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Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area

Celtic Festival, Quilt Show highlight October events at Sycamore Shoals

ELIZABETHTON — A quilt show and a Celtic festival highlight the month of October at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area.

Updated Yesterday at 9:46 PM
Speedway Children's Charities' 2015 Night of Smiles grant presentations included a $50,000 Jeff Byrd Memorial Grant award to Children Exceeding Expectations, a free school for local children undergoing cancer treatment.
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Speedway Children's Charities

Speedway Children's Charities reaching for $1 million year

For the first time in its 18-year-history, the Bristol Chapter of Speedway Children’s Charities is poised to raise $1 million in a single year.

Yesterday at 9:12 PM
FILE - This Jan. 14, 2015 file photo shows Yahoo's headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. As investors and investigators weigh the damage of Yahoo's massive breach to the internet icon, information security experts worry that the record-breaking haul of password data could be used to open locks up and down the web. While it's unknown to what extent the stolen data has been or will be circulating, giant breaches can send ripples of insecurity across the internet. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
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Password breach could have ripple effects well beyond Yahoo

LONDON (AP) — As investors and investigators weigh the damage of Yahoo’s massive breach to the internet icon, information security experts worry that the record-breaking haul of password data could be used to open locks up and down the web.

Updated Yesterday at 8:47 PM
North Carolina football player Allen Artis takes questions from members of the media Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016 in Durham, N.C. Artis, a North Carolina football player facing charges of sexual battery and assault on a female student says the two had consensual sex and that he did not rape nor drug her. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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Allen Artis

UNC player accused of sexual battery says he's not a rapist

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina football player facing charges of sexual battery and assault on a fellow student says the two had consensual sex and that he neither raped nor drugged her.

Updated Yesterday at 8:47 PM
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes the stage at a campaign stop at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Donald Trump

As Clinton cheers, Donald Trump digs in after debate

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A defensive Donald Trump gave Hillary Clinton plenty of fresh material for the next phase of her presidential campaign on Tuesday, choosing to publicly reopen and relitigate some her most damaging attacks.

Updated Yesterday at 8:46 PM
FILE - In this July 13, 2016 file photo, Henry Williams, father of Darrius Stewart, talks about his son on the courthouse steps, in Memphis, Tenn. U.S. Attorney Edward Stanton told reporters, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, that a federal review found insufficient evidence to file charges in the July 2015 shooting of Darrius Stewart by Officer Connor Schilling. Stanton added that the federal review by the Justice Department found that Schilling did not willfully deprive Stewart of his rights. (Mike Brown/The Commercial Appeal via AP)
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Tennessee

Prosecutor: No federal charges in police killing in Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A white Memphis police officer won’t face federal civil rights charges in the shooting death of a 19-year-old black man, the federal government announced Tuesday.

Updated Yesterday at 8:46 PM
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Carter County Sheriff's Department

Press newspaper carrier discovers trailer fire in Elizabethton

ELIZABETHTON — The Carter County Sheriff’s Department was investigating a fire in the Stoney Creek community that was reported at 3:25 a.m. Tuesday.

Updated Yesterday at 8:26 PM
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Carter County Sheriff's Office

Man who crashed at Cat Island Park pleads guilty

ELIZABETHTON — A Carter County man who was arrested on several charges on Sept. 20 after crashing his car into a concrete barrier at Cat Island Park pleaded guilty in Sessions Court on Monday.

Updated Yesterday at 8:20 PM
The Elizabethton Police Department is seeking the identity of this man, who is suspected of being involved in several purchases using a stolen credit card.
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Police seeking help in identifying suspects

ELIZABETHTON — The Elizabethton Police Department is seeking help from the public in identifying the people possibly involved in a vehicle burglary and multiple counts of credit card fraud.

Updated Yesterday at 8:14 PM
Kristen Cannon (left) and Rachel Campbell will present their research on phonics on Friday in Blountville.
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East Side Elementary School

Elizabethton teachers to lecture at regional event

ELIZABETHTON — Two first-grade teachers from East Side Elementary School will become the first teachers from the Elizabethton City School System to hold a presentation at the regional Educate 4 Success Conference.

Updated Yesterday at 8:10 PM
The Carter County (left) and Elizabethton (right) bond ratings tell a very similar story even though different investor groups conducted the ratings.
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Elizabethton

Bond ratings find similarities in Elizabethton, Carter County

ELIZABETHTON — The latest bond ratings for Carter County and for Elizabethton reflect the same advantages and problems, even though the city and county were rated by two different investor agencies.

Updated Yesterday at 8:06 PM
The Edisonian Brew Shop will be turning into a combination brewery/brew shop in 2017. Its owners plan to open Edisonian Artisan Ales brewery in the space currently held by Dos Gatos Coffee Bar at 324 E. Main St. Dos Gatos will be moving into the location at 238 E. Main St.
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Downtown Johnson City

Downtown Johnson City brew news: Brewery coming while coffee bar moves locations

Dick Nelson and Chris Cates have been brewing up a business plan for almost a year now to rearrange their downtown Johnson City businesses’ locations.

Updated Yesterday at 7:55 PM
The Power Board building located on Boones Creek Road.
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Johnson City Power Board

JCPB: $5,000 will be contributed toward ETSU eagle cam

As nesting season nears, the Johnson City Power Board announced that $5,000 would be donated by the Tennessee Valley Authority to East Tennessee State University’s acclaimed eagle cameras.

Updated Yesterday at 7:11 PM
Johnson City Commission candidate Todd Fowler talks about local issues Tuesday from his Johnson City office.
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Johnson City Commission

Fowler makes run for City Commission seat

Todd Fowler has sat on the political sidelines long enough to be in tune with the day’s events, and to know what it’s like to provide public service for little or no compensation.

Yesterday at 6:42 PM
Firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire at Model Mill Sunday night. Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the fire.
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Model Mill fire

Investigation continues into fire at Model Mill

Fire and police investigators are continuing to interview witnesses and gather evidence in a Sunday night fire that ripped through part of the old General Mills facility, according to city officials.

Updated Yesterday at 5:14 PM