Beginning Monday, members of the public will be allowed inside the Johnson City Public Library for the first time in more than a year.
The Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians are offering an extended membership in time for their summer camp.
Northeast Tennessee reported 146 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, with two-thirds of them in Sullivan (45) and Washington (52) counties.
ELIZABETHTON — The Elizabethton Police Department is seeking help from the public in locating Alyssa March, 17. She has been missing from Eliz…
ELIZABETHTON — The Carter County Sheriff’s Department is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsi…
ELIZABETHTON — There is a lot of activity going on in the southwest corner of the former Walmart building in Elizabethton these days. Goodwill…
ELIZABETHTON — A Carter County man was sentenced to eight years in prison after he pleaded guilty to the aggravated robbery of two boys in 2020.
Two-time defending World of Outlaws Sprint Car champion Brad Sweet is ready to see what the Bristol Motor Speedway dirt track is all about.
The 18th hole at Johnson City Country Club is undergoing a lot of changes this week.
Dobyns-Bennett wasn’t about to let David Crockett hang around this time.
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History
April 15, 1846: The Jonesborough Whig and Independent Journal carried an announcement signed “S.W. Doak, P.T.C.” and dated March 25th, 1846.
April 14, 1841: The Whig advised readers, “We received no certain news by yesterday morning’s mail, owning we suppose, to high waters. The card relative to the President’s death, we copy from the Raligh (sic) Star of 7th instant.”
April 13, 1866: The East Tennessee Union Flag reported, “An interesting protracted meeting is now going on in the Presbyterian Church in this place. Considerable interest is being manifested by those in attendance, and we trust such good may be accomplished. The Church has no abler pastor th…
April 12, 1884: The Comet opined, “Now that every religious denomination represented in our town, has a comfortable church house in which to worship God, ‘where none dare to molest or make afraid,’ attention ought to be turned to the next greatest thing of importance, the education of our ch…