News Staff Some BrightRidge customers in the Colonial Heights area of Kingsport will be impacted by a planned power outage Wednesday.The utility says about 120 customers around Hillandale Drive, Forest Hills Drive, Dogwood Drive, Chase Street, Willard Drive, and Ava Drive will be impacted. Hillandale Drive will also be closed to traffic.The outage will take place from … Read more
Northeast State Community College will host a Tennessee Reconnect virtual information session on Zoom 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 22. The free event welcomes anyone interested in learning more about Tennessee Reconnect and Northeast State.To get an invitation, send an RSVP via tnreconnect@northeaststate.edu. Once your request to attend is received, you will … Read more
To raise funds for operation of the Birthplace of Country Music Museum, Birthplace of Country Music is offering an opportunity to win over $250,000 in prizes.According to a press release by BCM, tickets are $100, each with two numbers. For those less inclined to leave it up to chance, you can also purchase 10 tickets … Read more
Courses such as citizenship, Naval orientation, History and operations will be taught now with the approval of a new FY22 budget, Elizabethton City Schools to begin its Navy National Defense Cadet Corps, otherwise known as NJROTC.According to a release by the school system Ryan Presnell, current Elizabethton High School criminal justice teacher and former Army … Read more
The Johnson City Police Department is announcing 23 year old Randy Canter of Johnson City is in custody and charged qwith second degree murder after a fatal shooting early Monday morning.According to Heather Brack, JCPD public information officer, the shooting took place around 3 a.m. at the Roadrunner Market at 607 Twin Oaks Drive.The police … Read more
Usually the girl scouts sell an average of 800 million dollars worth of cokkies each year but not this year.The Girl Scouts have an unusual problem this year: 15 million boxes of unsold cookies.The 109-year-old organization says the coronavirus – not thinner demand for Thin Mints – is the main culprit. As the pandemic wore … Read more
Shoppers won’t notice a difference while the owner of The Mall at Johnson City has declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will begin debt restructuring.According to a statement from the Washington Prime Group, the retail real estate investment trust that owns The Mall at Johnson City, it will begin substantial restructuring of debt across their property.The … Read more
(SULLIVAN COUNTY) – A Bluff City man and his brother face new charges…after officials say they sold weapons from a homicide victim’s residence. James Fagans, 62, and his brother, Jimmie Fagans, 59, have each been charged with one count of money laundering and one count of tampering with evidence. In 2018, at the request of … Read more
(HAWKINS COUNTY) – Citing confusing wording, Hawkins County mayor, Jim Lee vetoes a resolution, approved by the county commission last month, which was intended to pave the way for the sale of a Rogersville medical building. The property rests on the campus of Hawkins County Memorial Hospital, where a building, owned by retiring Dr. Ranjan … Read more
(CHURCH HILL) – Attorney General, Dan Armstrong tells reporters he will not prosecute Church Hill mayor, Dennis Deal…based on allegations that Deal threatened to shoot city employees during a staff meeting last month. Two of five city employees who participated in that May 25 meeting made statements to the Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office…claiming Deal became … Read more