Kingsport News

Girls ages 3 to 10 can attend the Valentine's Day Tea Party, set for 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. William Haston, 53, will work on a part-time basis from January through June for a $16,000 salary before being evaluated by the City Council.

Seventeen new traffic lights have been installed in one of the most dangerous stretches of road in the Tri-Cities. The traffic light on Highway 11W is the first light Mount Carmel has ever installed.

Fresh From the Farmstand: Recipes to Make the Most of Everyone's Favorite Fruits & Veggies, from Apples to Zucchini, and Other Flavorful Ideas from the Farmers' Market by the editors of Gooseberry Patch The trend in recent years is to eat produce grown locally when possible.

It took a Sullivan County jury a little more than six hours to find a Kingsport man guilty of first degree murder Thursday.

Tune into Connye Florance on Feb. 9 at the Renaissance Center in Kingsport, Tenn.

Most members of Sullivan County's Executive Committee expressed support Tuesday for current state law under which school superintendents are hired by local school boards rather than elected by the public.

The Senate has voted to name the eastern red cedar as Tennessee's official evergreen tree.

When Bartlett officials hold a public meeting tonight on the feasibility study for municipal schools, they will be armed with information from comparable systems on the other side of the state.

McKenna Andrews, a 15-year-old Kingsport, Tenn., resident has released a three-song EP in December helmed by Grammy nominated producer Travis Wyrick.

Residents should shut off their water heater Monday morning to protect from potential damage.

Eagleville has hired its first city manager in town history, William Haston, a former budget officer and assistant city manager from Kingsport.

Not everyone is happy with the ban on synthetic drugs. The owner of White Cloud Emporium is hoping a petition he's circulating gets the attention of local city leaders.

James Alan Shelton , long-time guitarist with Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, has spent the past two days in the hospital in Kingsport, TN after suffering a mini-stroke at home.

Gibson Mill Road in Kingsport will be closed to through traffic between the Watauga roundabout and the roundabout at Ravine Road.

Installation of two new main-line water valves will require the interruption of water service on Tuesday, Jan., 31 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The service interruption will include areas of Lebanon Rd.

Allegations that a Kingsport double-murder defendant conspired to have marijuana smuggled into the Sullivan County jail through his lawyer have prompted a mistrial.

Operator in the Jasper plant installs torque plate on the block before setup in the Sunnen SV-410 machine or CK-21 immediately to the right in photo.

Bartlett officials will head out on their own education field trip to the Tri-Cities region of East Tennessee early next week.

Water service in the Cooks Valley Rd. area will be impacted Friday, Jan. 27 as city crews work to complete new water line connections in the area.

For the third year in a row, Chetola's Symphony by the Lake will feature conductor Cornelia Laemmli and the Symphony of the Mountains.