Body That Of Johnson City Woman
The body of a Johnson City woman was found near the Unaka Mountain Beauty Spot on Monday. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says 48 year old Athena Saunders was discovered lying dead just off a gravel road. An autopsy has been scheduled to determine the exact cause of death, and as of last evening, the […]
Read MoreComcast Addressing Old Flags
An effort is now underway by military veterans at Comcast to replace old flags outside customers’ homes. It’s called the Flag Replacement Program, and this is how it works… Whenever a Comcast employee sees a worn-out flag while on their daily routes, they contact the person or business who owns the property and Comcast offers […]
Read MoreWater Rescue
A water rescue Monday in Hawkins County… Crews were called to Cherokee Lake near Legacy Bay in Mooresburg on a report that a person was in the water and did not appear to be breathing. When rescuers arrived, they learned the person was breathing but was also suffering a medical emergency. The patient was treated […]
Read MoreInvasive Worms Here In Tennessess
Invasive toxic, self-cloning hammerhead worms are spreading in Tennessee. The worms, which are native to Japan and Korea, made their way to the United States on the soil of ornamental plants, and have now moved throughout the country through the movement of soils, especially in greenhouse production, and have been spotted in several Eastern Tennessee […]
Read MoreBikers Stop By On Way To D.C.
It’s calle the Run for the Wall. It was started in 1989, and except in 2020 and 2021, ever increasing numbers of motorcyclists have been participating in it, traveling across the country to remember prisoners of war and those missing in action. More than 150 of them rolled through Greene County earlier this week… on […]
Read MoreRader Retirement
A job well done… Terry Rader, the Administrative Captain of the Greene County Sheriff’s Department, has retired after a 32-year law enforcement career. More than 60 people attended Rader’s retirement reception earlier this week at the Greeneville Emergency & Rescue Squad building. The now 54 year old Rader graduated in 1993 from the police academy […]
Read MoreCollege Enrollment Dropping
A state report says nearly half of Tennessee public high school seniors in the class of 2021 did not attend college or technical school right after graduating. The Tennessee Higher Education Commission report says the college-going rate has dropped from 63.8% for the 2017 class to 52.8% for the 2021 class. Nationally, freshman enrollment dropped […]
Read MoreGun And Drug Charges Leveled Against Hawkins County Man
What began as a welfare check for some children in Mooresburg, ended with a man facing drug and gun charges. A Hawkins County deputy responded late Tuesday and saw three children through the window of a camper that was filled with trash. The deputy knocked on the door, and one of the children let him […]
Read MoreLocal Schools Take Another Look At Security
Local school administrators have begun to adjust their safety plans following the mass shooting in Texas. Adding more school resource officers is one immediate response. In Johnson City for instance, there is an SRO assigned to all 12 buildings and a sergeant assigned to the unit. The officers are in addition to the Raptor check-in […]
Read MoreGreeneville Fraud Sentences
A federal judge in Greeneville has handed down sentences in a multimillion-dollar pharmacy fraud scheme. 7 people were sentenced for the fraud that took place between May 2015 and April 2018… making arrangements for private insurers like Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, along with public insurers such as Medicaid and TRICARE, to pay money […]
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