News Staff A 35-year-old Greeneville man Cameron T. Bolyard was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison on child pornography charges this week following a plea agreement in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Bolyard is also the parent of a minor and admitted he allowed the child to engage in explicit conduct for … Read more
The fish will have to find another home now that the almost 15-year-old plan to build a state fish hatchery in Elizabethton is officially dead. Thursday night, the Elizabethton City Council voted to retake possession of 25 acres along the Watauga River in the city’s Cherokee Industrial Park.The city sold the land to the Tennessee … Read more
An Abingdon man 26 year old Shawn Smith accused of driving on a suspended license for the 10th time has been charged following a hit-and-run that seriously injured a Virginia Department of Transportation employee, according to Virginia State Police.Police said the incident happened on Tuesday night in Woodland Hills Road in Washington County. According to … Read more
Road work is happeing in Kingsport beginning Friday. The project will take place in the Orebank area. Street resurfacing work includes Edens Way, Exchange Court, John Gaines Boulevard, Coventry Wynde and Caintuck Road.The resurfacing will take place during the day and will include temporary lane closures.
With health issues at stake like diaper rash and UTI’s Tennessee is aiming to cover the cost of diapers during the first two years of a baby’s life for mothers in the state’s Medicaid program, known as TennCare.TennCare Director Stephen Smith explained that, nationally, about one in three families struggles with having enough resources to … Read more
An investigation that began last December is moving toward completion now that a Carter County man was arrested after an investigation linked him to the overdose death of a juvenile in 2022.According to a Carter County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) release, Jessie Calvin Felts II, 20, of Elizabethton, was arrested on an indictment charging him with … Read more
May is Building Safety Month in Tennessee.The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance and the Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office issued a news release “to raise public awareness of the critical role that building codes play in ensuring safe communities.”Building Safety Month is a worldwide campaign presented by the International Codes Council (“ICC”), its members, … Read more
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed school safety legislation into law which includes enough funding to have one full-time, armed school resource officer for every public school. While signing the bill Governor Lee spoke that nothing is more important than Tennessee students and teachers returning home from school safely each day.
Both Kingsport City Schools and Greeneville City Schools are seeing an increase in summer school enrollment this year compared to last year since the first round of TCAP exams under Tennessee’s third-grade retention law is now over.Third graders who do not score proficient on the English Language Arts section must repeat the grade, go to … Read more
Two brothers Jacob and Joshua Hitchcock charged with murdering their father allegedly planned to kill him after learning he’d made plans to sell a home they would have inherited. The pai were charged with first-degree murder Monday after an investigation by the Carter County Sheriff’s Office (CCS) into the death of William “Bill” Hitchcock Jr., … Read more