The Tennessee Lottery announced Sunday that a $150,000-winning Powerball ticket sold at the Friendly Market on Fort Henry Drive in Kingsport.Saturday’s drawing was the fifth Powerball drawing of 2021, and for the fifth time in a row, at least one ticket worth $50,000 or more was sold in Tennessee, according to a press release.
The Washington County Board of Education has hired the Tennessee School Boards Association to lead its search for the system’s next director of schools.School Board Chairman Jason Day said Friday he and his colleagues hope to have a new director under contract well before the current head of the school system, Bill Flanary, retires on … Read more
A Bristol realtor pleaded guilty to numerous charges after swindling numerous customers, causing losses in excess of $1 million in a Ponzi scheme, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.Tammy Lynn Hawk, 47, of Bristol, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to counts of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, money laundering, and filing a false tax return.”Hawk faces … Read more
Officials with the Greeneville Police Department gave the all-clear Tuesday afternoon after a report of a suspicious package.Authorities said they received the report Tuesday morning about a backpack near a propane tank outside of the Walmart on East Andrew Johnson Highway.Police said the backpack was, “cleared by a member of the police department bomb squad … Read more
A Federal Bureau of Investigation billboard seen in Bristol, Tennessee, is asking for tips regarding the violence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.Five people, including a Capitol Police Officer, were killed in the riot.According to a press release issued by the FBI last week, the agency has opened about 200 subject case files and … Read more
Two people have been arrested in connection to a police pursuit in Washington County, Virginia on Sunday night.According to Washington County Sheriff Blake Andis, two suspects who fled on foot into a wooded area after a police pursuit have been taken into custody.The suspects are identified as Cody Keith and Ashley Lynne Worley.Worley is pregnant, … Read more
East Tennessee State University’s Student Government Association is bringing its Spring 2021 Virtual Music and Comedy Tour to campus for five consecutive Wednesday evenings of entertainment for students, faculty and staff. This series of virtual performances and discussions with musicians and stars from television and Broadway is co-sponsored by Buctainment, Campus Recreation, the D.P. Culp … Read more
Second Harvest Northeast Tennessee and Feeding Southwest Virginia are working together to host a virtual food drive in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.According to a release from the food banks, the virtual food drive kicked off on Monday.The food drive will continue through January 31.
Celebrating seven years this month of providing college scholarships to a demographic comprised of DREAM’ers and DACA students, Equal Chance for Education, which has several students enrolled currently at Milligan University, describes its goal for 2021 as “ambitious but achievable.”Dr. Michael Spalding, founder and chairman of ECE, said the nonprofit 501(c)(3) entity plans to offer … Read more
A train derailment in Dickenson County has prompted crews to respond to the scene.According to a post from Dickenson County Emergency Management, the train derailed Friday around 12:30 a.m. west of the Clinchco Fire Department.EMA Director Richard Thacker told news outlets that two engines and seven cars came off the tracks but did not flip.No … Read more