News Staff Ballad Health on Wednesday announced it provide the COVID-19 vaccines to adolescents ages 12 to 15 at all its community vaccination sites, following approval from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Admin-istration. Ballad’s community vaccination centers in Kingsport and Johnson City are open from 2-7 p.m. Monday through … Read more
More details now about a fatal shooting that happened Wednesday. The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office has identified the woman arrested in a murder investigation. Rachel Joann Wells, 31, of Kingsport was arrested Wednesday at the scene of a shooting on Gaines Street in the Orebank community. Wells has been charged with first-degree murder. The victim … Read more
Tennessee will begin investigating people who claim unemployment benefits but refuse offers for a decent job.According to a letter to businesses from the Kingsport Chamber on behalf of the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, employers can report complaints of refused offers to an investigative unit.Tennessee will be ending federally funded pandemic unemployment programs … Read more
In a pro-life moveTennessee will soon become the latest state to require certain medical providers to cremate or bury a baby’s remains from surgical abortions under legislation recently signed by Republican Gov. Bill Lee.Roughly 10 other Republican-majority states have enacted similar laws across the country despite objections from reproductive rights advocates, who argue such requirements … Read more
A juvenile is scheduled to appear in court on May 28th after being charged with aggravated assault after police say he was found with a knife at Science Hill High School on Wednesday.According to a release from the Johnson City Police Department, the juvenile was charged with possession of a weapon on school property and … Read more
A Johnson City, Tennessee man accused of physically assaulting family members during a scuffle This week is now the Jonesborough jail on a 75-hundred dollar bond.Spencer B. Cox, 21, of South Roan Street, is charged with aggravated domestic assault and reckless endangerment.Investigators said Cox had fought verbally with his mother and her boyfriend at the … Read more
A Johnson City native and U.S. Navy Fireman who was assigned to the USS Oklahoma and killed during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor has been accounted for and will be returned home.According to a release from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), Navy Fireman 1st Class Paul E. Saylor, of Johnson City, will be … Read more
Domtar will be acquired by a paper manufacturing company in a deal representing three billion dollars. And it appeares according to the paperwork that the kingsport location will continue as usual.According to a release from Domtar’s newsroom, Paper Excellence and Domtar entered an agreement which resulted in all of Domtar’s shares of common stock. They … Read more
A trial set to last three days is set for a Bristol, Virginia police officer who was charged with murder following an officer-involved shooting which occurred on March 30.Jonathan Brown has been indicted on charges of murderBrown’s trial date has been set for January 19, 2022.
A new grocery store is opening soon in Johnson City in June of 2021.According to Publix spokesperson Kimberly Reynolds, Publix will open on Wednesday, June 16 at 7 a.m.The new store is located 509 North State of Franklin Road, Suite 20.Publix officials said in December 2020 that they hoped to open the new Johnson City … Read more