News Staff Weeks after announcing the first Buc-ee’s location in Tennessee, company officials announced the largest Buc-ee’s Family Travel Center they have ever built is coming to Sevier County.Kituwah, LLC and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians announced the first details for the development at Exit 407 in Sevierville on Tuesday. A 74,000-square-foot flagship Buc-ee’s Family Travel Center, … Read more
A West Virginia man 63 year old Joel Finch was arrested Monday after Johnson City police say he drove under the influence and eventually overturned on Interstate 26.According to a release from the Johnson City Police Department, officers were called to Bristol Highway due to a tractor-trailer that was driving recklessly near Carroll Creek Road.“Officers … Read more
A Wise, Va. woman plead guilty to driving drunk and causing a deadly crash in September.Laya Maude Belcher, 60, told officers on the scene she was a little drunk.Investigators say they found an open bottle of vodka in the car. Tests showed her blood alcohol content was more than three times the legal limit.Police say … Read more
Giant thumbs up to ETSU. The Geoinformatics and Disaster Science (GADS) Lab at East Tennessee State University has received national recognition from FEMA, being featured in the federal agency’s Mitigation Planning Success Stories series. Currently, the online storymap only includes 13 stories acorss the country.ETSU is one of only a small number of universities nationwide … Read more
An amphitheater and a gazebo are among the structures being built at the new Jonesborough’s Lincoln Park. A project that should be completed by next summer.Town Administrator Glenn Rosenoff said the town is waiting on a second contract with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, which is funding the project by wayof a $500,000 … Read more
A Johnson City man charged with vehicular homicide early Sunday reportedly told police he checked on a pedestrian he’d allegedly hit twice before leaving the scene.Adonis H. Gardner, 29, 1400 E. Unaka Ave., was located in his car at the corner of Crown Street and East Unaka Avenue after police were called to 900 Pardee … Read more
An incident in downtown Johnson City where a man is accused of pointing a gun at several people was arrested Monday, according to police.Officers with the Johnson City Police Department arrested 52-year-old Brian Heikkinen and charged him with four counts of aggravated assault.Police said the arrest came following an investigation into an incident that occurred … Read more
A local manufacturing company has been sold. GC Inc. has announced the sale of its Abingdon and Church Hill glass plants.The company says it reached an agreement to sell its North American architectural glass business to Cardinal Glass Industries for $450 million. In addition to the Church Hill and Abingdon plants, the deal also includes … Read more
The U.S. Department of Labor reported 14,629 new unemployment claims filed in Tennessee and Virginia last week.According to a report from the department, 8,517 claims were filed in Virginia during the week ending on June 12 along with Tennessee’s 6,112.Dept. of Labor: 15,744 new unemployment claims filed in Tenn. and Va. last week. Good news … Read more
Money to help feed the hungry. The Eastman Foundation elected to give $20,000 dollars in grant money to Kitchen of Hope, a Kingsport charity focused on distributing fresh meals to the city’s most vulnerable.According to a press release by the foundation, the grant is intended to support continued COVID-19 relief efforts in addition to the … Read more