News Staff Discussion in Bristol on Tuesday centered around renovations at Tod Houston Field. City Manager Kelly Bourgeois (boo-ZWAH) said m,ajor league baseball has indicated an agreement with the Bristol State Liners to play at the field. The deal is expected to be inked by next week after earlier plans for the team to play at Whitetop … Read more
Main Street Greenevlle is hoping to qualify for grants to improve building facades downtown. Grants would be made available for commercial buildings in the 18-block downtown district. Some of the funding could also be used on general downtown improvements to the Eagle’s Rest pedestrian pathway and courtyard on South Main Street. The grant is through … Read more
The Hawkins County School District will be getting tougher on cell phones in class for the upcoming school year. A new policy passed by the school board says the cell phone rules will be “fully enforced, particularly at the high school level.” Students will no longer be allowed to use cell phones while school is … Read more
Heavy rainfall from storms on Sunday caused some big flooding problems at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge. Pictires and videos shared on social media showed some area of the popular Sevier County theme park, including walkways and parking lots, under rushing water. A park spokesperosn said one person suffered a minor injury. McCarter Hollow Road near … Read more
Beginning August 12th, the Greeneville Airport will close for maintenance. Three projects will be done during the closure, which include a pavement and resealing project on the runway. Airport officials say they’re hoping the runway will be closed for no more than about one week. Anothe rproject involvesd constrcution work to the tee hangars, which … Read more
Kingsport City and Sullivan COunty Schools will provide free school breakfast and lunches at every school for the upcoming school year. Up until now, only five Kingsport City Schools were qualified for the Community Eligibility Provision program. NOw, the federal government says all of them are qualified based on the percentage of students that are … Read more
Ballad Health says it has brought in more than a dozen residents from an assisted living facility that abruptly closed. Late Wednesday, Ballad Health said 15 patients had been brought in suddenly from the facility, which it did not name. Ballad would say only that the facility was not Ballad-owned and came with no warning. … Read more
Tragic news out of Carter COunty, where a 15 year old boy has died in a crash. THP says it happened Tuesday evening in the 1500 block of Powder Branch Road. The 15 year old driver was alone in a vehicle when reports indicate he lost control and ran off the left side of the … Read more
It was free haircuts for kids on Monday in Johnson City. Students gathered at the CTE Campus at Science Hill. Dozens of barbners and beauticians donated their services to help provide kids with a fresh haircut before they go back to class. The district’s homeless coordinator Sydnee Debist helped to organize the event. She siad … Read more
The Bristol, Tennessee Polcie Departmen has posted pictures of suspected ATM thieves on their social media pages. Three young men are suspected of stealing money from two ATM’s. The firts theft took place at the First Bank and Trust at The Pinnacle on Tuesday last week. Then another at the First Bank and Trust ATM … Read more