Construction worker dies after being struck by car Kingsport Times News By staff report KINGSPORT — The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating after a construction worker died from injuries incurred when he was struck by a car on Highway 75. According to THP spokeswoman Dalya Qualls, Michael Johnson, 49, of Hampton, ... Hwy 75 construction worker injured by passing car |
Friday Calendar TriCities.com TRISTATE SINGLES: Kingsport, Tenn., North Kingsport Fire Hall Community Center, East Carter's Valley Road off Lynn Garden Drive, Feb. 11, 7-10 pm Valentine's Dance with Dixie Drivers. $8 per person. Ham rolls, snacks, dessert and drinks provided. |
Underemployment remains a nagging problem in Tri-Cities Kingsport Times News By Don Fenley Kingsport and Johnson City unemployment rates dropped to three-year lows in December, capping a year of strong job creation. But not everything on the job front is rosy. Unemployment is stubbornly high, and the transition to the new ... |
Kingsport BMA approves two annexations Kingsport Times News By Matthew Lane KINGSPORT — The Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved two major annexations during its regular meeting Tuesday night, but not before being accused of violating the Tennessee Sunshine Law by a Sullivan County resident who owns property ... |
Haslam proposal could cost Kingsport schools $141000 Kingsport Times News In addition, interim Superintendent Dwain Arnold said a recent Tennessee Organization of School Superintendents informal survey found about 80 percent of superintendents in the state had qualms about the proposal. Touted as giving more local control to ... |
 Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News | Appalachian Cultural Music Association Presents Annual Leon Kiser Concert Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News Bristol, TN/VA -- The Appalachian Cultural Music Association will present their 16th Annual Leon Kiser Memorial Tribute Concert at the Paramount Theatre in Bristol, Tennessee on Saturday, February 25th. The concert is named in memory of the late Leon ... |
Tissot Sets Sights on 2012 Kingsport Speedway NASCAR Championship Short Track Action (press release) After finishing fourth in UARA-STARS points in 2010, Tissot decided to step away from the series in 2011 and focus his attention on winning the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Model Stock championship at Kingsport (Tenn.) ... |
Stores selling synthetic drugs could lose beer, tobacco license The Daily News Journal A press conference is scheduled at noon today at La Vergne City Hall to introduce the mission of TN-ZERO Task Force, a group created to battle synthetic drugs, human trafficking and other community problems. Local law enforcement officials are expected ... |
Here is the latest Tennessee news from The Associated Press WRCB-TV NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Senate has voted to name the eastern red cedar as Tennessee's official evergreen tree. The measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Mike Faulk of Kingsport was unanimously approved 31-0 on Monday evening. |
PREP HOOPS: Tennessee High boys fall to South, 52-49 TriCities.com KINGSPORT, Tenn. – Nathan Terrill's last-second layup on the road in Kingsport once again just beat the buzzer. Only this time, it was still too late to save Tennessee High. The Vikings slogged their way through the first half Tuesday and could never ... |
