Trial set to begin in deputy hit case
The attempted murder trial for three people accused of running down a Washington County sheriff’s deputy more than a year ago while they were allegedly trying to evade arrest from a robbery is...
View ArticleHealth Wagon events slated for Wise, Dickenson counties
WISE — Residents of Wise and Dickenson counties will be able to receive free medical treatment next week thanks to a pair of community health fairs organized by local community agencies and service...
View ArticleKingsport bans all forms of smoking at school games
KINGSPORT — There’ll be no more blowing smoke at Dobyns-Bennett High School football games, even if it is water vapor from an electronic cigarette. Kingsport City Schools no smoking and tobacco policy...
View ArticlePhase 2 of Rock Springs Road improvements to begin soon
KINGSPORT — In about a month, Rock Springs Road will be under construction again, this time with road improvements stretching from Rock Springs Valley Road to Cox Hollow Road. The project, dubbed Rock...
View ArticleHawkins sheriff to host county's official 'Police Memorial Ceremony'
This past Wednesday Hawkins County Mayor Melville Bailey signed a proclamation, which proclaims the week of May 12 – May 18, 2013 as “Police Week” in Hawkins County, Tennessee. Hawkins County Sheriff...
View ArticleUPDATE: Wayne McConnell, longtime Sullivan County commissioner, dies
Updated at 7:10 p.m. KINGSPORT — Sullivan County Commissioner Wayne McConnell, 9th District, died Saturday at Bristol Select Specialty Hospital. McConnell, 65, has been a member of the Sullivan County...
View ArticleRogersville Fourth of July Committee needs funds to avoid program cuts
ROGERSVILLE — Organizers of Rogersville’s annual Fourth of July Celebration are hoping more sponsorships and/or donations come in soon so that programming cuts won’t have to be made to the region’s...
View ArticleVolunteer High School's RAIN Club to host Earth Day event for third-graders
CHURCH HILL — Hawkins County third-graders will have an opportunity to spend a day at Laurel Run Park on Friday while learning about recycling and the environment from a group of Volunteer High School...
View ArticleCherokee robotics team built Frisbee-throwing robot for competition
ROGERSVILLE — A group of Hawkins County high school students demonstrated for the Board of Education last week that aside from learning “Reading, Writing and ’Rithmetic” — their education over the past...
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