ETSU releases football schedule
The East Tennessee State University football team is going to play a full Southern Conference schedule this year, and now that schedule has been released.
View ArticleCommittee hears about unique agricultural program
ELIZABETHTON — The Education Committee of the Carter County Commission was briefed Monday night by vocational educators at Unaka High School about the Drop Collaborative, a new alliance between the...
View ArticleIowa caucuses: Tight races for both parties
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa kicked off voting in the 2016 presidential race Monday night, with Republicans Ted Cruz, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio locked in a close three-way contest that could help...
View ArticleO'Malley bows out of Democratic race after poor showing in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa — Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were locked in a tight battle in Iowa’s leadoff presidential caucuses Monday as the two rivals offered Americans a stark choice between political...
View ArticleUPDATE: 2016 Blue Plum Festival moves to the other side of the tracks
Attendees of this year’s Blue Plum Festival will experience significant changes compared to previous years, as the festival has essentially moved to the west side of the railroad tracks.
View ArticleBathroom sex nets man three years in prison in statutory rape plea
A man who had sex with a teenage boy in a public library bathroom and pleaded guilty to statutory rape was ordered last week to serve his three-year prison sentence.
View ArticleCruz tops Trump in Iowa; Clinton, Sanders in tight Dem race
DES MOINES, Iowa — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a fiery conservative loathed by his own party’s leaders, swept to victory in Iowa’s Republican caucuses Monday, overcoming billionaire Donald Trump and Florida...
View ArticleRailroads of George L. Carter focus of Watauga Historical Association meeting
The history of railroads built in East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia by George L. Carter will be the topic for the Thursday, Feb. 4, meeting of the Watauga Historical Association.
View ArticleHuckabee calls it quits
DES MOINES, Iowa — The latest on developments in Monday’s Iowa caucuses, the opening contest in the 2016 race for the White House (all local times):
View ArticleLetters: Medical marijuana could be helpful to all Tennesseans
In reference to your Question of the Week on Jan. 25 (“Should medical marijuana be legal for veterans suffering PTSD?”), I find that the article focuses more on a question of limiting marijuana use to...
View ArticleDon't put too much stock in a groundhog's forecast
This morning will once again find network TV news crews and bystanders gathering at Gobbler’s Knob in Pennsylvania to learn if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow. This has become a tradition of...
View ArticleMemphis teams at top of both all-classification rankings
At the end of the regular season, state basketball rankings cease to matter.
View ArticleTennessee House GOP elects Timothy Hill to replace Durham as whip
NASHVILLE — The House Republican Caucus has elected Rep. Timothy Hill to succeed Jeremy Durham as majority whip.
View ArticleCruz, Rubio eye NH momentum as Dems gird for long fight
MANCHESTER, N.H. — A victorious Ted Cruz and buoyant Marco Rubio emerged from Iowa with compelling claims to the outsider and mainstream mantles in the fractured Republican primary, as the presidential...
View ArticleBest Shots: Photos from Our Readers
You, too, can take your best shot on a digital camera and send it to the Johnson City Press. The best of the best will be published in upcoming editions and in our online photo galleries here on...
View ArticleAccused meth mom charged with felony child endangerment for head-on crash in...
CHURCH HILL — A woman who allegedly caused a head-on collision last year while under the influence of meth and other drugs with her two small children unrestrained in the vehicle, is facing several...
View ArticleNo shadow: Pennsylvania groundhog 'predicts' early spring
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — The handlers of Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, said the furry rodent failed to see his shadow at dawn Tuesday, meaning he “predicted” an early spring.
View ArticleKingsport killer, who once escaped from prison with James Earl Ray, arrested...
KINGSPORT — A Kingsport man convicted of murder in 1969 has been arrested in a weekend hit and run, according to police, with the incident reported to the Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole.
View ArticleOriginal Boone Dam sinkhole repaired; 24-hour work begins
The original sinkhole discovered at Boone Dam in 2014 has been repaired, and the Tennessee Valley Authority is installing a device to monitor any new movement in the area, according to a TVA newsletter...
View ArticlePolice: Food City employees nab auto burglar at Johnson City store
Food City employees chased down a man who was searching through a vehicle in the store’s parking lot early Tuesday morning, Johnson City police said.
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