News Staff A student from South Greene High School placed first in the recent Tennessee History Day competition at Tusculum University.Reese Ottinger won the Individual Website category for her site titled “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: The Geographical Frontier of Everest.”Ottinger was among a group of East Tennessee students recently honored during a ceremony at … Read more
More than 1600 Thanksgiving meals are being delivered Thanksgiving Day through the Greene County Thanksgiving Outreach. Once again drivers are criss-crossing Greene County on Thanksgiving delivering hot Thanksgiving meals to those in need this year.The outreach began at Cedar Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church years ago, with maybe 300 people being served for Thanksgiving, according to … Read more
The Birthplace of Country Music Museum is receiving $100,000 after slim approval from Bristol, Virginia city council members.Vice Mayor Neal Osborne says this was the final installment for a $500,000, five-year pledge, which was made by a previous council.The city council serving in 2017, removed the $100,000 from its budget, due to the city needing … Read more
Following a public comment period that lasted for hours recently, Virginia’s governor says his administration acknowledges “omissions and mistakes” in their proposal for changes in history standards for public schools.”We are going to continue this journey together to make sure that we have the best curriculum in America,” said Gov. Glenn Youngkin. This statement is … Read more
David Crockett Birthplace State Park will join other state parks across Tennessee in hosting after-Thanksgiving hikes on Friday.According to information provided by Tennessee State Parks, the hike at David Crockett Birthplace State Park, 1245 Davy Crockett Park Road Limestone, will take place 9-10:30 a.m. Participants will meet at the Nolichuckey Landing boat ramp for a … Read more
The Coal Fund, founded and sponsored by The Greeneville Sun and administered by Greeneville-Greene County Community Ministries, has been providing needed emergency assistance for years to local people who cannot afford to heat their homes.The Thanksgiving holiday marks the kickoff for the annual fundraising campaign, which asks the community to donate to the Coal Fund … Read more
Leaders of Rise Up! in Johnson City have been busy in the kitchen baking more than 1,000 homemade pumpkin pies over the past few days, while the kids in the program decorated the boxes for the baked goods. Then the children in Rise Up! have been helping distribute the pies.Coach Michael Marion, executive director at … Read more
Now in its 17th year one of the Tri-Cities’ most popular Thanksgiving Day events is expected to draw a big turnout.The Up & At ‘Em Turkey Trot will take crowds of runners and walkers through a 5km race course through downtown Johnson City Thursday morning.But organizers think this Turkey Trot could draw their biggest turnout … Read more
Food City found throughout Northeast Tennessee has crowned Miss Food City 2023.The 30th annual Miss Food City Pageant was held on Saturday on the campus of Emory and Henry College.The contestants are judged in several areas including a private interview and onstage question. The winner of the pageant gets to represent Food City in the … Read more
Many offices, agencies and services throughout Greene County will close for the Thanksgiving holiday.All Greene County and Greeneville schools will be closed Wednesday through Friday.Greene County government offices will be closed Thursday and Friday.Local government offices in Baileyton, Greeneville, and Tusculum will be closed Thursday and Friday.The Town of Greeneville Public Works Department will close … Read more