News Staff Saturday marks three years since ther disappearance of Summer Wells. Wells was just five years old when she vanished from her home in the Beech Creek community of Hawkins County. An active Amber Alert has remained in effect for Wells since it was issued nearly three years ago. The last update from law enforcement in … Read more
A man who killed a Big Stone Gap police officer has pleaded guilty to federal charges. Officer Michal Chandler had responed to a welfare check on Orr Street in November of 2021. He saw a car outside the home whena man named Michael White, of South Carolina, got out and fied eight rounds, striking Chandler … Read more
Ballad Health has announced plans for a new early childhood learning center in Kingsport. It would be Ballad’s first such center and it will be located in the 2000 block of Brookside Drive on the campus of Indiana Path COmmunity Hospital. Ballad says it will transform an old billing office into a state of the … Read more
The Hawkins County Schol District has settled a case alleging that it was deliberately indifferent to known race-based harassment in its schools. The agreement calls for the schol district to spend the next three years under the nose of federal regulators. The US Department of Justice investigated 16 reports of alleged race-based bullying and harassment … Read more
The Salvation Army in Johnson City is welcoming new leaders. Majors RC Duskin and Maureen Diffley come to the Tri-Cities from Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Salvation Army will hold a welcoming service on SUnday, June 23rd at 11am at 204 West Walnut Street. The pair says their priorities in johnson City will be to stabilize … Read more
A Carter County corrections officer has been arrested after allegedly smuggling contraband into the county jail facility. Arrest records show 32 year old Leonard Stratoon the Second, of Elizabethton, was booked into the facility for allegations that he brought in illegal narcotics and tobacco with the intent to distribute the items to inmates. Stratton was … Read more
The Watauga Post 49 of The American Legion in Elizabethton has its first female commander. Paulette Baldwin replaced outgoing commander Kelly Greene Sr. In her acceptance speech, Baldwin said she is deeply grateful for the opporunity and has many ideas to help grow membership. Baldwin is a NAVY veteran who enlisted in 1974. The post … Read more
The Kingsport public library is getting a makeover for the first time in more than 30 years. A multi-million dollar renovation poroject will hopefully set the library up to be successful well into the next three decades. Much of the project is designed toward younger people. When construction begins, the library in Kingsport will need … Read more
A missing teenager out of North Carolina has been found in Washington County, Virginia. VSP says an alert was issued after the abduction of an 18 year old girl from Fayeteville Thursday morning. The teen was reporteldy forced into a car by someone she had been acquanted with. A VSP trooper in Washington County received … Read more
Former Johnson County Sessions Court Judge Perry Stout has been disbarred from praxctciing law after his recent guilty plea to marijuana trafficking. The court’s board of professional responsbility issued an order Tuesday, barring Stout from practicing law anywhere in the state of Tennessee. Stout, who is 52 years old, was ordered to serve a year … Read more