Tensions linger between city and county, but resolution getting lost in...
Wednesday’s meeting of the Washington County Commission’s Budget Committee produced some interesting comments about Johnson City’s potential future annexation in the Suncrest corridor, as well as a...
View ArticleElizabethton theater hosting weekly Teen Night
ELIZABETHTON – The switch from film to digital projectors has led theaters like the Bonnie Kate Theatre and Cafe, which was built in 1926, to make the tough decision to either find a way to show new...
View ArticleInvestigation leads to arrest in 2012 vehicle theft
A Telford man was arrested Thursday following an investigation into a stolen vehicle, according to a police press release. According to the release, Brandon W. Stevens, 32, 178 Jasper Edwards Road, was...
View ArticleCarter mayor creates resolution targeting federal gun legislation
ELIZABETHTON – Mayor Leon Humphrey said Thursday that he will present a resolution to the Carter County Commission on Tuesday to defend the rights of Carter Countians to keep and bear arms and calls on...
View ArticlePolice say woman passed stolen checks at stores
A Johnson City woman was arrested Thursday following an investigation into stolen checks that were passed at two branches of a local business, according to police press release. According to the...
View ArticleLove Chapel Elementary School to close
ERWIN – Since a large sinkhole was discovered on the grounds of Love Chapel Elementary School nearly six months ago, the grounds have been the subject of testing as parents and students have awaited...
View ArticleEx-ETSU basketball player’s drug charge headed to grand jury
A defense attorney attacked the constitutionality of a drug case brought against his client after a package mailed to an East Tennessee State University post office box was opened by the post office...
View ArticleTwo charged in Johnson City auto burglary
Two Johnson Citians were charged Thursday in an auto burglary, according to a police news release. Johnson City police charged Roger D. Estep Jr., 35, no address available, and Kimbery Whaley, of 120...
View ArticleThree adults, four juveniles arrested in burglary of west Johnson City residence
Three adults and four juveniles were arrested Friday after a resident arrived home and found the individuals running from the west Johnson City residence. According to a police press release, Thomas...
View ArticleUpdate: Three adults, four juveniles arrested in burglary that prompted SHHS,...
Three adults and four juveniles were arrested Friday after a Gilmer Park resident arrived home and found the individuals running from his residence. The burglary prompted Johnson City school officials...
View ArticleAstrophysicist: Meteor that hit in Russia a rare event, not a big concern
The 10-ton meteor that slammed into a Russian mountainside Friday morning could happen again in a populated area, but given the land mass occupied by people, it’s unlikely, according to a local...
View ArticleOne of two in murder-for-hire plot in Unicoi pleads guilty
ERWIN – One of two people charged in August 2011 for his alleged involvement in a murder-for-hire plot entered a guilty plea Friday in Unicoi County Criminal Court. James M. Tipton, 63, pleaded guilty...
View ArticleMore than a dozen charges filed against man in alleged hit-and-run accidents
ELIZABETHTON – The Elizabethton Police Department arrested a man Thursday afternoon who was accused of being involved in three separate hit-and-run accidents on G Street. Felipe Ignacio Borquez, 18,...
View ArticleTwo indicted on multiple theft charges by Unicoi grand jury
ERWIN – Two Unicoi County men arrested in December on multiple theft charges were indicted by a Unicoi County grand jury Friday. Kevin P. Roberts, 2 Jones Branch Road, and Donny Ray Lewis, 122 Jones...
View ArticleWoman charged with stealing vehicle
A Unicoi woman was arrested Thursday following an investigation into a stolen vehicle from a Johnson City residence, according to a police news release. According to the release, Samantha A. Wallace,...
View ArticlePiney Flats woman ejected from vehicle in Cherokee Road crash
A 22-year-old Piney Flats woman was seriously injured when her vehicle hit a ditch on Cherokee Road late Friday night. Chelsea Corrigan, 429 Beck Drive, Piney Flats, was driving east on Cherokee Road...
View ArticleElizabethton man accused of using bad vehicle title for $2,500 loan
Johnson City police arrested an Elizabethton man early this morning on a charge that he used a fraudulent vehicle title to get a loan. James Melvin Brummitt, 31, 107 Holston Mountain Road,...
View ArticlePolice: Woman lied about stolen vehicle
A Johnson City woman was arrested Friday on a charge that she lied to police when she reported that her vehicle had been stolen from a restaurant parking lot. Kimberly Denise Hartley, 40, 2826 Emory...
View ArticleChristmas Box final numbers in
Members of the Johnson City Press Christmas Box board of directors have gone over the final numbers and confirmed the 2012 holiday food distribution was among the largest in the project’s 32-year...
View ArticleThinking spring at home and garden show
Snow flurries and cold wind swept through Northeast Tennessee Saturday afternoon, but inside Freedom Hall Civic Center, home and garden vendors teased visitors with their displays of warm weather...
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