Carter County News

13. The committee discussed the gala during their last month's meeting. Members felt it was best to set a date early so they could book their entertainment and catering before other events start to fill up the calendar.The committee had been working to get impersonator David Browning as the entertainment.

A Volkswagen beetle owned by the Carter County Sheriff's Department became an improvised pursuit vehicle - at about 20 mph.

Following this week's meeting of the coalition, Elizabethton-Carter County Chamber of Commerce Community Coordinator Steve Burwick reported there are now over 30 individuals who are serving in the group.

Starting this Wednesday, registered voters in Carter County will begin heading to the polls for early voting ahead of the March 6 Tennessee Presidential Preference Primaries.

Carter County Solid Waste and Landfill Manager Benny Lyons reported yesterday morning that the county has received final approval from Governor Bill Haslam on a used oil grant.

Photo by Brandon Hicks - Carter County Sheriff Chris Mathes The Carter County Building and Grounds Committee met Monday evening and received an update from Sheriff Chris Mathes regarding the new $26 million facility, which is expected to house its first prisoners this spring.Chairman L.C. Tester informed the committee that errant balls from ... (more)

Gov. Ron Ramsey, State Sen. Rusty Crowe and State Rep. Kent Williams, Carter County Mayor Leon Humphrey, Elizabethton Mayor Curt Alexander and Watauga Mayor Delisa LeFleur, and receive an update from each.

Blackwood is currently working for Judge Lynn Brown, who is out for medical reasons.

Vaughn was able to follow the vehicle's tracks on foot and found the red Jeep Grand Cherokee, stuck on an old logging trail near Cripple Creek Loop.The vehicle's owner, Bartholomew Aaron Dipietro, 32, of 31389 Hillman Highway, Glade Spring, Va., said he and Richard S. Norris, 40, of 459 Rockingham Road, Johnson City, were in the vehicle.

Carter County Sheriff Chris Mathes said Friday's session featured one of at least two groups of new employees for the jail, which is expected to house its first prisoners this spring.

The first place county 4-H poster contest winner is Joseph Trivette, a seventh grade student at Cloudland High School.

Photo by Danny Davis - The Sabine Hill House, photographed on Thursday afternoon, has been included in Governor Bill Haslam's 2012-2013 budget proposal.

One property owner is arguing that the problems are the result of an inadequately maintained ditch line along the county's right-of-way. Steve Melton has owned a 14-acre lot in the Jenkins Hollow Road area of Valley Forge for the last decade.

The white male, later identified as Joseph Wayne Hatley, 21, of 180 Little Ave., Elizabethton, threw a towel over the razor wire and jumped onto the top of the mobile carport or sallyport canopy.

Lisa Roche On Wednesday, Deputy Billy Harrell and Lt. L.C. Tester of the Carter County Sheriff's Department responded to 214 Rockhouse Road, Lot 13, in reference to a felony warrant service from the Lower Southampton Township Police Department in Pennsylvania.

Dean Jones of the Carter County Sheriff's Department on Monday. Greer said she noticed jewelry was missing on Sunday.

Carter County Tomorrow President Tom Anderson updated the IDB members on a handful of projects for 2012.

The second vehicle then left the scene.McClure said a witness briefly followed the vehicle and provided tag information for officers.

Tracie Phipps of the Carter County Sheriff's Department. She is to appear in General Sessions Court on Feb.

1, on Sunday at 10:16 p.m. in reference to a burglary. Carson Drive is located off Smalling Road near Central Elementary School.