Elizabethton News

An Elizabethton, Tennessee boy's interest in medicine is surpassed only by his interest in crime.

Gov. Phil Bredesen is once again allowing the latest batch of specialty license plates to become law without his signature.

An Elizabethton man is dead this morning, after a single vehicle accident took his life Wednesday night.

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. - A Carter County boy was arrested over the weekend on charges of stealing from an ambulance while paramedics were treating his mother.

Johnson City Police cracked down on several drunk drivers and habitual motor offenders this weekend.

The waiting room at the Johnson City Medical Center in Tennessee will be renamed in Jason Witten's honor at a ceremony today.

Elizabethton Police have arrested two people in conjunction with a stabbing last night.

The City of Elizabethton's Electrical System, Water Department, Public Works Department, City Management, County Planning / Zoning and Watauga Regional Water Authority located in Carter County a part of Northeastern Tennessee, selected Spatial Data Integrations, Inc.

We connect you with new details on a developing story: raw sewage in the storm drains in Elizabethton.

Proposed state budget finds way to keep project on target By DOUG DAVIS dougdavis@dnj.com MTSU officials are lauding lawmakers' $29.6 billion Tennessee spending plan that will use bonds to keep construction of a new building for the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences on target.

Some merchants along Elk Avenue in Elizabethton, say they have smelled a strong odor coming from the town's storm drains for years.

A temporary state worker has resigned after sending an offensive e-mail from his state computer.

House Speaker Kent Williams said Wednesday he's prepared to cancel his trade mission trip to Taiwan because balancing the state budget is more important.

A version of the state budget advancing in the House includes issuing bonds for bridge projects and higher education buildings and protecting most state employees from layoffs until April of next year.

A man who pleaded guilty to two counts of vehicular homicide in a car crash that claimed the lives of two Elizabethton teens will have to wait to find out his punishment.

The DTV switch will be at noon this Friday, June 12. Get ready for the switch with our live chat with engineer Mike Moore tonight! WJHL-TV broadcasts digital TV currently on channel 58, A UHF frequency.

A judge in northeast Tennessee has sentenced a former Sunday school teacher to six months in jail for inappropriately touching a teenage girl in his class.

An afternoon crash involving a motorcycle and car leaves one person dead tonight.

House lawmakers will revisit on Tuesday a bill to create a statewide residential building code and to set energy efficiency standards for state buildings and vehicles.

It took all day, until almost 4 o'clock, for the Tennessee House of Representatives to get around to voting on an override of Governor Phil Bredesen's veto of a bill permitting holders of gun-carry permits to bring loaded guns into bars and restaurants.