Unicoi News

Northeast Tennessee Democrats are planning a regional rally July 11 to give interested residents an opportunity to hear from all of the state's gubernatorial candidates as well as those running for other offices - and a special, unnamed guest.

The Unicoi County Veterans Memorial Park Committee will raise funds for at least one security camera.

Court Appointed Special Advocates of Northeast Tennessee will be holding an informational orientation session on Sunday, July 9, for people interested in becoming CASA advocates.

Arrests come two just two days after the Unicoi County Veterans Memorial Park is vandalized but citizens are still wondering why it was done in the first place.

Burned flags and graffitti now mar a memorial to East Tennessee Veterans. Vandals hit the Unicoi Veterans Memorial Park in Erwin, Tennessee, Tuesday night.

Unicoi County Sheriff Kent Harris says fire that destroyed a Bumpass Cove home was set to cover up the suicide of the owner.

THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WHITETOP TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELIZABETHTON TO 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARSHALL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

No charges are being filed against the Tennessee pickup truck driver who hit and killed a pedestrian early Sunday morning.

Unicoi Co., Tenn. - Over the past few months, we've kept you connected to developments in a story of a newly built subdivision in Unicoi County.

Heavy localized rain has triggered flash flooding in mountainous East Tennessee, forcing about 50 families from their homes.

Unicoi Co., Tenn. - Major flooding throughout Unicoi County today and overnight caused the National Weather Service to call for flash flood warnings until 12:30 a.m., which were then extended to 3:30 a.m. Officials in Unicoi County saw creeks rising before dark last night, and began encouraging families to evacuate to higher ground, away from ...

In nearly a half-century of farming, Wayne Scott helped put strawberries on the map of Northeast Tennessee.

After retaining two prominent lobbyists, the Cherokee Nation won a victory in the Tennessee Legislature on Tuesday.

Authorities from five law enforcement agencies closed in Thursday on a network suspected of trafficking prescription drugs, arresting 10 people and holding warrants for another six.

Officers from five agencies descended on a number of Madison County homes early this morning, serving warrants on more than a dozen people on a variety of felony prescription drug charges.

Bobby Loyd loads a Nissan Sentra on a tow truck along Highway 100 after it crossed the center line and struck a Ford F-250 sending 3 people to area hospitals.

Emergency services in Unicoi, Greene and Carter counties spent today training and preparing for disaster situations that could happen in their communities.

Several arrests were made yesterday in conjunction with the supply of prescription drugs to teenagers in Unicoi County, according to Sheriff Kent Harris.

Following the deadly tornado in Murfreesboro, there is renewed talk about why there are still areas of large populations without tornado sirens.

The drought that's plagued the Southeast for three years has loosened its grip on the Mountain Empire, national climatologists report.