Power outage forces Daniel Boone to dismiss early
Washington County school officials announced that Daniel Boone High School would be dismissing students today at 12:30 p.m. because of a power outage. Parents who normally pick up their students after...
View ArticleFamilies squabble at preliminary hearing for accused killer
Emotions ran high Wednesday outside a Washington County courtroom after a first-degree murder preliminary hearing, and law enforcement herded two families away from each other. It happened after the...
View ArticlePro-To Club to honor founders during banquet
Hugh Collie and Willie Norris have dedicated the majority of their lives to the Johnson City/Washington County Pro-To Club Inc. As two of 12 founding members, Collie and Norris have witnessed an...
View ArticlePolice’s popular drug drop-off program prompts need for bigger box
A drug drop-off box installed two years ago at the Johnson City Police Department for unwanted medications has been so successful that department will replace it with a bigger one. “About two years ago...
View ArticleMan reportedly chokes, throws items at woman
A Johnson City man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly threw various items and choked a woman while holding her against a wall, according to a police press release. According to the release,...
View ArticlePhone call leads to additional charges
A Johnson City man already incarcerated in the Washington County Detention Center on stolen vehicle and burglary charges received more charges after calling a relative from jail to dispose of other...
View ArticleMan faces charges of taking motorcycle
A Johnson City man was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly stole a motorcycle from a local shop and other items from Goodwill. According to Johnson City police, Christopher J. Mitchell, 38, 103 Bill...
View ArticleTwo women, juvenile facing theft charges
Two women and a juvenile were charged with one count each of felony theft over $500 from JC Penney, 2011 N. Roan St., on Monday about 4 p.m. Loss prevention employees told Johnson City police that...
View ArticleAnnexation moratorium passed in Nashville may mean revenue loss
Legislation designed to reform Tennessee’s annexation laws succeeded in the House late last week and now awaits Gov. Bill Haslam’s signature which will put in motion a one-year moratorium on the...
View ArticleJohnson City man sentenced to nearly 20 years on prescription drug charges
GREENEVILLE —— A Johnson City man was sentenced Tuesday after he pleaded guilty during an August 2010 federal indictment to charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute...
View ArticleElizabethton police: Man shot holes in his own truck
ELIZABETHTON – Elizabethton Police responding to a call about shots being fired in the 700 Block of W. H St. on Monday arrested a man who admitted to shooting the side of his own pickup truck. Kenneth...
View ArticlePolice blotter: 8-year-old punches, bites school principal
Police were called to Holston Elementary School in Blountville, finding the principal had been punched, kicked and bitten by an 8-year-old. An educator and an officer had to restrain the boy in a...
View ArticleMan, 18, and juvenile charged with burglarizing dead man's house
ELIZABETHTON – The Carter County Sheriff's Department made a quick arrest in a burglary that occurred late Wednesday night in Liberty Hollow. Two people were arrested, a juvenile and an adult,...
View ArticleCity-County Liaison Committee shows new life
Thursday’s City-County Liaison Committee meeting was by far the most productive gathering in more than a year, because it is the only time in that span anyone has showed up. A fresh start? Could be....
View Article3 Daniel Boone students accused of writing bomb threat in bathroom stall
Three Daniel Boone High School students have been arrested following a bomb threat that resulted in the school's evacuation earlier this week, Washington County Sheriff Ed Graybeal announced...
View ArticlePolice say jealousy caused man to report false hostage situation
UNICOI – Unicoi County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Frank Rogers said the green-eyed monster apparently got the best of a county man who was arrested Thursday morning for allegedly reporting a...
View ArticleWash Co. Commissioner Phyllis Corso has long history in area
On March 25, Johnson City native Phyllis Corso took her seat on the 25-member Washington County Commission, replacing her husband, Joe Corso, after his death in January. She brought with her...
View ArticleMSHA gets grant to step up breast-feeding rate
After receiving a one-time grant of $2,500 from the Breastfeeding Support Funding opportunity through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women’s Health, the Johnson City...
View ArticleVideo captures pedestrian being hit on State of Franklin
Video from a downtown business recorded a pedestrian being struck by a vehicle last week, but no charges have been filed. The victim, 23-year-old Rachel Witt, said her attorney advised her not to speak...
View ArticleJohnson City man faces assault, drug, gun charges after Milligan Hwy....
Police arrested a 22-year-old Johnson City man early Friday morning after a series of incidents along the Milligan Highway involving a gun, attempted carjacking, drugs, a broken window and a foot...
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