News Staff A Kingsport non-profit for foster children is expanding with a satellite location in Johnson City. SMILE Foster Closet is opening the new location at Heritage Baptist Church.The organization helps foster families by providing items for kids including clothing, hygiene products, and baby equipment all placed in a new duffle bag. The goal is to provide … Read more
Abingdon is getting ready to host its Spring Town-Wide Yard Sale in just a couple of weeks.The event will take place Saturday, April 1, from 7:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.This allows residents to sell their goods in a yard sale-type setting, and dozens of people have already registered to participate.Residents are encouraged to sell their … Read more
A 16-year-old boy is dead after a house fire in Wythe County, Virginia on Sunday morning.According to a release from the Wythe County Sheriff’s Office, the fire was reported at a home on Brower Lane in the Max Meadows community. When first responders arrived they made contact with three people who had vacated the burning … Read more
The Carter County Drug Prevention Coalition is preparing for its fourth annual “Egg My Yard” event.Their volunteers will visit on the evening of the Saturday before Easter to fill your yard with Easter eggs. You just select the number of eggs, and they handle the rest. The Egg My Yar devent begins with a price … Read more
A Kingsport man Cody Christian accused of driving at Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents last year has been transferred from federal custody to the Sullivan County Jail. According to authorities, TBI agents and the FBI were working together on April 26 to capture Christian, who was wanted on federal charges.The TBI stated Christian was spotted … Read more
Local emergency transporters are planning to handle smaller passengers with child-sized restraints thanks to a regional grant.Washington County/Johnson City Emergency Medical Services (EMS) staff are training with an Ambulance Child Restraint made possible by a grant from the Northeast Tennessee Healthcare Preparedness Coalition. The grant used over $50,000 to place the new piece of equipment … Read more
Greene County Mayor Kevin Morrison has announced the upcoming departure of the county’s health department director. In a release, Morrison stated Matthew McConaughey had resigned from his position as the Public Health County Director for the Greene County Health Department. McConaughey’s last day on the job will be March 31. According to the resignation McConaughey … Read more
Applications are now being taken for innovation grants from the United Way chapter serving Carter, Johnson, Washington and southern Sullivan counties. United Way of East Tn Highlands is looking to awward up to 40- thousand in grants and prizes to local organizations who are working on innovative solutions to social issues including health, education and … Read more
The legal process is moving forward in the case involving Stephen Hixson, Greeneville Police Department assistant chief who was indicted Monday by a Greene County Grand Jury on a misdemeanor domestic assault count involving causing bodily injurynto his stepdaughter.Hixson, 51, a 25-year police department veteran, remains on medical leave from his post. He has been … Read more
Greeneville’s local Veterans of Foreign Wars post, Andrew Johnson VFW Post 1990, is planning to honor and remember Vietnam War veterans on March 29 marking 50 years since the last combat veterans returned home from the Vietnam War.The local VFW, located at 70 Harlan St., will host a public ceremony at 5 p.m. to honor … Read more