Local coaches split on Super Bowl picks
Local high school coaches were split down the middle on who will win Super Bowl 50.
View ArticleTrust Ted? Cruz facing growing attacks on credibility
MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — Ted Cruz needs you to trust him.
View ArticleMeet Your Neighbor: Call the Tri-Cities' midwife Lisa Vance
Thousands of babies get delivered in the area’s many hospitals each year, but Lisa Vance wants Tri-Cities residents to know there’s another, more traditional way.
View ArticlePreschool Preview: Johnson City Public Library's event shows parents they...
Parents make a lot of decisions for their children each day, and the Johnson City Public Library aimed to make one big decision a little easier for local parents — preschool options.
View ArticleEMS hopes to expand entry-level training to high school
In a joint effort to build on a high school medical training program, the Washington County/Johnson City EMS and Daniel Boone High School are trying to establish an advanced certification for students...
View ArticleShould guns be allowed on school campuses?
Guns on K-12 and state university campuses is one again an issue in the Tennessee General Assembly. Earlier this month, two bills were introduced to expand the places where Tennesseans with a state...
View ArticleBob Cox recalls days when "Leach meant Jeep"
I recently came across an April 1985 newspaper clipping written by former Press-Chronicle business editor Mary Alice Basconi. It concerned an early business in Johnson City — Leach Motor Co.
View ArticleCarter Countian reported on World War II for soldiers
ELIZABETHTON — For nearly two decades, from the time he went to work for radio station WBEJ in 1956 until his death on Feb. 18, 1976, Mack Morriss was a respected and trusted journalist in Carter...
View ArticleSlain Virginia teen mourned as investigation continues
BLACKSBURG, Va. — A 13-year-old girl who police say was abducted and killed by a Virginia Tech student is being remembered by friends as an “angel” on Earth as investigators work to piece together the...
View ArticleBritain approves controversial gene-editing technique
LONDON — Britain’s fertility regulator has approved a scientist’s request to edit the human genetic code in an effort to fight inherited diseases — but critics fear the new technique crosses too many...
View ArticleSE Tennessee cop uses Taser on woman hired to clean school
COLLEGEDALE — A Collegedale police officer fired a Taser at a woman hired to clean a middle school.
View ArticleFederal coal sales moratorium shakes industry stronghold
GILLETTE, Wyo. — Hard times for the coal have spread from Appalachia to the Rocky Mountain region.
View ArticleDemocratic, GOP races tight as Iowa kicks off 2016 voting
DES MOINES, Iowa — In a high-stakes test of enthusiasm versus organization, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders hope to ride voter energy into victories in Monday’s Iowa caucuses, as...
View Article'Turnout' is name of the game in Monday's Iowa caucuses
IOWA CITY, Iowa — From sounding duck calls to predicting the weather, presidential contenders are blanketing Iowa in a final frenzy to close the deal before Monday’s Iowa caucuses begin the formal...
View ArticleFive-year-old boy calls 911 to report both parents have been shot and killed...
Two young parents were shot to death at a home on E. 13th Street Sunday and their five-year-old son called 911 to say that his parents had been shot, according to police.
View ArticleMonday is voter registration deadline for Tennessee March 1 primary in
NASHVILLE — The voter registration deadline for Tennessee’s primary election has arrived.
View ArticleAll About Abby: Being single on Valentine’s Day
When you go to the grocery store this time of the year and look around, what do you see? Red hearts, pink hearts, boxes and boxes of chocolates in every shape, size and variety, little teddy bears,...
View ArticleWHO declares global emergency over Zika virus spread
GENEVA — The World Health Organization declared an international emergency on Monday over the explosive spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, which is linked to birth defects in the Americas, saying...
View ArticleBill Warren Smithey
ELIZABETHTON - Mr. Bill Warren Smithey, age 68, of Elizabethton, TN born July 8, 1947 passed away Saturday, January 30, 2016 at Sycamore Shoals Hospital. A native Carter County, he was the son of the...
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