News Staff After gathering interviews and proccessing evidence, two men have been arrested in Sullivan County in connection to the homicide of a 17-year-old, according to police.The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office said investigators responded to the 100 block of County Hill Road in Blountville on Friday, where they found 17-year-old Gavin Brown dead.
Then a Big Stone Gap man faces several charges after police accused him of setting a trashcan on fire in the men’s bathroom at Leeman Field.A news release from the Pennington Gap Police Department revealed that 42-year-old Michael Newberry was captured on video leaving the restroom before crews received reports of the fire. That surveillance … Read more
You’re encouraged to hit the polls Tuesday, Nov. 8 to cast ballots in the 2022 midterm elections.Opening times vary among the different localities. All polls acorss Northeastern Tennessee will close at 8 pm. In Carter County Polls open at 8 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. In Greene County Polls open at 9 a.m. and … Read more
More than 60% of third graders could be affected by a new state law that could cause a high number of students to fail third grade, according to discussion this week at Eastview Elementary School in Greenville. It’s called the third grade retention law.
Thousands of registered voters in Tennessee and Virginia have already cast their ballots early ahead of next Tuesday’s general election, but the overall turnout is way down.According to Tennessee Secretary of State, Tre Hargett, early voting statewide is down more than 38% compared to the previous mid-term election in 2018.In Greene County, 6,472 people voted … Read more
Even with the action taken to close the Bristol landfill in September the smell still lingers in Bristol Virginia.That concern was one of the biggest topics discussed at Thursday’s community meeting hosted by the Bristol Ministerial Alliance and H.O.P.E. for Bristol.The goal for the meeting meeting was to discuss the current status of the landfill … Read more
School officials have narrowed their search for the next director of Sullivan County Schools to three candidates. Those three are Charles Carter, Josh Davis and Deidre Pendley.Carter is the director of career and technical education programs (CTE) for the state Department of Education, Davis is the principal at West Ridge High School and Pendley is … Read more
The Shop with the Cop program will have a fundraiser from 10 to 2 p.m. Saturday at Walmart in Greenville. Officers and volunteers will be at each entrance taking donations to help provide Christmas presents to disadvantaged children.Shop with a Cop is held each year on the first Saturday of December. The children are partnered … Read more
Roby Fitzgerald Adult Center has been awarded an $8,000 grant from the Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability out of 1 million dollars awarded by the Tennessee General Assembly all across the state.James Dunn, the executive director of the Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability, was in Greeneville on Wednesday to present a check to … Read more
King University in partnership with Kendricks Creek United Methodist Church will be hosting a free health fair on Nov. 5.It’s happening from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Church based in the Colonial Heights area of Kingsport.Flu and COVID vaccines, COVID screening, diabetes screening, women’s health education, and more will be available.