News Staff There’s a new initiative in southwest Virginia giving second-chance opportunities for inmates in custody.When an inmate arrives to Wise Correctional Unit supperintendent Jessica King says an inmate’s time there will be productive. King says 88 inmates they currently house work the grounds’ greenhouses, garden sites, orchards, tilapia house, or are out in the community on … Read more
A phone scam targeting registered sex offenders in Tennessee has now reached Greene County.Angie Weems, administrator of the Greene County Sheriff’s Department Sex Offender Registry, has received calls from several people listed on the registry who said they had been contacted from someone claiming to be from the sheriff’s department. The caller told them that … Read more
Great education news. Students attending Tennessee’s public community colleges and applied technology colleges will not face a tuition or fee increase for the upcoming academic year, officials said.The Tennessee Board of Regents voted at a quarterly meeting Friday to keep tuition rates stable for the second time in three years. The board oversees the state’s … Read more
Liability insurance for Greeneville City Schools for 2022-23 is on the school board’s agenda this week.The board will meet Thursday evening at the Greene Technology Center following meetings of the Greene County School Board at 4:30 p.m. and the Joint School Board, which combines members of both boards and meets quarterly to oversee the Technology … Read more
To make it easier to honor your loved one the Kingsport Veterans Memorial has a new feature.A piece of technology will make it easier to find a particular veterans’ paver.The kiosk, which stands east of the memorial, has a touchscreen that lets visitors search for more than 2 thousand veterans.You can search by name or … Read more
Johnson CIty really is the place to be since the city is Tennessee’s top-ranked small city for small businesses in a just-released “Go Verizon” report that ranked nearly 400 cities.“We have a lot of independent businesses here,” Johnson City Washington County Chamber of Commerce CEO Bob Cantler said Thursday after learning of the ranking. “We … Read more
Bristol VA Mayor Anthony Farnum says in order to close the Bristol landfill plans are to use a decent amount of ARPA money, which is the American Rescue Plan, so some of that will be going towards the landfill. To date, we’ve already spent $3.5 million so far just out of the city’s general fund. … Read more
A food truck based in Kingsport scheduled through July has had to cancel its events now that aAuthorities are searching for the missing food trailer after owners say it disappeared from a parking lot Thursday afternoon.According to a post from Curbside Kitchen Inc., the mobile eatery based in Kingsport, the trailer went missing sometime between … Read more
Johnson City Director of Schools Steve Barnett has seen the test scores and agrees with other Tennessee education officials saying students have recovered from pandemic learning loss.”You compare 2019 to 2022, we are seeing that our students are performing the same or higher than they otherwise would have, which is really, really exciting,” state education … Read more
Wednesday is the one-year anniversary since then 5 year old Summer Wells of Tennessee went missing. TBI Public Information Officer Leslie Earhart said that more than 100 agents, intelligence analysts, and support staff from across the state have been involved in this case. TBI agents working with the Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal … Read more