Intelligent Traffic System almost reality for Johnson City
In early 2010, then-Vice Mayor Jeff Banyas leaned forward from his perch during a City Commission meeting and praised Traffic Engineer Anthony Todd on a presentation regarding the city’s traffic...
View ArticleNext stop for Science Hill senior: West Point
Science Hill High School student Samantha Bradley wasn’t sure where she would take her studies post-high school. As her junior year was coming to an end, Bradley began thinking more seriously about her...
View ArticleChild endangerment charge filed after large Carter Co. meth lab dump site found
ELIZABETHTON – A man who is accused of being involved in one of the largest methamphetamine dump sites in recent Carter County history was arrested over the weekend on child endangerment and...
View ArticleJohnson City cancer center manager gets probation for role in mislabeled...
The former business manager for a now-defunct cancer treatment center was sentenced in federal court to three years of probation for his part in purchasing misbranded chemotherapy medications. Michael...
View ArticleCast your ballot in city election beginning Wednesday
More and more people are exercising their constitutional right to determine who will represent them at the local level by voting far ahead of the designated, or “official” election day. Early voting...
View ArticleMSHA ready to evaluate land for new Erwin facility
ERWIN – As officials with Mountain States Health Alliance and Unicoi County Memorial Hospital prepare the documents that will be sent to the state attorney general’s office for its review, MSHA...
View ArticleJohnson City man expected to leave prison today in wake of murder conviction...
Dale Larkin, the Johnson City man whose first-degree murder conviction for his wife’s 2003 asphyxiation death was overturned last week by a Tennessee appellate court, should be released from prison on...
View ArticleMother could have child neglect conviction erased from record
A woman accused of leaving her infant alone in a hotel room pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and will have the conviction erased from her record next year in a plea agreement reached last week. Tina...
View ArticleDisc golf to tee off in Jonesborough
A new nine-hole disc golf course is under construction at Persimmon Ridge Park in Jonesborough, nearly complete and set to open May 3. If the course is as popular as the town’s Parks & Recreation...
View ArticleLarkin out on bond after transfer from prison, murder conviction reversal
Dale Larkin, the Johnson City man whose first-degree murder conviction for his wife’s 2003 asphyxiation death was overturned last week by a Tennessee appellate court, was released Monday night from the...
View ArticlePinwheels spinning around Northeast Tennessee for child abuse prevention
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and Court Appointed Special Advocates of Northeast Tennessee has joined in a statewide effort to make child safety a greater priority. Blue and silver pinwheels,...
View ArticleWrong-way Johnson City driver charged with 4th DUI
A wrong-way trip down North Roan Street landed a man in jail Sunday on his fourth DUI charge. Mark Wayne Wharton, 110 Happy Valley Road, was arrested after driving the wrong way on North Roan, driving...
View ArticleTown of Unicoi’s planners to consider first complete liquor store application
UNICOI – The town of Unicoi’s Planning Commission is set to meet Monday to discuss the first completed application the town has received since its certificate of compliance for retail liquor stores...
View ArticleETSU: 'Major announcements' about football coming today
Now that the necessary fee has been approved, East Tennessee State University administrators will make "major announcements" this evening about a new football program. According to the...
View ArticleJohnson City Police accepting applications for Junior Police Academy
The Johnson City Police Department is accepting applications its Junior Police Academy through June 24. The Academy will be geared toward area youths, male and female, ages 15-18. The Academy will be...
View ArticleMan pinned by car in Gray
Washington County sheriff’s deputies and emergency medics responded to a call at 153 South Patrick Drive in Gray after a vehicle rolled over a man around 9:20 a.m. Tuesday morning and pinned him....
View ArticleJohnson City woman charged with more than 40 counts of identity theft
A former employee at a Johnson City loan business was charged in connection with the generation of more than 40 fake loans for almost $20,000, according to police. Johnson City police Tuesday charged...
View ArticleTennessee governor allocates $500,000 for Jonesborough theater project
The state has allocated $500,000 for the Town of Jonesborough to purchase the Jackson Theatre in the 2013-14 budget, state Sen. Rusty Crowe announced today in a news release. Tenn. Gov. Bill Haslam had...
View ArticleReport: Unicoi Co. man charged with kidnapping, assault after dragging...
ERWIN – A Unicoi County man is facing several charges including aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, domestic assault and aggravated burglary following his arrest Monday for allegedly dragging...
View ArticleWoman faces charges over sale of car
A Kingsport woman was arrested Tuesday for allegedly selling a vehicle to a city car dealership that was being used as collateral in a loan, Johnson City police said. According to a police news...
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