News Staff Phil’s Dream Pit, a local barbecue joint has announced it plans to celebrate its own Foster Family week by giving back to the community. The restaurant dishes out pulled pork, ribs, chicken and more, but it added something special to its menu. Foster children 18 years and younger can eat for free at the restaurant … Read more
A lack of funding is to blame for the Carter County Jail not passing inspection by the Tennessee Corrections Institute. The jail could also be decertified. The sheriff says the main reason for the failure was the lack of employees working within the jail.The jail requires a minimum of 10 corrections officers and as of … Read more
The Kingsport Police Department is welcoming its newest K9 to the force alongwith its first female K9 handler.Officer Carrie Phillips is the department’s first female K9 handler. She named her K9 partner Whiskee.Phillips began her law enforcement career in December 2018 as a corrections officer with the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office. In September 2020, she … Read more
Bristol police charged a woman 35 year old Jessica Burker with malicious wounding after investigating an alleged stabbing at Cumberland Square Park Sunday night.A report from the Bristol, Virginia Police Department says shortly beofre 6 pm, the Bristol, Virginia Fire Department informed officers that a man with a stab wound walked to the fire station … Read more
The Johnson County Sheriff is named in a federal civil rights lawsuit claiming a lack of actions at the Johnson County jail were “intentional and reckless” as it claims a man who was in apparent need of medical attention was not taken to the hospital. Instead, the lawsuit alleges he sat in a jail cell … Read more
A benefit for children of Greene County.Tusculum University will support an international organization at an August event on campus that will provide shoes and socks to children in need, according to a news release.The distribution will begin Aug. 13, at 10 a.m. in Tusculum’s Indoor Practice Facility. Samaritan’s Feet, an international organization, is sponsoring the … Read more
A modern day miracle, three missing and endangered children were found safe this week, marking the 100th recovery for the Southwest Virginia Missing Child Unit.The Victims of Justice of Trafficking Act was passed in 2015. The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office in tennessee was helpful in the search alongwith the Bristol City, VA Police Department.
Starting in August, Tennessee residents will get some relief in the form of a food tax holiday. The food tax in Tennessee is currently 4%. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced back in March that he would propose a food tax holiday in the 2022-23 fiscal year. That proposal became an official announcement in June.“We thought … Read more
A drug bust in Sullivan County uncovered nearly 7-thousand dollars and a variety of illegal substances. It all began with a call to the Sullivan County Sheriff’s office concerning possible drug activity from a residence at the 200 block of Asbury Street. Two people were arrested.A news release from the agency revealed that deputies arrested … Read more
The Greeneville Board of Mayor and Alderman approved an allocation of $150,000 to move a waterline near Hardin Park during its meeting Tuesday.