex-wife’s boyfriend will face a jury beginning today in a first-degree murder case against him. James Henry Allen, 51, is charged in the May 12,...
View ArticleCity seeking to improve ambiance on main corridors
Property owners along West Market Street will be blanketed with another layer of zoning restrictions and standards should the Johnson City Planning Division’s proposed Design Overlay district be...
View ArticleTown of Unicoi now accepting package store applications
The town of Unicoi’s certificate of compliance for retail liquor stores went into effect Monday, meaning that those interested in opening a package store in the town can now pick up applications....
View ArticleCarter Co. sheriff says he’s hoping grant could put officers in schools
ELIZABETHTON – Carter County Sheriff Chris Mathes said the growing concern over security in the state’s schools could lead to a sharp increase in the number of school resource officers assigned to the...
View ArticleWoman accused of stealing stepson’s guitar
ELIZABETHTON – A stepmother was arrested over the weekend on a charge she stole her stepson’s electric guitar and amplifier, police said. Keyla Lynn Lyons, 21, 229 Long Hollow Road, was arrested by Lt....
View ArticlePolice: New Testament CDs among stolen items
ELIZABETHTON – Compact discs containing the New Testament were among the items stolen from a pickup parked at the residence of Pattie Jenkins on Summer Rose Drive in Johnson City, police said. Jenkins...
View ArticleFive charged with making meth, child neglect in Erwin
Five people were arrested Sunday for the involvement in the manufacture of methamphetamine from an Erwin residence, and all five also face child neglect charges due to two children being found at the...
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