Mountain City News

Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia isn't the only American city to straddle two states but it probably makes more of its duality than others.

About 200 family and friends gathered on a cold windy cemetery hillside in a tiny northeast Tennessee community to bury Army Spc.

The family of a Tennessee soldier killed with 12 others in the shooting spree at Fort Hood is grieving privately, but Tuesday evening Army Specialist Frederick Greene's family held a visitation in Mountain City.

Robert Roy Britt editorial Director space.com Mon Nov 16, 12:30 pm ET One of the best annual meteor showers will peak in the pre-dawn hours Tuesday, and for some skywatchers the show could be quite impressive.

Fishermen pull a net full of jellyfish out of the ocean off the coast of Kokonogi, Japan, on Oct.

Fishermen pull a net full of jellyfish out of the ocean off the coast of Kokonogi, Japan, on Oct.

Time stood still for a few short moments just after noon in Mountain City on Sunday, as a local soldier killed at Fort Hood was given a hero's escort back to his hometown.

Services for East Tennessee's Fort Hood victim, Specialist Frederick Greene, will be next week.

The body of Spec. Fred Greene will arrive back in the Tri-Cities Sunday morning.

For the second time in less than a century the W.S. Stout store of Butler has been moved from its foundations.

FT. CAMPBELL, Tenn. - A Tennessee soldier was among the victims of last week's deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood.

A Mountain City, Tenn., man is listed as one of the 13 victims from Thursday's shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas.

Tennessee State Treasurer David H. Lillard, Jr., accompanied by Rep. Jason Mumpower, Rep.

It's that time of year again where friends and family gather together for the holidays.

Tuesday's meeting of the Mountain City, City Council was opened with an invocation by special guest Pastor Steve Spencer of Calvary Baptist Church and the Pledge of Allegiance was conducted by returned Iraq War veteran Lee Greever of the 776th Tennessee Army National Guard.

The Director of the Bryan, Texas Planned Parenthood clinic has just foresworn further involvement in abortion.

Halloween and harvest events in and around the High Country will wrap up this weekend with Halloween's arrival this Saturday, October 31.

The members of the 776th from Johnson County have been busy enjoying their families and friends since their return.

Last weekend was the second annual Pumpkin Festival at Ralph Stout Park. Although cold weather put a slight damper on the festival, approximately 1,000 people attended the event over the course of both days.

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