Sullivan County News

The Innovation Academy of Northeast Tennessee could have nearly 600 applications by the time today's 5 p.m. deadline rolls around.

DAVID CRIGGER/BRISTOL HERALD COURIER - The home of Margaret Spradlin looks the same as it did nearly one year ago when multiple local and federal law enforcement agencies burned it while looking for her son, Junior Spradlin.

A love of animals and for riding her motorcycle inspired one local pet groomer to hold a fundraiser that includes both a poker run is planned to raise money to help animals at a local animal center.

Sullivan County's 2012-2013 proposed general fund budget remains $5.2 million in the red and nobody seems to know what to do about it.

Crime on college campuses inTennesseeandVirginiaincreased in the past year, but that trend is not reflected locally, campus security and police officers say.

Sullivan County faces some difficult choices in the coming weeks. The county's proposed 2012-13 budget remains millions of dollars in the red, with very limited cash reserves.

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will be out monitoring Memorial Day lake traffic; two boats you won't see out belong to the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office.

An effort to steal nearly $2,000 in metal from a Bluff City residence fell flat on Thursday, thanks to a booby trap the owner had placed on his property.

The latest deadly motorcycle accident in our area happened at the corner of West Walnut Street and State of Franklin in Johnson City.

Many people across our area can't afford medical care. But that's not the case for those locked up behind bars.

Sullivan County Commissioner Dwight King, of Piney Flats, told the other commissioners that the service is costing the county's Highway Department $200,000 a year, and the county attorney has expressed concerns about the legality of the service.

The Sullivan County Commission denied a request to rezone a residential piece of land next to Boone Lake in Piney Flats, where the property owner wants to build a 20-site campground.

The Sullivan County Executive Committee was supposed to hold a work session Monday to look at potential cuts to a proposed 2012/13 budget that is nearly $10 million out of balance.

"Just coming to school not seeing his smiling face..him being all happy and stuff...it just tore me to pieces," said Logan Dunn, Joseph Hite's friend.

We've told you about our cities and counties struggling to fill the budget gaps for next year, especially our school systems.

Over 1,000 people are expected to attend this year's Exit 56 Blues Fest in Brownsville on May 26.

Now in its third year, organizers say the Educate and Grow Sumner County scholarship program has proved a success for more than 150 local students who have been able to attend college.

Chances are in the next few weeks you'll be heading out on a summer vacation and an extra set of eyes watching over your home, can be a great sense of comfort.

Local governments across the region are trying to find millions of dollars to balance the books.

New facts released by the Alzheimer's Association reveal by the year 2050, 16 million Americans will have Alzheimer's. One of the higher risks for people with this disease is wandering away from home.