News Staff The Sullivan County Regional Health Department has announced that it will cease giving first doses of the Pfizer vaccine at Whitetop Creek Park after Friday, April 30.According to a release from the health department, second doses of the Pfizer vaccine will given at the park until May 21.“Per guidance from the Tennessee Department of Health, … Read more
The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for help in finding a missing 13-year-old girl.According to a release from SCSO, investigators were called to a home in the 800 block of Mill Creek Road in Kingsport Sunday night regarding a missing juvenile.The release states Alley Bowen, 13, had left the home Sunday around … Read more
A Hawkins County man who had been wanted on a sealed grand jury murder indictment in connection with the December death of his girlfriend’s 5-month-old child turned himself in Friday at the Hawkins County Jail.Dominic Michael Antonio Liberto, 24 of Mount Carmel, was named in an April 19 Hawkins County Grand Jury sealed indictment on … Read more
A concerned citizen called and the Johnson City Fire Department responded rescuing a family of ducklings for the second time this week.On Wednesday, firefighters rescued a family of ducklings from a storm drain with the help of a Johnson City Transit driver.Then the latest duckling rescue was conducted Thursday on North State of Franklin Road … Read more
Ballad Health CEO Alan Levine will be delivering the commencement address to UVA Wise’s Class of 2021 on May 8.“The Class of 2021 has lived and studied under the rigors of a global pandemic for more than a year now,” Chancellor Donna P. Henry said Tuesday. She adds I could think of no one more … Read more
A total of 78 teams entered the Hawkins County Rescue Squad’s 29th Annual Ralph Stanton Memorial Bass Tournament, that’s sixe more than the previous year.Award winners for the 29th Annual tournament are: 1st Place with 14.8 lbs. goes to Nick Hatfield and Garrett Rocamora, 2nd Place with 13.8 lbs. goes to Hunter Hamilton and Ty … Read more
A woman 37 year old Erica Wilson was arrested on charges of aggravated assault and reckless endangerment on Tuesday after allegedly pointing a gun at her ex-boyfriend’s ex-wife and another man, and firing a shot, according a press release issued on Wednesday by the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office.
Two of the resident sheep on Kingsport’s Living History Farm Exchange Place are new mothers.One is an ewe and the other a ram. They were both born this past weekend.The farm carries on the longtime tradition of placing blue and pink ribbons on the fence to announce the births.”It’s also the timing of being in … Read more
A wanted Pennsylvania man was arrested in Johnson City Tuesday after providing a false driver’s license officers.According to a release from the Johnson City Police Department, officers were alerted that Henry Laughman, 39, of Hanover, Pennsylvania, was in the area. Laughman reportedly had an active arrest warrant out of Pennsylvania.JCPD reports officers were told he … Read more
While the Wednesdy m arkets will begin MAy 5th, The Kingsport Farmers Market will return for the 2021 season this Saturday.The market will host an official season kickoff the following Saturday, on May 1, with activities planned.Safety protocols will be in place in order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, including clearly marked entry and … Read more