CONSULTING FIRM BRINGS GOOD NEWS TO BRISTOL
Amtrak Passenger Rail Service To Bristol Tennessee/Virginia Would Have A Major Impact Beyond The Tri Cities. That According To Representatives From Aecom , The Contracted Consulting Firm And The Community…
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT BILL PASSES
Members Of Both The Tennessee House And Senate Have Approved Legislation By An Area Lawmaker That Would Require Schools To Report Annually The Number Of Times Corporal Punishment Is Used…
FOUR BIDS SUBMITTED FOR WEAVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Four Bids Have Been Submitted For The Former Weaver Elementary School Property. Sullivan County Education Leaders Want To Sell The Property, However, The School System Will Have A Land Survey…
FUNDING APPROVED FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY PROJECT
The Washington County Tennessee Economic Development Council Has Voted To Contribute Funding Toward The Expansion Of The County’s Industrial Park In Telford. The Plan Calls For 237-Thousand Dollars Of The…
HIGHLAND PHYSICIANS LAWSUIT NOW A CLASS ACTION SUIT
A Multimillion-Dollar Lawsuit Filed Two Years Ago By Highland Physicians Incorporated Against Wellmont Health System Has Been Granted Class-Action Status By A Sullivan County Chancellor. Highlands Physicians Filed The Suit…
MAN SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT
A West Tennessee Man Who Pleaded Guilty To Trying To Arrange A Sex Date With What He Thought Was A Teenage Girl From Bristol Has Been Ordered To Spend Time…
NEW SULLIVAN COUNTY SCHOOL HAS ITS COLORS
Sullivan County’s Planned West Ridge High School Has Its Colors. They Will Be Sky Blue, Charcoal Blue And White. The School Will Be Built Off Exit 63 Of Interstate 81.…
GREENEVILLE WRECK KILLS WOMAN
A Two Vehicle Crash Near Walmart In Greeneville Has Claimed The Life Of A Woman And Injured Three Others. It Happened Along East Andrew Johnson Highway. 75 Year Old Georgia…
ST. PAUL SHOOTING VICTIM DIES CHARGES COULD BE UPGRADED
A St. Paul Virginia Shooting Victim Has Died. Mark Anthony “Tony” Ward Was Shot On Saturday In The Head At Savage Services Corporation. 68 Year Old Larry Leon Fields Was…
ELIZABETHTON TEACHER SUSPENDED AND PRINCIPAL DISCIPLINED
An Elizabethton School Teacher Has Been Suspended Without Pay After She Allegedly Distributed Campaign Material To Students. The Teacher’s Husband Is Bruce Pierce, A Candidate For Carter County Court Clerk.…
CO-ATHLETIC DIRECTORS REMOVED IN ELIZABETHTON
Elizabethton High School Has Revealed Personnel Decisions In Which Two Co-Athletic Directors For The Cyclones Have Been Removed. Mike Wilson And Eddie Pless Are No Longer In Their Previous Posts.…
IDENTITY OF BODY FOUND IN WATAUGA RIVER RELEASED
Authorities Have Released The Name Of A Man Whose Body Was Recovered From The Watauga River Last Week. 30 Year Old Jacob Hampton Of Elizabethton Was Reported Missing By His…
LEGISLATURE PASSES PLAN TO HELP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS
The Tennessee Legislature Has Passed A Plan To Help Domestic Violence Victims. The Bill Would Make It Easier For Domestic Violence Victims To Get Off The Cellphone Plans Of Their…
JOHNSON CITY LOOKING TO RE-BRAND
Johnson City Leaders Are Looking At Re-Branding The City In Order To Recruit Tourists And New Business To The Area. The Research Project Will Bring Data From Inside And Outside…
GUN PERMITS INCREASE IN TENNESSEE
According To The Latest Figures From The Annual Report Of The Tennessee Department Of Safety And Homeland Security, Gun Permits Are On The Rise. Just In The Last Year, The…
ETSU HOPES TO RECEIVE DRUG RESEARCH FUNDING
A State Lawmaker Wants The State To Give East Tennessee State University’s Center For Prescription Drug Abuse Treatment And Prevention, A Half-A-Million Dollars For Prescription Drug Abuse Research. State Representative…
ELIZABETHTON WATER CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR FIRED
Following An Investigation By The Attorney For The City Of Elizabethton, Water Resources Department Construction Supervisor Jim Roberts Has Been Terminated. The Probe Dealt With Ethics Violations, Including Allegations Roberts…
DICKENSON COUNTY MAN FACING RAPE CHARGE
A Dickenson County Virgina Man Is Behind Bars Facing Sexual Assault Charges Involving A Minor. Adam Duane Woods Is Charged With Rape Of A Child. A Bond Hearing Is Set…
DISTRICT ATTORNEY REPLACEMENT NAMED
A Long Time Assistant District Attorney Has Been Named To Lead The First Judicial District Office Following The Sudden Death Of Tony Clark. Ken Baldwin Was Chosen To Become District…
911 DIRECTOR SEARCH REOPENED
The Washington County-Johnson City 911 Emergency Communications District Is Officially Without A Leader After Long-Time Director Bob McNeill Retired Last Week. The Agency Hopes To Begin Interviews For The Post…
HULSEY’S BILL SENT TO SUMMER STUDY
State Representative Bud Hulsey’s Truth In Sentencing Bill Has Been Sent To Summer Study. Hulsey’s Bill Would Prohibit An Inmate From Using Sentencing Credits Until The Inmate Has Served The…
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES PURCHASING TRADERS VILLAGE FLEA MARKET
Traders Village Indoor Flea Market In Kingsport Is Being Sold To Goodwill Industries Of Tenneva. The Plan Is To Redevelop The Property Off East Stone Drive Into Its Processing Center,…