Johnson City man charged with beating, choking girlfriend
A Wheeler Street man was arrested Saturday after accusations that he beat and choked his live-in girlfriend and held blankets over her face. Brandon G. Corbitt, 29, 2200 Wheeler St., was charged with...
View ArticlePolice: Man pulls knife on landlord, brother
Johnson City Police Department officers broke down a man’s door and removed him from his home after witnessing him pull a knife on his landlord and brother on Friday, according to court documents....
View ArticleUpdate: Tow truck driver finds baby in car towed from downtown Johnson City,...
A tow truck driver found a surprise in the front seat of a vehicle he removed from the downtown Johnson City area early Sunday morning after he arrived at the impound yard – a baby. Both of the baby’s...
View ArticleUpdate: Possible wreck with injuries in I-81 construction zone
A rig has wrecked traveling southbound on Interstate 81 between the 47 and 48 mile markers in Greene County, according to a Greene County 911 dispatcher. Traffic flow was not interrupted and injuries...
View ArticleCounty planning commission set at 15
Washington County Commissioners on Monday set the number of members of the Regional Planning Commission at 15 after a verbal tussle over what some commissioners see as County Mayor Dan Eldridge’s lack...
View ArticleCommission agrees to draw up contract with Waste Management
The Washington County Commission on Monday approved a $5.9 million, 10-year agreement with Waste Management to send its solid waste to Johnson City-owned Iris Glen Environmental Landfill. The...
View ArticleReport: Crime up in city, down in county in 2012
Johnson City had slightly more criminal offenses reported in 2012 than the previous year while Washington County experienced a decrease, according to crime statistics released Monday by the Tennessee...
View ArticleOutgoing mail services moving from Johnson City to Knoxville
The United States Postal Service will be moving its outgoing mail services from the Johnson City area to Knoxville this summer, a USPS official said Monday. Postal Service spokeswoman Susan Wright said...
View ArticleJonesborough's Jackson Theater funding on new track after state budget...
The town of Jonesborough is seeking funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission to purchase and renovate the former Jackson Theatre in the wake of the state legislature’s failure to approve state...
View ArticleCarter County deputies report being bitten, kicked while trying to make arrest
ELIZABETHTON – One deputy of the Carter County Sheriff’s Department said he was kicked in the chest and a lieutenant said he was bitten on his left arm when they tried to serve outstanding arrest...
View ArticleETSU’s vision for performing arts center grows larger
Land where an East Tennessee State University fine and performing arts center could be built has been appraised at around $1.7 million, and now includes a bank building. Lot 1, which has been the...
View ArticleEarth Day: Town celebrates upgrades to waste water treatment facility
Bobby Goode, director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development in Tennessee, came to Jonesborough Tuesday for an Earth Day celebration of $10 million in waste water treatment...
View ArticleBrock, Tomita tops in Johnson City Commission race; Hall, Manahan, Hager,...
Former school board member Jenny Brock led all candidates in the race for two open seats in today's Johnson City Commission election, finishing ahead of sitting Washington County Commissioner...
View ArticleBrock, Tomita easily win Johnson City Commission seats
Jenny Brock and David Tomita on Tuesday bested a field of seven candidates and will position themselves in chambers next month as the two newest members of the Johnson City Commission. The two were...
View Article4 incumbents, 1 newcomer land on Johnson City Board of Education
When the polls closed Tuesday night, voters sent incumbents Kathy Hall, Dick Manahan, Tom Hager and Sheila Cox to the Johnson City Board of Education, alongside newcomer John Hunter for his first term...
View ArticleHazardous waste collection day to be held at Daniel Boone High School May 4
If you’ve been holding on to some old chemicals or medications and are not quite sure what to do with them, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation might have just the solution for...
View ArticlePermanent place sought for Unicoi County records
ERWIN – Unicoi County’s nomadic records will likely be on the move again soon, and the Unicoi County Records Commission intends to study potential permanent destinations for stacked pallets of papers...
View ArticleJCPD arrests second pizza store robbery suspect
A second Chattanooga man accused of being involved in a February pizza store robbery was arrested by Johnson City police on Monday. Ledarius Keith Owens, 28, 4005 Highland Ave., Chattanooga, was...
View ArticleJohnson City man accused of allowing child, 3, to wander off; was on...
A Johnson City man on probation for letting his toddler wander off from their residence was arrested Monday after a similar incident. Jason D. Peters, 21, 1068 Ingleside Terrace, was arrested about 9...
View ArticleResearch effort clears up grave confusion at Elizabethton's Green Hill...
ELIZABETHTON – Two new Civil War cavalry veterans, one who fought for the North and the other who fought for the South, have been discovered at the Green Hill Cemetery as a result of a research effort...
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