Gold Star Fitness owner abandons bid to have members use aquatic center
KINGSPORT — The owner of Gold Star Fitness has questioned and criticized Kingsport’s aquatic center project for years, with the most recent concern being what type of arrangement the city will have...
View ArticleSullivan County may split CTE programs among high schools
BLOUNTVILLE — Sullivan County’s school system may move toward more specialized and centralized career technical programs, according to Director of Schools Jubal Yennie. Yennie said the proposed change...
View ArticleMore females than males enrolled in local colleges
Male enrollment numbers in schools located within the Southern Regional Education Board region have seen a slight percentage increase over female enrollment, but data from some local institutions in...
View ArticleWashington County, funeral homes work to cover costs of pauper burials
Dealing with death is an undesirable but necessary task. When it comes down to it, if a person dies in Washington County and has no friends, no family, no assets and no ties to funeral homes or...
View ArticleKnox County mayor's wife: Campaign money spent on personal use
Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett’s household checking account shows deposits that match undisclosed checks his wife wrote to herself in 2010 against his mayoral campaign fund. On one statement, those...
View ArticleEarly voting ends Saturday for primaries, Sullivan County general election
BLOUNTVILLE — Early voting for the Aug. 2 election continues through Saturday at three locations in Sullivan County: Kingsport Civic Auditorium, 1550 Fort Henry Drive; Sullivan County Election Office,...
View ArticleColorado shooting suspect in court with orange-red hair
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — His hair dyed a shocking comic-book shade of orange-red, the former doctoral student accused of killing moviegoers at a showing of the new Batman movie appeared in court for...
View ArticleTeen attempts to throw block from moving vehicle, falls out onto Sullivan...
The blotter is derived from recent central dispatch records and incident reports of area police agencies. Sullivan County Sheriff's office July 20 A deputy found a BMW sitting on Kincaid Street with,...
View ArticleLee police seek clues in death of K9 officer
JONESVILLE — Authorities in Lee County are awaiting autopsy results to determine what caused the death of a K9 officer that went missing early last week. Lee County Sheriff Gary Parsons said the...
View ArticleMan accused of kidnapping infant, girlfriend in Hawkins
CHURCH HILL — A Hawkins County woman told police she and her infant son were held against her will overnight Saturday by her boyfriend, who allegedly beat her repeatedly and threatened her life with a...
View ArticleKingsport man faces rape, drug charges
A Kingsport man has been arrested by the Grainger County Sheriff’s Department on rape and drug charges. Rickey Dean Sells, 54, of 2113 Cypress St., was arrested Wednesday during a traffic stop in New...
View ArticleSecond Harvest food pantry to visit Sullivan Central on Thursday
BLOUNTVILLE — A program that works to get nutritious meals to hungry students in the summertime plans to distribute food with a mobile pantry at Sullivan Central High School on Thursday. The Second...
View ArticleRogersville man charged in two robberies at Dollar General store
ROGERSVILLE — A Hawkins County man who allegedly entered the manager’s office of a Rogersville Dollar General store and committed thefts on two separate occasions this past weekend was arrested after...
View ArticleHawkins woman dies 6 weeks after head-on collision
ROGERSVILLE — The district attorney’s office has ordered an autopsy for an 84-year-old Hawkins County woman who passed away Monday, six weeks after being involved in a head-on collision allegedly...
View ArticleSullivan schools eye plan to 'grow' principals from ranks of teachers
BLOUNTVILLE — Sullivan County’s public school system plans to start growing future principals more directly from the ranks of teachers. Using an assistant to the principal program, Director of Schools...
View ArticleThunderstorms in this afternoon's forecast
A familiar weather warning has been issue for the Tri-Cities region today. A complex of thunderstorms is expected over the region this afternoon and evening. Forecasters say the storms will have the...
View ArticleJohnson City oncologist seeks to have fake drugs lawsuit dismissed
A local oncologist asked a federal judge to dismiss a federal lawsuit that claims fake drugs were used to treat a woman who ultimately died from the disease. The lawsuit against Dr. William Kincaid and...
View ArticleUpdate: Police ID victim of fatal Sullivan County crash
Update: 12:20 p.m. Police have identified the victim of a fatal Bluff City crash as Marvin E. Shaffer, 44, of 734 Oakwood St., Bristol, Tenn. He was pronounced dead at the scene while the passenger,...
View ArticleMayor Godsey accuses Sheriff Anderson of 'fabricating lies'
Investigation of his placement of home refuse in a publicly-funded dumpster is “the most ridiculous” thing he’s encountered yet as Sullivan County mayor, Steve Godsey said Tuesday morning. Godsey held...
View ArticleBond revoked for Kingsport man accused of raping 6-month-old
BLOUNTVILLE — A Kingsport man accused of rape and abuse of his infant child and of residing with his girlfriend’s other children in violation of his status as a registered child sex offender is now...
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