Halloween is Tuesday, and residents in Bristol kicked off the fun with a full day of Halloween festivities. On Saturday, it was Pumpkin Palooza at the State Street Farmers Market, followed by a trick-or-treating with Downtown Bristol businesses. The City of Bristol Virginia hosted its annual costume contest in Cumberland Park. And, the two Bristols … Read more
It’s No Trash November in Tennessee, and the rangers at Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork State Park in Flag Pond are getting into the spirit with a Rocky Fork Cleanup on Sunday, Nov. 5. Volunteers should meet Rocky Fork Park Ranger Cory Franklin at the Campfire Interpretive Area at 2 p.m. for this two-hour event. Plans … Read more
As leaves begin falling across the region, some residents are turning to burning leaves as a method of disposal. Area firefighters are advising residents to use common sense methods when cleaning debris. They say keep fires small and be prepared with a source of water nearby. With dry weather a breeze can blow embers causing … Read more
Johnson City Schools has named Chad Moore the new principal of North Side Elementary. Johnson City Schools say that former principal, Dr. Allecia Frizzell, is joining Central Office to serve as the Special Education director. Moore was most recently the assistant principal at Fairmont Elementary, with a three-month-long stint as interim principal at Cherokee Elementary.
A ecoli bacteria outbreak affecting young students that began in late September has grown. Health officials in Johnson City report an 8th patient from the late September animal event at the Appalachian Fairgrounds has come down with serious symptoms. Several groups of elementary school students traveled to the fairgrounds in Gray on September 25th and … Read more
A local family decided to show off their massive pumpkin at the Target parking lot off East Stone Drive on Saturday. Roy Moody entered the gourd in the Plumpest Pumpkin contest at the Marion Farmers Market in Marion, Virginia, taking home the top prize. The massive pumpkin weighed in at 751 pounds.
The cremated remains of 27 people were buried at the Immanuel Lutheran Church cemetery on Saturday. The annual service provides a respectful burial members of the community who had no other arrangements. The Lutheran church partners with Shades of Grace United Methodist and Trinity Memorial Centers to honor the deceased.
A Wise COunty jury has convicted James Dyer Buckland for the 2021 shooting of Norton police Chief James Lane. The jury deliberated only about 30 minutes after listening to two full days of evidence and testimony. Buckland was also convicted for the aggravated assault on then-Sergeant Jason McConnell. The judge ordered Buckland to return to … Read more
Some curiosity in Unicoi County where smoke caused some concern. But it turns out, everything eas fine, as the smoke was caused by a prescribed burn of about 710 acres by the US Forest Service. Wildland firefighters with the Unaka Ranger District performed the burn southwest of the Nolichucky River along Rich Mountain Prescribed burns … Read more
Skeletal remains found in Greene COunty have been positively identified. The discovery was made last week in a wooded area of the Mohawk community. Now authorities say an autopsy and review of dental records confirmed the victim was Homer Marshal Ricker. Ricker had been reported missing by his family in February of 2019 and had … Read more