Kingsport school buses get stuck in snowstorm
KINGSPORT — Two Kingsport city school system buses, both with students on board, got stuck in Thursday’s wet snowstorm. One of the buses got stuck at about 3 p.m. Thursday in the middle of Fairview...
View ArticleNorton newspaper family mourns untimely death
NORTON — A well-known newspaper family is in mourning for one of its own in Southwest Virginia. Michael N. Tate, 47, succumbed to injuries inflicted by a gunshot wound. The son of the late Carroll...
View ArticleSnow-related crash on I-81 kills one, injures two
Updated at 2:30 p.m. KINGSPORT — A weather-related crash between a sedan and a tractor-trailer killed an Alabama woman early Friday on Interstate 81 near Exit 56 (Tri City Crossing), according to...
View ArticleRegion begins digging out from winter storm
KINGSPORT -- Clear skies and warmer temperatures are expected to return to Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia Friday after the region was covered with anywhere from six-inches to a foot of snow...
View ArticleDobyns-Bennett athletic events impacted by snow
The fallout from a winter storm that blanketed the Tri-Cities with heavy snow continued Friday as Kingsport Dobyns-Bennett High School was forced to cancel athletic events.According to Kingsport City...
View Article20 flashing pedestrian signs installed at ETSU as safety measure
Bad weather forced East Tennessee State University administrators to cancel night classes Thursday, the first day of the new semester, but students there for the day class load noticed bright yellow...
View ArticleSW Va. crews clearing snow, stranded cars from roadways
WISE — Southwest Virginia, particularly the higher elevation communities, literally plowed through the process on Friday of digging out from the effects of Thursday’s storm that dumped as much as a...
View ArticleVirginia adopts plan for water quality concerns
RICHMOND — The Department of Environmental Quality and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services will be implementing a new strategy to proactively address potential water quality...
View ArticleDrivers upset as abandoned vehicles are towed
Abandoned vehicles became a major issue for emergency responders and utility workers during a fast-moving snowstorm that dumped wet, heavy snow all across the Northeast Tennessee region. And the price...
View ArticleEmergency official: Residents should have heeded warnings
When weather forecasters reported the potential for a fast-moving storm that could deliver several inches of snow on Thursday, area residents should have listened and taken more precautions, according...
View ArticleAppalachian Power says outages should be resolved by Monday night
KINGSPORT — Appalachian Power (AP) estimated Saturday that all power outages in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia should be fixed by Monday night. As of mid-morning Saturday, more than 6,000...
View ArticleKingsport's FY 2012 audit comes up clean
KINGSPORT — Kingsport has again received a clean opinion on its finances from auditors — for the 13th straight year — with million-dollar increases in property and sales tax collections while the...
View ArticleShipley bill clarifies, updates last year's synthetic drug legislation
A so-called “Synthetics 2.0” bill has been introduced by Tennessee state Rep. Tony Shipley to update measures enacted last year to prosecute synthetic drug sellers and users. Shipley’s legislation is a...
View ArticleJohnson City commissioners move to make Gray corridor developer friendly
The City Commission passed a first reading of an ordinance Thursday that would make land in the Suncrest and Bobby Hicks Highway areas more developer friendly, a move made eight days after a U.S....
View ArticleD-B band rolls out today for inauguration
KINGSPORT — Dobyns-Bennett High School band members are heading to Washington, D.C., this morning to march in the Presidential Inaugural Parade, as well as do some sightseeing and sample the cuisine in...
View ArticleCrashes at Johnson City red light camera intersections decrease slightly;...
Crashes have declined at Johnson City intersections with red light traffic safety cameras, but will those cameras be here in a few more years? Staff Writer Gary B. Gray delved into all the numbers,...
View ArticleRiver rescue called off after driver of submerged van arrives on scene
KINGSPORT — Members of the Kingsport Lifesaving Crew were moments away from diving into the chilly North Fork of the Holston River Sunday afternoon when the driver of a van found submerged up to the...
View ArticleSummit to examine ways to beef up security at Scott County schools
GATE CITY — A school safety summit scheduled for Friday in Scott County will bring together law enforcement officials, educators and emergency responders to discuss ways security can be improved at...
View ArticlePiney Flats fiddle master, 9, hopes to go pro some day
Carson Peters’ dad describes him as a typical rock-throwing, stick-breaking, baseball-playing, wild 9-year-old boy. Like most boys, the Piney Flats third-grader enjoys hunting, riding his four-wheeler...
View ArticleJC police chase ends in crash, kidnapping charge
A police chase along State of Franklin Road ended in a crash and a foot race Sunday, finally resulting in a Greeneville man's arrest on several charges, including reckless endangerment and kidnapping....
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