Federal spending cuts could have heavy impact on student financial aid
Sequestration could cost thousands of dollars in student financial aid, possibly resulting in more student debt, according to East Tennessee State University’s financial aid director. The Associated...
View ArticleKingsport native making his mark preserving state's natural resources
Kingsport native Todd Weaver didn’t suit up as a Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency wildlife officer until eight years after he graduated from Tennessee Tech. It didn’t take Weaver anywhere near that...
View ArticleSullivan County mayor expected to reveal pick for budget director on Monday
BLOUNTVILLE — Sullivan County Mayor Steve Godsey is expected on Monday to make public his latest choice for county budget director. Godsey told the Sullivan County Commission last month he was close to...
View ArticleFederal grant funds KHRA plan to revitalize area near Lee Apartments
KINGSPORT — The Kingsport Housing and Redevelopment Authority has received $300,000 in federal funds to craft a redevelopment plan for the Midtown section of town, with the eventual goal being to...
View ArticleSullivan Central kicking off BYOT program on Monday
BLOUNTVILLE — Got technology? Sullivan Central High School has had wireless Internet throughout the building since January, but Monday marks the formal beginning of Central’s Bring Your Own Technology...
View ArticleTrails grant to help fund wetlands loop off Greenbelt
KINGSPORT — The Model City has secured yet another state grant to improve the Kingsport Greenbelt, but this time the enhancement will be more than just extending one end of the trail further down the...
View ArticleScores of blood donors respond to Facebook post
When Beth Haun posted on her Facebook page asking her friends and family to donate blood for her mother, Ruth Marie Haun, who had just been in a serious car accident, she said she couldn’t believe the...
View ArticleETSU professor's new book takes standardized tests to task
Poverty and standardized testing are two things limiting education in this country, according to an East Tennessee State University professor who wrote a new book on the topic. Eric Glover is the...
View ArticleMount Carmel man facing meth charge
ROGERSVILLE — A Mount Carmel man was charged Saturday with promotion of the manufacture of meth for allegedly purchasing pseudoephedrine for the purpose of making meth for approximately two years. As...
View ArticleRogersville bank teller retires after 50 years on job
ROGERSVILLE — What do you do after retiring from a job you’ve held for more than 50 years? Ada Rogan said she’s going to Disney World. Friday evening, Rogan, 72, locked the doors at the Capital Bank in...
View ArticleJCFD responds to two fires in less than an hour; four residents displaced
JOHNSON CITY — A Sunday afternoon apartment fire spread to an attic shared by three others, leaving four Johnson City residents displaced, according to a Johnson City Fire Department news release. The...
View ArticleScott County officials expect Crooked Road Technology Center to be finished...
GATE CITY — Scott County officials say they expect construction of a multimillion-dollar expansion of the Crooked Road Technology Center in Duffield to be finished by late March. The project’s...
View ArticleBlotter: Kingsport man hits debt collector with baseball bat
The blotter is derived from recent central dispatch records and incident reports of area police agencies. Kingsport Police Department March 1 The branch manager of a Kingsport credit company reported...
View ArticleUPDATE: Police say three unsolved murders may be connected
Updated at 11:10 p.m. Police suspect the same individual is responsible for a pair of unsolved Kingsport murders occurring in 2010 and 2011, while DNA evidence from a 1997 homicide has been resubmitted...
View ArticleJC police: Two charged with child neglect following meth incident
Authorities took custody of two small children Sunday after Johnson City police found a couple under the influence of meth during a disturbance on Wilson Avenue, police said in a news release. Jeremy...
View ArticleKingsport smoke shop owners to plead guilty to drug, money charges
GREENEVILLE — The former owners of the Ultimate Smoke shop in Kingsport have agreed to plead guilty to federal drug and money charges in connection to selling synthetic marijuana and bath salts and...
View ArticleWoman faces multiple drug charges after allegedly admitting to 'cooking' Opana
ROGERSVILLE — A Hawkins County woman allegedly admitted to “cooking” the painkiller Opana so she could shoot it up shortly before police found her stopped in a vehicle at a busy intersection just south...
View ArticleScott County School Board chooses Comfort Services for energy-saving project
GATE CITY — The Scott County School Board decided during a special meeting last week to begin moving forward with a performance-based contract that is intended to help the system save money on its...
View ArticleCertificate of need to be filed for methadone clinic to locate in Johnson City
A certificate of need should be filed this week for a methadone clinic to locate in Johnson City, nearly 10 years after a certificate was granted but later revoked, according to a representative of the...
View ArticleWoman given year in jail for embezzling from Johnson City law office
A former law office comptroller will serve a year in jail and 30 years on probation, but that could be reduced if she finishes repaying money she stole to support a cocaine habit. Lisa Potter, 43, of...
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