Sanders’ backers in Tennessee feel political winds shifting in his direction
WASHINGTON — When Keller Barnette started campaigning for Bernie Sanders about five months ago, the question he often got was, "Who is Bernie Sanders?"
View ArticleLady Trailblazer: Larkey helped change the game
When she was a Lady Trailblazer, Tammy Larkey became a pioneer.
View ArticleTrip to Carolina highlights year for Milligan JV team
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Shortly after 8:30 on Sunday morning, the Milligan men’s junior varsity basketball team filed through a nondescript door that led the Buffaloes into the bowels of the Dean E. Smith...
View ArticleBoone Street Market: Local food remains available
Just because local farmer’s markets have closed down for the winter, doesn’t mean shopping local is off the table until spring.
View ArticleBucs get right back at it against Western
The East Tennessee State University basketball team didn’t have long to worry about a stinging loss.
View ArticleClinton McKinley Jones
JOHNSON CITY - Clinton McKinley Jones, 83, Johnson City, passed away peacefully on Friday, February 12, 2016, at the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center Hospital. Clinton was a native of...
View ArticleJoe B. Riley
JOHNSON CITY - Joe B. Riley, 87, Johnson City, passed away Saturday, February 13, 2016 at the Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Mountain Home, TN. He was a native of Mohawk, TN and son of the late...
View ArticleOldham marks 50th year without a miss for Rotary Club of Johnson City
In 1966, gas was 32 cents a gallon, “Star Trek” made its TV debut and George E. “Skip” Oldham III joined the Rotary Club of Johnson City.
View ArticleDr. Granwel Aquino Esteban MD
JOHNSON CITY - Dr. Granwel Aquino Esteban MD, 76, Johnson City, passed away at the Johnson City Medical Center on Friday, February 12, 2016. The family will greet friends to share memories on Friday,...
View ArticleWinter storm brings snow, slick roads to region on Valentine's Day
Is that love in the air, or could it just be snow?
View ArticleScalia's death means loss of key vote in divided cases
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Antonin Scalia’s death deprives conservatives of a key vote that could change the outcome in some major Supreme Court cases, including one in which labor unions appeared...
View ArticleMan arrested in girlfriend's shooting death in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis police say a man who initially reported that his girlfriend shot herself has been arrested in her death.
View ArticleFiery crash in Carter Co. kills 1, charges pending for second driver, THP says
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating a fiery crash that killed a Roan Mountain man Saturday night.
View ArticleThe road to success? Staff writer David Floyd gets his license
There are a number of things that make me anxious — microwaves, climate change and roller coasters to name a few — but there’s nothing more nerve-wracking than sitting behind the wheel of a 3,000...
View ArticleJustice Antonin Scalia said to have died of 'natural causes'
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died of natural causes and no autopsy was necessary, a judge has told The Associated Press.
View ArticleUS plane impounded in Zimbabwe; body and cash found on board
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Authorities Zimbabwe aviation impounded a U.S.-registered cargo jet, a senior official said Monday, with a dead body and millions of South African rand reportedly on board.
View ArticleAirstrike destroys Doctors Without Borders clinic in northern Syria
BEIRUT — An airstrike destroyed a makeshift clinic supported by an international aid group in northern Syria on Monday, killing and wounding several people, activists and aid officials said.
View ArticleDisplaced by IS, Iraqi soccer star now off to the Olympics
BAGHDAD — Islamic State militants drove Ayman Hussein from his home. Eighteen months later, he sent Iraq’s soccer team to the Olympics.
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