Baileyton News

The congregation of Baileyton United Methodist Church hopes to begin holding services in its new sanctuary in March.

Seven more candidates filed last week to run in the May 4 county primary election.

A fire of undetermined origin destroyed a double-wide mobile home at 90 Tilson Lane in Baileyton on Thursday afternoon, but no injuries were reported.

Snow that began falling late Thursday afternoon coated county roads and city streets and forced cancellation of classes today in both local public school systems as well as at Walters State Community College.

Friday afternoon's snowfall contributed to numerous accidents, including a head-on collision, in which two Greene County residents died Friday afternoon on Snapps Ferry Road.

Many local governmental offices will be closed at various times in observance of the Christmas holiday.

H1N1 "swine" flu vaccination clinics will begin Monday for students and staff in the Greene County school system.

Thursday evening's Farm-City Banquet honored both Kathy Knight, a tireless volunteer, for her many years of service to the community, and Dr.

The Greene County Planning Commission voted Tuesday to recommend a rezoning change for a planned Dollar General store on the Asheville Highway.

Nolachuckey and Baileyton picked up season-opening doubleheader victories in Monday night's Greene County Elementary Basketball League action.

Improvements to the Newport Highway from the Cocke County line to the Nolichucky River, which had been ranked as a top local funding priority for the state last year, became the second local priority for 2011 in a vote Thursday.

Sun Photo by Tom Yancey A border collie drives three cows through a series of gates formed by orange fence sections on Saturday during cattle dog field trials this past weekend at the Brandon Farm near Baileyton.

The Baileyton Board of Mayor and Aldermen met briefly Wednesday evening at Baileyton Town Hall.

Most banks and federal offices will be closed on Monday, Oct. 12, in observance of Columbus Day, a federal holiday.

A Hawkins County man was charged with carjacking and aggravated kidnapping following an incident early this morning in which he allegedly attempted to drive a pickup truck occupied by a woman from a Baileyton travel center.

A seriously injured woman was flown to the Johnson City Medical Center from the scene of two-vehicle accident shortly after noon at the intersection Baileyton Road and Roaring Fork Road.

Interstate 81 South between the Jearoldstown and Baileyton Exits is closed in Greene County after a tractor trailer hit two vehicles in a work zone last Sunday night.

The Baileyton Planning Commission have voted to approve a site in front of Baileyton Elementary School for a Tennessee Historical Commission marker.

A Greene County grand jury that met on Monday at the Greene County Courthouse returned indictments against a number of persons on a variety of charges.

A Greene County grand jury that met on Monday at the Greene County Courthouse returned indictments against a number of persons on a variety of charges.