Surgionsville leaders want to save the municipal fitness center by in stalling an automated billing and keyless entry system that would cut the cost of an employee. Last fiscal year the Fitness Center lost more than $24,000, which Mayor Merrell Graham said is not sustainable.

Surgoinsville Board of Mayor and Aldermen

Surgoinsville may cut costs at Fitness Center with automated entry, bill pay

Surgionsville leaders want to save the municipal fitness center by in stalling an automated billing and keyless entry system that would cut the cost of an employee.

Yesterday at 7:00 PM

Portrait of General Robert E. Lee in 1865 by Alexander Gardner

Civil War

Robert E. Lee is not a symbol of hate

“I think it the duty of every citizen in the present condition of the country to do all in their power to aid in the restoration of peace and harmony.” — Robert E. Lee, four months after the end of the Civil War.

Yesterday at 5:45 PM

Church Hill

Bluegrass festival to replace old Church Hill Community Celebration

Karri Vaughan said that when the Times-News reported in March that the Community Celebration had been canceled, and why it was being canceled, she took that as a personal challenge to put something in its place.

Yesterday at 5:00 PM

This year's Friends of the Library author talk was held July 18 and featured Kingsport native Robert Gipe, who shared his critically-acclaimed book, “Trampoline.”

Sunday Stories

Out & About: Reading (new books), writing (Christmas cards ) & sleeping!

It’s been a busy August already and we’re just now getting to race week and high school football.

Yesterday at 4:30 PM

In this Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, photo, James Alex Fields Jr. stands on the sidewalk looking at the procession of the clergy as they gathered at McGaffey park, ahead of a rally in Charlottesville, Va. Fields is accused of ramming his car into a crowd of counter-protesters Saturday in Charlottesville, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer and injuring over a dozen others. (Eze Amos via AP)

Fake news

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked these out; here are the real facts.

Yesterday at 3:04 PM

Chase Elliott's number one fan in line to see him Thursday at Courtesy Chevrolet in Kingsport may have been this unidentified fellow who got his arm signed, and then went straight to the tattoo parlor t make it permanent.

NASCAR

'He's my everything': Girls who waited 5 hours to meet Chase Elliott not disappointed

Sydney Waldo isn't shy about explaining why she would wait in line more than five hours Thursday to spend a couple of minutes with Chase Elliott. "Because he is my everything."

Yesterday at 1:50 PM

Scott County

Reward offered for information on Duffield store burglary

A small, light colored Ford Ranger pickup truck could be seen leaving the area. It was reportedly headed toward Lee County. A reward in the amount of $1,000 has been offered for anyone with information leading to an arrest and conviction about this incident

Yesterday at 12:45 PM

Danelle Glasscock, left, shares a moment with Jamie Woodson, CEO of the State Collaboration on Reforming Education. Woodson gave the keynote address at the United Ways kickoff luncheon, where it was announced the organizations will attempt to raise more than $7 million this year.

The United Ways of Northeast Tennessee

United Way launches campaigns with regional goal of $7.4M

A kickoff event, hosted by HomeTrust Bank and the United Way of Greater Kingsport (UWGK), began the annual fundraising campaigns of UWGK, the United Way of Bristol TN/VA, the United Way of Carter County/Elizabethton, the United Way of Greene County, the United Way of Hawkins County, and the United Way of Washington County, Tenn.

Yesterday at 11:50 AM

Sports Live

D-B’s Clark expects early test at Greeneville

Tonight’s high school football action sees Dobyns-Bennett on the road to face perennial state Class 4A powerhouse Greeneville while Daniel Boone and Sullivan South will square off in a road game for both teams.

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Woman who crashed at school while picking up niece pleads guilty to DUI

As I approached the vehicle, (Brewer) got out of the vehicle and walked past me,” Owens stated in his report. “I asked Brewer if she was all right, and she replied, ‘Fine, how are you?’ I asked he if she was aware she hit the poles, and she stated, ‘I guess a little bit.’ ”

Yesterday at 10:22 AM

Property Taxes

Sullivan to consider tax increase August 31

If you want to comment on a nearly 8.5-cent tax increase, set your alarm clock and be at the county courthouse at 8 a.m. on Aug. 31.

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FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump walks across the tarmac from Marine One to board Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J. Bombarded by the sharpest attacks yet from fellow Republicans, President Donald Trump on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017, dug into his defense of racist groups by attacking members of own party and renouncing the rising movement to pull down monuments to Confederate icons. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Trump defends Confederate statues, berates his critics

With prominent Republicans openly questioning his competence and moral leadership, President Donald Trump burrowed deeper into the racially charged debate over Confederate memorials and lashed out at members of his own party in the latest controversy to engulf his presidency.

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FILE - In this July 27, 2017, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. is surrounded by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Corker said Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017, Donald Trump has not yet shown the stability or competence required for an American president to succeed. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP senator says Trump hasn't shown stability, competence

Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, also said Trump "recently has not demonstrated that he understands the character of this nation." During comments to local reporters after a speech to the Chattanooga Rotary Club, Corker called for "radical changes" in how the Trump White House operates.

Yesterday at 9:22 AM

Union reveals little during preseason benefit victory over Virginia High

BIG STONE GAP — The Union Bears didn’t divulge many secrets as far as their game plan for the upcoming season in Thursday’s 20-14 preseason benefit game win over Virginia High at Bullitt Park.

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