Innovation Academy 'not just about STEM'
KINGSPORT — STEM schools — with a focus on science, technology, engineering and math — can’t leave out history and English, according to the principal of Innovation Academy of Northeast Tennessee. And...
View ArticleGate City police moving to Town Hall during renovation
GATE CITY — The Gate City Police Department will operate out of Town Hall on a temporary basis following action taken earlier this week by the Town Council. Authority was also given to Gate City Town...
View ArticleKetron Elementary co-principals working through early challenges
KINGSPORT — Ketron Elementary School co-Principals Sandra Ramsey and Wendell Smith are getting lots of exercise these days, but not much rest. Ramsey, former principal at the closed Kingsley...
View ArticleMembers of Hawkins County family facing drug charges
ROGERSVILLE — A Hawkins County father, mother and son are facing drug charges after detectives arrived at their residence Thursday and allegedly found marijuana plants growing in a garden in front of...
View ArticleAARP taps Margot Seay for new role
Margot Seay’s six-year term as AARP Tennessee state president was winding down, and she had decided it was time to stay home and get some things done around the house. Her husband, Bunky Seay, had...
View ArticleRoadway construction for new welcome center almost complete
KINGSPORT — Work on the new Tennessee Welcome Center in Kingsport is getting close to the midway point in the project. For nearly a year, Charles Blalock and Sons of Sevierville has been working on...
View ArticleKingsport City Schools getting TV program
KINGSPORT — Kingsport City Schools is coming to public access television on the Charter Communications cable system later this month. And “Lunch With Lyle” could give some folks in-person interaction...
View ArticleKingsport man charged with burglary
A Kingsport man has been arrested after allegedly stealing a TV and numerous DVDs from a home along Bloomingdale Pike. The Sullivan County Sheriff's Office reports being contacted by the resident...
View ArticleMan flips car in Kingsport, admits being 'too drunk'
The blotter is derived from recent central dispatch records and incident reports of area police agencies. Sullivan County Sheriff's Office Aug. 16 Police were asked to check on a suspicious man at the...
View ArticleWife, daughter facing murder charges in Scott
GATE CITY — The wife and 14-year-old daughter of a Scott County man are both facing charges of first-degree murder for their alleged roles in his killing earlier this year. Melissa Justice Napier, 40,...
View ArticleKingsport BMA wants marketing plan for aquatic center
KINGSPORT — In the next 30 days, the Kingsport Board of Mayor and Aldermen wants to see the marketing plan for the aquatic center project, given its expected significance to the community and with the...
View ArticleProsecution rests its case in double murder trial
BLOUNTVILLE — The state has rested its case against a man charged in the Nov. 18, 2005, robbery and execution-style shooting deaths of Jeffrin Nolan, 27, and Terrance Alexander, 21, inside the former...
View ArticleMorphine reported stolen from terminally ill Hawkins woman
ROGERSVILLE — Hawkins County Sheriff's Office detectives are investigating the theft of liquid morphine from a terminally ill woman who is in the late stages of cancer. The Times-News won't release the...
View ArticleNo state help as attendance falls at BMS
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Talks between Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam's administration and Speedway Motorsports haven't led to a green flag for new state assistance at Bristol Motor Speedway. "I don't have...
View ArticleTennessee men indicted in Christmas Day murder in Scott
GATE CITY — Two Tennessee men were indicted by a Scott County grand jury earlier this month for their alleged roles in the Christmas 2011 killing of a Nickelsville man. Charlie Joe Ramey, 60, of...
View ArticleUpdate: Jury to resume deliberations Friday in Kingsport double murder case
Update: The judge permitted the jury to go home at 3:40 p.m. Thursday. Deliberations are expected to resume at 9 a.m. Friday. BLOUNTVILLE — A man on trial in a Sullivan County court this week for his...
View ArticleRace fans warned of solicitations from fake charitable groups
BRISTOL, Tenn. — From making donations to seemingly charitable organizations to properly securing golf carts, police are issuing warnings and reminders to race revelers. During past NASCAR race weeks...
View ArticleArrest made in Bristol pharmacy robbery
A man who was wanted in connection with the robbery of the CVS Pharmacy at 1315 Virginia Ave. in Bristol, Tenn., on Aug. 14 and a Kroger pharmacy in Sevierville turned himself in to the Bristol...
View ArticleBristol man charged in stabbing
Police arrested a 26-year-old Bristol man late Tuesday on a charge that he stabbed another man. Robby Musick was charged with malicious wounding. Police were called to 31 Oakview Circle about 11:40...
View Article911 call: Sullivan man 'having relations with dogs'
The blotter is derived from recent central dispatch records and incident reports of area police agencies. Sullivan County Sheriff's Office Aug. 20 A man "not taking his meds" was reportedly walking...
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