Johnson City News

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. a ' A former merchant contends that selling merchandise branded with slogans and pictures critical of President Barack Obama got him evicted from an East Tennessee mall.

A northeast Tennessee teenager has been killed in an all-terrain vehicle crash. Washington County Sheriff Ed Graybeal says when deputies arrived Sunday evening to investigate a crash report, they found an ambulance crew trying to revive a young girl.

Two men were arrested over the weekend and charged with numerous drug charges after Johnson City Police say they conducted an investigation into an incident which originally occurred at a Johnson City motel.

The army is still in the process of releasing names of the Fort Hood shooting victims.

Four men have been arrested today in conjunction with a reported robbery in Johnson City, according to city police.

Move over Joe Isuzu -- here comes Jesus Isuzu. Jim Stevens says nearly every morning an image of Jesus appears in the condensation on the driver's side window of his Isuzu pickup.

Jim Stevens says he's not particularly religious and is clueless about why an image resembling Jesus Christ keeps appearing on his pickup.

Greene County authorities are investigating the shooting deaths of a man and woman as a murder-suicide. According to WJHL in Johnson City, a family member found Johnny Heck, 50, and Elizabeth Powell, 44, dead inside Heck's home on Oasis Road Sunday evening.

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. - A plea bargain in which a northeast Tennessee man admitted to drug charges allowed him to escape moonshining penalties.

Tennessee police say a mechanic was drumming up business by tampering with parked cars, then charging to help start them.Police arrested 41-year-old Christopher Walls of Johnson City on Thursday night.Investigators say Walls disabled cars parked at restaurants, waited for the owners to try to start them and then offered his services as a mechanic.

Prosecutors are still reviewing multiple mental evaluations to see if Walter Shell should go trial.

The Tennessee Department of Revenue is holding free bimonthly tax workshops for new businesses.

Three people will appear in Washington County General Sessions Court on Thursday, after Johnson City Police arrested them in connection to multiple auto burglaries that occurred at a local restaurant.

The detour will take you from Asheville North to Johnson City and then southwest to Knoxville.

Children are one of the most at-risk groups for H1N1, and area school systems including Washington County, TN, Washington County, VA, Sullivan County, Carter County, Greene County, and Unicoi County want to make sure they are protected from the illness.

CONTACT: A A A A Becky Hilbert, director A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Community Relations A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 434-6021 The Johnson City Board of Commissioners will be considering one three-year appointment to the Board of Zoning Appeals.

An Iraq war veteran, and Elizabethton resident, said the Johnson City Police Department tarnished his reputation.

Three indoor pot farms busted Sheriffs' investigators found three marijuana growing operations this week in Johnson City, Tenn.

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. a ' A woman accused of helping her son dispose of the bodies of a teenage couple the man is accused of killing in Johnson City has died.

The Johnson City Police Department reports today that they've wrapped up two separate theft cases.