Courses such as citizenship, Naval orientation, History and operations will be taught now with the approval of a new FY22 budget, Elizabethton City Schools to begin its Navy National Defense Cadet Corps, otherwise known as NJROTC.According to a release by the school system Ryan Presnell, current Elizabethton High School criminal justice teacher and former Army … Read more
The Johnson City Police Department is announcing 23 year old Randy Canter of Johnson City is in custody and charged qwith second degree murder after a fatal shooting early Monday morning.According to Heather Brack, JCPD public information officer, the shooting took place around 3 a.m. at the Roadrunner Market at 607 Twin Oaks Drive.The police … Read more
Usually the girl scouts sell an average of 800 million dollars worth of cokkies each year but not this year.The Girl Scouts have an unusual problem this year: 15 million boxes of unsold cookies.The 109-year-old organization says the coronavirus – not thinner demand for Thin Mints – is the main culprit. As the pandemic wore … Read more
Shoppers won’t notice a difference while the owner of The Mall at Johnson City has declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will begin debt restructuring.According to a statement from the Washington Prime Group, the retail real estate investment trust that owns The Mall at Johnson City, it will begin substantial restructuring of debt across their property.The … Read more
(SULLIVAN COUNTY) – A Bluff City man and his brother face new charges…after officials say they sold weapons from a homicide victim’s residence. James Fagans, 62, and his brother, Jimmie Fagans, 59, have each been charged with one count of money laundering and one count of tampering with evidence. In 2018, at the request of … Read more
(HAWKINS COUNTY) – Citing confusing wording, Hawkins County mayor, Jim Lee vetoes a resolution, approved by the county commission last month, which was intended to pave the way for the sale of a Rogersville medical building. The property rests on the campus of Hawkins County Memorial Hospital, where a building, owned by retiring Dr. Ranjan … Read more
(CHURCH HILL) – Attorney General, Dan Armstrong tells reporters he will not prosecute Church Hill mayor, Dennis Deal…based on allegations that Deal threatened to shoot city employees during a staff meeting last month. Two of five city employees who participated in that May 25 meeting made statements to the Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office…claiming Deal became … Read more
(TRI CITIES) – A Washington County judge dismisses a Cootie Brown’s Inc. lawsuit…against two women, who last year, accused the restaurant on social media of not adhering to COVID-19 precautions during the pandemic. Washington County Circuit Court Judge, Jean Stanley issued the ruling with prejudice, which means the issue is dead. The company sued Abigail … Read more
A Russell County woman is sentenced to nine years in prison. Leelynn Chytka will also pay $455 thousand dollars in restitution…for conspiring with others to defraud the government of 500 thousand dollars…mail fraud…identify theft and for distributing drugs into a prison facility. Chytka waived her right to be indicted in March…and pled guilty to the … Read more
Seven men are charged in an Erwin human trafficking operation…accused of seeking sex from minors. The TBI says the busts culminate a two-day undercover operation. Multiple agencies, including special agents with the TBI Human Trafficking Unit…Erwin Police…the Unicoi County Sheriff’s Office…Washington County deputies and more took part in the case. Officials tell reporters…part of the … Read more