News Staff It didn’t turn out well for Isaiah M. Martin of Johnson City, Tennessee.Johnson City Police clocked him in a 2016 white Ford Focus going 98 mph in a 60 mph zone on Interstate 26 Sunday.According to authorities, the vehicle evaded the officers as they attempted to catch the vehicle.The vehicle was discovered with the driver … Read more
Do you have tikme to roll up your sleeve and give the gift of life? The Knights of Columbus will hold a blood drive in honor of the upcoming Independence Day holiday.It will take place at the Notre Dame Catholic Church.It is located on Mount Bethel Road in Greeneville.The blood drive will begin at 9 … Read more
Instead of depositing funds from the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office an investigation by the Comptroller’s Office has determined that a woman who worked as a bookkeeper at the Claiborne County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office stole at least $618,404.Investigators identified the woman as Lesley Chumley, who was indicted in June on one count of theft over $250,000, … Read more
AAA is predicting record travel over the upcoming Independence Day holiday weekend, with over a million Tennesseans anticipating a trip – 92% of them driving. Meanwhile, motorists will not be slowed down by road construction on interstates and state routes over the Fourth of July holiday weekend.According to a release from the Tennessee Department (TDOT), … Read more
The Bristol Chamber of Commerce says the hospitality industry is suffering the most to get people to work. Beth Rhinehart President and CEO of the Bristol Chamber of Commerce says in our region, there’s a 53% labor participation rate.That means 47% of people in the area are not working.Rhinehart attributes part of the problem to … Read more
It’s the biggest pro-life victory in decades. The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe V Wade, the abortion rights law. In the majority opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito, it says the court had ruled incorrectly in Roe and another case that bolstered abortion rights, Casey v. Planned Parenthood. Alito wrote Roe was “egregiously wrong” … Read more
A Jonesborough man, James Saylor, faces multiple charges after Johnson City police arrested him for going through a dumpster early Thursday morning.A release from the Johnson City Police Department (JCPD) stated that officers responded to the Upper-Class Suites area on College Heights Road at around 3:30 a.m. after receiving a complaint a man was going … Read more
Having led Tennessee thorugh its toughest employment crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic when state unemployment systems were overwhelmed with claims and had to quickly add systems for federal pandemic unemployment benefits, Tennessee Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development Jeff McCord is one of four finalists for the president’s job at Northeast State Community College.The former … Read more
A Greenville ambulance remanufacturing firm is hoping to raise $9.5 million dollars to provide ambulances to Ukraine.Organizers of “Project Ambulance” at R Enterprises LLC say more than 500 ambulances have been destroyed in Ukraine since the Russian invasion. Organizers hope to donate 200 ambulances by July 2023. The first unit will sail out of Baltimore … Read more
The Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency (TWRA) on Thursday identified a Kingsport man who died in a boating incident on the Holston River Wednesday.A release stated that Dennis Wayne Jenkins, 51, was found dead face-down in the Holston River following the boating accident and he wasn’t wearing a lifejacket.Now an autopsy will be performed at the … Read more