Jury finds three guilty of injuring Washington County deputy
The three people accused of running down a Washington County deputy last year as they were fleeing from other officers for a robbery incident were convicted of attempted aggravated robbery and felony...
View ArticleWoman charged with embezzling from store
A Johnson City woman was arrested for embezzlement Wednesday following an investigation by a department store’s loss prevention department in The Mall at Johnson City, according to a police news...
View ArticleStudents charged in pellet gun shootings
BRISTOL, Va. —— Two students from Virginia High School were arrested Wednesday as suspects in a series of shooting incidents involving Airsoft pellet guns last week, according to a Bristol, Va., police...
View ArticleWater remains high at Watauga Lake
HAMPTON – The highest water level in the history of Watauga Lake, 1,966 feet above sea level, has proven to be more of an inconvenience than a disaster, with picnic areas closed and marinas having to...
View ArticleCharges placed after parents alert police to son's drug activity
ELIZABETHTON – For the second time during the past weekend, parents alerted the Carter County Sheriff’s Department on their suspicions that their son was manufacturing methamphetamine on their...
View ArticleElizabethton man accused of bashing Johnson City bar employee with beer bottle
Johnson City police chased down a bar patron accused of hitting a nightclub employee's head with a beer bottle Wednesday. Dennis W. Fletcher, 32, 2760 Highway 91, Elizabethton, was arrested...
View ArticleMan wanted in Greene County arrested in Johnson City traffic stop
An alleged seat belt violation led Johnson City police to arrest a man under the habitual motor offender law on Wednesday. Jason R. Berry, 5228 Unicoi Road, also was wanted in Greene County on a theft...
View ArticleWash. Co. zoning administrator weighing run for county mayor’s seat
Mike Rutherford has been doing some thinking. First and foremost, Washington County’s zoning administrator said Wednesday he is seriously considering a run against Dan Eldridge for the county mayor...
View ArticleWeekend event at Appalachian Fairgrounds honors veterans
Veterans from all wars and anyone who wants to recognize them are welcome to attend the fourth Veterans Homecoming event at the Appalachian Fairgrounds on Friday and Saturday. Sam Jones, one of the...
View ArticleMother charged with neglect in Carter County
ELIZABETHTON – A Carter County woman has been arrested by the Carter County Sheriff's Department on charges she has failed to supervise and control her teenage son. Virginia Putnam Benfield,...
View ArticleChainsaw stolen from Carter County Sheriff's Department
ELIZABETHTON – The Carter County Sheriff's Department was the victim of a crime recently. John Huber, the uniformed officer who accompanies the department's work gang of inmates,...
View ArticleDog remains missing from family of autistic child
The family of the lost Basset hound, Rudy, previously mentioned in a Johnson City Press article on April 26, said Thursday their four-legged friend is still missing. Tracie Phillips and her autistic...
View ArticleRain puts TVA’s reservoirs at summer levels
A wet weather system that unexpectedly rolled up from North Carolina did produce Watauga Lake’s highest water level on record, but it also has set in place what Tennessee Valley Authority officials...
View ArticleMay 24 opening targeted for new McKinney Center in Jonesborough
While renovations at the McKinney Cultural Arts Center at Booker T. Washington School are expected to continue at least through early summer, the center will open as scheduled May 24 with the return of...
View ArticleProposed Johnson City methadone clinic hearing scheduled for late May
A fact-finding public hearing is scheduled for May 28 on a proposal to locate a methadone clinic in Johnson City. The Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency will hold the hearing at 5 p.m. in...
View ArticleElizabethton police say Johnson City woman left infant alone in car
ELIZABETHTON – A woman who police said left her infant alone in a car in the Walmart parking lot Monday evening was arrested on several charges. Tonya Renee Richards Coleman, 40, 102 Honeycutt Private...
View ArticleReport: Erwin woman leads police on search for bogus Kingsport 'bombs'
KINGSPORT – It's not a good idea to fabricate stories when speaking to police – especially if you're already booked into jail for stealing a rental vehicle. But if you really want to up...
View ArticleVietnam veteran aims to educate at 4th Annual Veterans Homecoming
“This is all of my stuff,” Norman “Butch” Petit said as he listed the various military items —— clothing, weapons, canteens, currency and medals —— included in the large wood and glass cases on display...
View ArticleAmanda Berry's relatives Ohio bound
ELIZABETHTON – The first contingent of Amanda Berry’s Tennessee relatives to make the trip to Ohio to see her left Friday afternoon. It is the first time they will have seen her since she was kidnapped...
View ArticleWatauga homeowners say high water spurring erosion
Some homeowners in Butler have seen their shorelines recede more than the high water at Watauga Lake that continues to saturate their property. “The problem that we have and our neighbors on the lake...
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