East Tennessee State University has moved the offices for its alumni and advancement services to the redeveloped Model Mill on West Walnut Street.
The Washington County Election Commission is pushing for event space behind the Food City in Jonesborough to be designated as an early voting …
The new splash pad at Carver Park is almost ready to open.
With spring now fully underway, and “Redbud Winter’s” whoopee cushion exhale of cold weather now just a memory, my dining partner and I have b…
The Field School, the first and only beginning farmer training program of its kind in East Tennessee, has launched registration for the summer…
On Monday, Providence Medical Clinic of Kingsport, in partnership with East Tennessee State University’s Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy, was …
The banking industry is looking for new ways of providing customers with the traditional financial services they have become accustomed to.
Those in the Tri-Cities area have the opportunity to train like a champion. Mayweather Boxing + Fitness, 2041 Hamilton Place, held its grand o…
The Science Hill baseball team turned the tide against Knoxville teams on Saturday.
Anthony Jones had seen the article, but he didn’t pay any attention to it until a friend encouraged him to take a peek.
Special Report: COVID-19
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Northeast Tennessee reported 146 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, with two-thirds of th…
While Tennessee has seen little growth in its rate of new cases or active case count, the sa…
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History
April 19, 1884: The Comet published these health hints, some of which we would do well to heed today. “Don’t shake a hornet’s nest to see if any of the family are at home.”
April 18, 1872: The Herald and Tribune lamented, “A pound of sugar was recently returned to the store at which it was purchase (sic) with a polite note stating that it contained too much sand for table use and of enough for building purposes. Does any Jonesboro’ sugar dealer plead guilty?”
April 17, 1868: The East Tennessee Union Flag printed a recipe for Cottage Pudding. “One pint of flour, two teaspoonfulls (sic) of cream of tartar, a little salt, a piece of butter as large as an egg, one cupfull (sic) of white sugar, one egg, a large teacup of milk with a teaspoonfull of so…
April 16, 1869: The Union Flag regaled its readers with a funny story. “A little fellow had a dirty face and his teacher told him to go and wash it. He went out and stayed for a few minutes, and then came back with the lower half of his countenance tolerably clean and the upper half wet and …