Jonesborough pair accused of exploiting elderly victims for $200,000
Two Jonesborough residents were arrested Thursday on charges that they stole at least $200,000 from two elderly people in Johnson City. Jama Curtis, 39, and Tony Curtis, 40, both of 1412 Mill Springs...
View ArticleUpdate: School board postpones vote on potential North/South merger
UPDATE: 2:58 p.m. BLOUNTVILLE — The fate of the proposed merger of Sullivan North and South high schools won’t be decided March 28 as originally planned. The Sullivan County school board’s scheduled...
View ArticleKingsport man faces fourth felony drug arrest
Thursday marked the fourth time a Kingsport man has been arrested on felony drug charges over the past 19 months, with the latest incident including an alleged scuffle with officers and disposal of 42...
View ArticleJury hands down life sentence in Ramey murder trial
GATE CITY — Jurors returned a life sentence for Charlie Joe Ramey Friday in Scott County Circuit Court after finding him guilty of murder for his involvement in the Christmas 2011 shooting death of a...
View ArticleJohnson deputy shoots tires to stop vehicle after 100-mph chase
MOUNTAIN CITY — A Johnson County Sheriff's Office deputy fired shots to stop a vehicle headed toward him after a high-speed chase on Tenn. Highway 67 late Thursday night, Sheriff Mike Reece said....
View ArticleKingsport to seek bids for estimated $4 million stadium overhaul
KINGSPORT — Kingsport City Schools will be accepting bids for the expansion and renovation of J. Fred Johnson Stadium, and if the price tag is within the estimated budget, construction could begin...
View ArticlePain clinic regulations, more jail time for crimes against children, are...
KINGSPORT — Reeling in so-called “pill mills,” otherwise known as pain management clinics, leads the legislative agenda advocated by the Tennessee Public Safety Coalition (TPSC) this year. TPSC also...
View ArticleLocal drug maker hopes to impact major diseases
A handful of employees at a family owned drug research company at East Tennessee State University’s Valleybrook Campus are poised to make a big impact on the pharmaceutical industry. Eric Latham,...
View ArticleGuest column: Influenza vaccination should never be made compulsory
That mandatory vaccination programs for health care workers (HCW) are rapidly sweeping the nation is further evidence of a society in serious decline. The gradual and widespread erosion of rational and...
View ArticleUnder city manager's plan, bond issuance would cover two years of CIP
Kingsport schools looking at $3.4 million in projects KINGSPORT — City Manager John Campbell has pitched another plan for how Kingsport can fund its capital improvement projects — combining two years’...
View ArticleKingsport schools looking at $3.4 million in projects
KINGSPORT — The city school system is looking at spending about $3.4 million in capital improvement project funding over the next two school years, including work at Robinson Middle School and...
View ArticleBristol man who claimed to have hand grenade, AK47 charged with filing false...
BRISTOL, Tenn. — A Bristol man was charged with filing false reports after he allegedly called the 911 center and claimed that he had a hand grenade late Friday night. According to a Bristol Police...
View ArticleKingsport Public Library hiring collection agency to pursue overdue materials
KINGSPORT — How bad is it when a library has to employ a collection agency just to get its overdue books back? That’s apparently the case now at the Kingsport Public Library. For the first time, the...
View ArticleGreene County man dies in mobile home fire
GREENEVILLE — A man is dead after a fire destroyed a mobile home in East Tennessee. Mosheim Volunteer Fire chief Harold Williamson told The Greeneville Sun that two people passing by the residence...
View ArticleHospitals: Failure to expand Medicaid may cost facilities and jobs
Northeast Tennessee lawmakers, for the most part, indicate they aren’t sold on expanding Medicaid coverage for more low income Tennesseans. Both Wellmont Health System and Mountain States Health...
View ArticleJohnson City police look for two after Tree Streets armed home invasion
JOHNSON CITY — Two men invaded a residence in the Tree Streets section of Johnson City on Saturday with a shotgun and robbed the residents, assaulting one, police said this morning in a news release....
View ArticleDelinquent tax rolls to be turned over to Sullivan County Chancery Court
BLOUNTVILLE — If you own property in Sullivan County and haven’t paid the 2011 county property taxes on it, you’ve got about a week to do so and avoid being taken to court. On April 1, those left on...
View ArticleDespite uncertain funding, Kingsport Chamber of Commerce advertising for...
KINGSPORT — The Kingsport Chamber of Commerce has decided to go ahead and advertise for a new associate director of Knetic, even though the Board of Mayor and Aldermen has not decided how much funding,...
View ArticleMeeting on proposed school merger scheduled for Monday night at Sullivan North
KINGSPORT — Folks with comments or questions about the proposed merger of Sullivan North and Sullivan South high schools have another chance to attend a community meeting. Monday night’s community...
View ArticleKingsport motorcyclist in critical condition following collision
KINGSPORT — A Kingsport man was listed in critical condition Sunday afternoon after the motorcycle he was driving was involved in a collision with another vehicle on Stone Drive at the Netherland Inn...
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