Down 37-36 early in the third quarter, David Crockett found a second gear. The Pioneers went on an 18-0 run over the final 5:13 of the period and went on to an impressive 67-47 Big 7 boys basketball win over Volunteer on Friday.
Greeneville paid a visit to Dobyns-Bennett's Buck Van Huss Dome on Friday night for a nonconference varsity basketball twin bill. The Lady Indians tipped off the night with a 51-44 win over the Lady Greene Devils, but Greeneville's boys secured the
Recognizable, if not famous, for his burly build and husky voice, Danny Aiello was an ex-union president who broke into acting in his 30s and remained a dependable player for decades.
Sullivan Central's basketball teams called on Three Rivers Conference foe Elizabethton on Friday night. The Lady Cougars kept their league record perfect with a 55-40 win, but the Central boys fell to the Cyclones 61-48.
“One Special Town, Two Special Trees” was the theme for a tree lighting ceremony Thursday in the Blountville Historic District.
Not even the federal government is charged with removing trash from public waters despite that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regulates any work in or affecting them. That’s a failure Congress should correct. Meanwhile, the folks who give countless hours to keeping the trash out of Boone Lake need help with what nature puts in it and what ignorant people dump into it.
A Sullivan County Sheriff’s deputy noticed the van matched the description of a stolen vehicle before the van’s driver pulled into the Tennessee Probation and Parole office on the Blountville Bypass.
A called Thursday school board meeting on Sullivan East Middle School contracts for outdoor parking lot light, athletic field lighting and and copier contracts ended up addressing only the copier contract, which also must get County Commission approval to become effective.
Christmas music, I realized recently, is the most integral part of the season for me. The music, not Santa, not a Christmas tree, not even food stands out larger in my childhood memories.
“I'm thinking this year might be the last. It nearly killed me this year. That hill is so hard. My feet hurt. I had to leave it up to them. They did most of it. Id' love to do it again next year. Who knows, we move it on down to the road to level ground.” — Larry Williams
The protesters were issued citations Friday morning and are scheduled to appear in Kingsport City Court on January 8.
The Kingsport Aquatic Center is hosting two special events over the next few weeks. The first - Santa’s South Pole Swim - is this Saturday from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The second - a Polar Plunge Challenge fundraising event - will be on January 1.
From Bloomingdale to Bluff City, you can parade your way through the morning and into the evening. Blountville’s parade begins at 2 p.m.
Surrounded by more than 300 gun rights supporters and a Boy Scout troop, the Wise County Board of Supervisors became the 86th local Virginia government Thursday to pass a Second Amendment sanctuary resolution.
Isaiah McAmis poured in four three-pointers as part of a 31-point outing to power Wise Central past KACHEA in a non-district contest.
