Police at scene of black teen's shooting falsified reports
CHICAGO — For more than a year after an officer shot and killed a black teen named Laquan McDonald, the Chicago Police Department had video footage that raised serious doubts about whether other...
View ArticleRobert “Bobby” Polly
ELIZABETHTON - Mr. Robert “Bobby” Polly, age 59, of Elizabethton, TN passed away Saturday, February 6, 2016 at his residence. A native of Carter County, he was the son of the late Charles Edward and...
View ArticleComputer glitches halt first day of new Tennessee student tests
NASHVILLE — Tennessee’s brand new online school assessment test, known as TNReady, has crashed due to computer-networking glitches, forcing officials across the state to halt testing on the first day...
View ArticleA Kingsport father and daughter's 'Amazing Race'
KINGSPORT — When Dr. Scott Fowler’s daughter, Blair, called and asked if he would like to join her on the upcoming season of the reality TV show “The Amazing Race,” Fowler says he didn’t have to think...
View ArticleMozart on Campus: ‘The Magic Flute’ to be presented by ETSU Opera Theatre —...
East Tennessee State University’s Opera Theatre will present Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 12-13, at 7:30 p.m. in the D.P. Culp University Center’s Martha Street Culp...
View ArticleDeadly apps: A ‘Kik’ in the head to teens and parents
We live in the age of the Internet, and while this is a great thing when it comes to Googling the name of the actor who played Rick Blaine in Casablanca or when it comes to submitting job resumes...
View ArticleSuper Bowl gets 111.9 million viewers, down from last year
NEW YORK — Setting television viewership records with the Super Bowl has become almost routine, but this year’s average of 111.9 million viewers for Denver’s victory over Carolina is down from the past...
View ArticleWeather could decide if school voucher vote held tonight
NASHVILLE — Supporters of a bill to create a school voucher program in Tennessee are keeping a close eye on the weather before deciding if they want to go through with a scheduled vote in the House on...
View ArticleData: 65 positives in drug testing for benefits in Tennessee
NASHVILLE — A Tennessee law requiring drug screening and testing of people applying for a cash assistance program has yielded few positives for illicit drugs.
View ArticleDoctor denies allegations in NE Tennessee parents' lawsuit related to birth...
ROGERSVILLE — The attorney for a doctor accused of failing to warn a pregnant mother that her rheumatoid arthritis medication could cause birth defects says the woman was advised not only by his staff,...
View ArticleGlenda Marie Vines Willis
UNICOI - Glenda Marie Vines Willis, 68, of 110 Harding Lane, Unicoi went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, February 7, 2016 in the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a UnicoiCounty native and a...
View Article6 indicted on drug charges in Unicoi Co.
ERWIN — A grand jury indicted six people on drug charges after the Unicoi County Sheriff’s Office conducted a drug investigation, according to a UCSO press release issued Monday:
View ArticleSome teams gaining momentum for tournaments
It seems like every year there are a handful of teams across the state that go way further in the postseason than any regular season indications could have predicted.
View ArticleLane closure on North Roan planned for overnight Thursday
Water and Sewer Services will be performing sewer line maintenance on North Roan Street between Boones Creek Road and Old Gray Station Road from 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, until 5 a.m. Friday, Feb. 12,...
View ArticleSpring Garden Series scheduled at extension office
The Spring Garden Series has been scheduled at the Washington County Extension Office, 206 W. Main St., Jonesborough.
View ArticleTriplett touts trails, tunes in tourism talk
From trail tails to a possible hand-off of Hands On!, regional resident and touring Tourism Commissioner Kevin Triplett listened Monday as local leaders discussed their designs to draw in out-of-towners.
View ArticleNow you can binge-birdwatch with ETSU's live eagle cam - LIVE VIDEO
You’ve heard of binge-watching, but thanks to the efforts of Dr. Fred Alsop and his colleagues in East Tennessee State University’s biological sciences department, anyone with an Internet connection...
View ArticleForbes not surprised Villanova ranked No. 1
The rest of the country now knows something Steve Forbes learned three months ago. Villanova is pretty good.
View ArticleCrockett rolls over D-B
There was no stopping David Crockett on Monday night inside the Pioneer Gym.
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