Deputy details first assignment as young, undercover officer
ELIZABETHTON – Donna Rogan was given a difficult first assignment in her law enforcement career. The 22-year-old deputy with the Carter County Sheriff’s Department was asked to serve as an undercover...
View ArticleElizabethton council to interview two city manager finalists
ELIZABETHTON – The Elizabethton City Council will interview two of the finalists for the city manager job Friday and the remaining two candidates March 21. The first interview will be held from...
View ArticleOpponents of workers’ comp legislation say it hurts workers
Attention Tennessee employees: a grass-roots movement is under way to shine a light on legislation that would reform the state’s Workers’ Compensation Division – reform that appears to benefit...
View ArticleFive Points progress meeting set tonight
The Tennessee Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting tonight to discuss construction plans and the progress of a safety project at the Five Points intersection of Tenn. Highway 81...
View ArticleJohnson City announces spring leaf collection
Johnson City’s annual spring leaf collection will take place April 1-12. Residents are asked not to bag leaves and to have leaves piled behind the curb – not in front of the curb or on the street – no...
View ArticleRailroad work causing traffic detours in downtown Johnson City
Railroad work in downtown Johnson City has caused traffic to be detoured. Motorists should seek alternate routes. Work is currently being done at the railroad crossings in the downtown area, according...
View ArticleAsner cancels Greeneville appearance
Due to a medical emergency requiring hospitalization, Ed Asner is unable to travel for his scheduled performance tonight at Niswonger Performing Arts Center in Greeneville. NPAC said it anticipates a...
View ArticleElizabethton man charged with stealing from Johnson City store
Johnson City police arrested an Elizabethton man Thursday on an accusation that he had been stealing from a discount retail chain store over several weeks. Jerry Wayne Harrison, 28, 138 Canter Road,...
View ArticleSupporters, foes of wine bill surprised by committee vote
While reactions were split on both sides of the issue regarding wine in grocery stores, supporters and opponents of the bill were surprised when the legislation failed Tuesday in the state House of...
View ArticleLocal sex offender compliance check results in 5 arrests, 15 reports
A three-day, four-county sex offender compliance check in Northeast Tennessee resulted in the arrests of five people and 15 violation reports submitted to the courts, according to a U.S. Department of...
View ArticleJC police: 2 arrested on I-26 after 2 1/2 pounds pot found in trunk
Two Kingsport men were found with more than 2 1/2 pounds of marijuana Wednesday during an Interstate 26 traffic stop in Johnson City, police said in a news release. George Collins, 1238 Faye St.,...
View ArticleWC budget committee delays action on $1.4 M school resource officer request
Public protection does not come cheap. The Washington County Budget Committee on Thursday deferred action for now regarding funding for 10 new School Resource Officers pending the outcome of state...
View ArticlePlans OK’d for Love Chapel modular classrooms
If everything falls into place, Love Chapel Elementary School students will have a place of their own by the time classes resume following the summer break. Exactly one month after it voted to close...
View ArticleOfficials, residents weigh in on Five Points roundabout plan
Community members, town officials and Tennessee Department of Transportation representatives and consultants met Thursday to discuss a proposed and soon-to-be-implemented solution to the heavily...
View ArticleFormer, current students protest Range Elementary School closure proposal
ELIZABETHTON – The school zone on Tenn. Highway 400 in front of Range Elementary School is now also a protest zone as parents, alumni and friends of the Carter County are standing by the road to...
View ArticleElizabethton council OK’s spending to finish substation project
ELIZABETHTON – The final portions of a $20 million bond issue to rebuild all nine Elizabethton Electric Department substations will soon be used up, leading the Elizabethton City Council to authorize...
View ArticleMan to face hearing on theft charge
A Johnson City man is scheduled for a hearing in Sessions Court this afternoon for allegedly selling a vehicle that did not belong to him to a local recycling center in October. According to Johnson...
View ArticleFormer Elizabethton police chief to teach criminal justice at Happy Valley...
ELIZABETHTON – A former police chief will soon be ending his law enforcement career, but plans to develop future law enforcement officers. “There are a lot of motivated and interested young people over...
View ArticleBMS helicopter landing zone dedicated to pilot
BRISTOL – The helicopter landing zone at Bristol Motor Speedway was dedicated to Bill Starnes on Thursday. It was a fitting tribute, according to those who knew him best. Starnes, the chief pilot for...
View ArticleElizabethton council OKs spending to finish substation project
ELIZABETHTON – The final portions of a $20 million bond issue to rebuild all nine Elizabethton Electric Department substations will soon be used up, leading the Elizabethton City Council to authorize...
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