Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, points as he speaks at a campaign stop at Waukesha County Exposition Center, Monday, April 4, 2016, in Waukesha, Wis. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Trump, Cruz making final pitches to Wisconsin voters

MILWAUKEE — After Donald Trump’s toughest stretch of the campaign, he and Ted Cruz made spirited final pitches Monday to Wisconsin voters, who will cast ballots Tuesday in a Republican primary that both consider a key step in the race for Today at 12:00 AM

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009 file photo, Russian cellist and House of Music Director Sergei Roldugin, left, escorts then Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, and President Dmitry Medvedev as they tour a restored House of Music, a former palace of Great Prince Alexei Alexandrovich Pomanov, in St. Petersburg, Russia. Roldugin was named in a sweeping investigation into the offshore financial dealings which implicated a number of people who are believed to be Putin’s close friends. (Dmitry Astakhov/Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP, File)

Vladimir Putin

Leaks leave Russians unimpressed

MOSCOW — In the list of presidents, prime ministers, sheikhs, billionaires and other magnates cited in a sweeping worldwide investigation into hidden assets in offshore accounts, there was an odd man out: A Russian cellist.

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Johnson City Police Department

Drug charges placed after call to residence

A call about an assault led to the arrest of a city man on drug charges, the Johnson City Police Department said in a news release.

Apr 4, 2016 at 10:39 PM

Forest fire

Sciota Road forest firefighting efforts winding down

UNICOI — The U.S. Forest Service reported Monday that efforts to suppress the forest fire off Sciota Road are winding down.

Apr 4, 2016 at 10:38 PM

Carter County Commission

Carter Highway Committee set to recommend naming road for 100-year-old man

ELIZABETHTON — The Highway Department of the Carter County Commission will introduce a resolution in the full commission in two weeks that a portion of Old State Route 143 in the Roan Mountain area be named for Durwood Julian, who will be turning Apr 4, 2016 at 10:38 PM

Future uncertain for local, regional adult education programs

Officials revealed during Monday night’s Johnson City Board of Education meeting that First Frontier Adult Education will likely be graduating its last class in a couple of months due to decisions from the Tennessee Department of Labor.

Apr 4, 2016 at 10:38 PM

Councilman Richard Tester

Elizabethton councilman charged with DUI, allegedly cursed cop

ELIZABETHTON — A member of the Elizabethton City Council was arrested Saturday evening by the Elizabethton Police Department on several drinking and driving-related charges.

Updated Apr 4, 2016 at 9:47 PM

Emergency vehicles respond to the scene of a fatal helicopter crash, Monday, April 4, 2016, in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. A sightseeing helicopter crashed near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in eastern Tennessee, officials said. (Saul Young/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)

Tennessee

5 killed in Smoky Mountains tourist helicopter crash in Pigeon Forge

SEVIERVILLE — Five people died Monday when a sightseeing helicopter crashed near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in eastern Tennessee, officials said.

Apr 4, 2016 at 8:50 PM

Tennessee

Tennessee lawmakers vote for Bible as state's official book

NASHVILLE — Having already made a .50-caliber sniper gun the official state rifle, Tennessee lawmakers voted Monday to make the Holy Bible the state’s official book.

Updated Apr 4, 2016 at 8:47 PM

A collection of men sport heels as they want through East Tennessee State University's campus in 2014 for the event.

Sexual and gender violence at center of ETSU events

Even if it only advances or starts a conversation related to sexual and gender violence, organizers of the upcoming “Take Back the Night” candlelight vigil and “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” one-mile, high-heeled trek across East Tennessee State Apr 4, 2016 at 5:33 PM

Dr. David Blackley, a graduate of East Tennessee State University's College of Public Health and an epidemiologist with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, gives a lecture on his work as a field officer in West Africa during the Ebola epidemic.

ETSU College of Public Health

ETSU College of Public Health grad describes his field work fighting Ebola in Liberia

East Tennessee State University College of Public Health graduate David Blackley spent the majority of 2015 with a group of other public health experts trudging through the woods and over the rivers of West Africa, trying to tackle the Ebola Updated Apr 4, 2016 at 5:24 PM

crime

Woman used short-change scheme at Johnson City convenience market, police say

A short-change scheme at a local convenience market led Johnson City police to arrest a 23-year-old city woman Sunday, police said.

Updated Apr 4, 2016 at 4:53 PM

Tennessee

Area Republicans question GOP motives

Tennessee’s Republican Party State Executive Committee replaced qualified Donald Trump at-large delegates Saturday in Nashville with those who openly campaigned instead for alternative GOP presidential candidates, according to local Republicans. Updated Apr 4, 2016 at 4:52 PM

fugitive from justice

Johnson City police arrest man wanted in Virginia at VAMC

A visit to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center’s emergency room landed a Southwest Virginia man in jail Monday after police identified him as a fugitive from justice.

Apr 4, 2016 at 4:50 PM