Mooresburg Elementary celebrated Custodian Appreciation Day with a Lewis and Clark theme. Custodians, Donna and Janet, received satchels of goodies, field journals of thanks, a song of appreciation, and a scavenger hunt to find their pioneer dinner of chicken tortilla soup.

Hawkins schools find many ways to show appreciation for their custodians

Custodians are part of the family and a part of the team, and that’s why Hawkins County students, faculty and administrators make a point every year of acknowledging the contributions their custodians make to the overall quality of life and success on campus.

Oct 29, 2018 at 11:20 AM

Northeast State Community College

Groundbreaking for biggest community college capital project in Tennessee set for Tuesday

Preliminary site preparation and some utilities installation for Northeast State Community College’s Technical Education Complex, formerly called the Emerging Technologies Complex, started in 2016, but progress was halted in 2017 because of financial issues. However, it went back on track this year.

Oct 27, 2018 at 8:30 PM

Left to right: 2018 Dobyns-Benentt High School Alumni Hall of Fame inductees Daniel Westmoreland, Michael O. O'Neill, Hal P. McHorris, C. Wallace Ketron Jr., Dennis Westmoreland and William B. Greene.

Dobyns-Bennett High School Alumni Association

D-B Alumni Hall of Fame adds six members

Six D-B graduates, including two identical twins who became doctors, were inducted by the D-B Alumni Association Hall of Fame, which grew to 65 members total. The event was at the MeadowView Marriott Conference Resort & Convention Center.

Oct 26, 2018 at 9:00 PM

Rogersville

Rogersville 8th-grader collecting toiletries for Hawkins' poor and homeless

According to Hawkins County Schools Title 1 director Dr. Michelle Harless the number of Hawkins County's homeless students fluctuates, and has gotten as high as into the 60s, but currently there are 23 known homeless children in the school system.

Oct 26, 2018 at 5:00 PM

Sullivan North High School

Once a Raider, Always a Raider for longtime Sullivan North volunteers

Janice Clark and Wayne Long have volunteered to help the Golden Raiders football team most every home game since 1980, but that’s only the tip of the proverbial iceberg.

Oct 26, 2018 at 8:50 AM

Volunteer High School

Karate Kids: Volunteer criminal justice students receive martial arts instruction

"They got to get out of the classroom for a few hours and experience first hand how learning self defense can benefit not only as a police officer but can benefit their personal safety.” — Jeff Hilton

Oct 24, 2018 at 2:50 PM

Hawkins County Board of Education

Q&A: How the new Hawkins director of schools responded to BOE questioning

"I am not a seasoned superintendent, so I will need your help and I will need the staff's help as an outsider coming in. However, I do have a lot of experience in recruiting, hiring, unfortunately making tough decisions on cutting if we get to that point. Those are all experiences I would bring, as well as my sight level (experience) as a principal.” — Matt Hixson

Oct 24, 2018 at 9:45 AM

Dr. Kristen (Kris) Westover was inaugurated as the seventh president of Mountain Empire Community College during a ceremony held Friday, Oct. 19 at the college's Phillips-Taylor Hall Goodloe Center. She came to Mountain Empire from Patrick Henry Community College in Martinsville, Virginia where she served for six years as the Vice President for Academic and Student Development Services.

Sunday Stories

Folks You Should Know: Dr. Kris Westover

Dr. Kris Westover, the new president of Mountain Empire Community College, didn’t consider herself college material — until someone convinced her to give it a chance. Now, she’s doing her part to pay it forward.

Oct 23, 2018 at 4:30 PM

Matt Hixson seems surprised to receive an ovation from the audience at the conclusion of his interview Monday evening. He was approved 7-0 by the BOE to become the new director of schools.

Hawkins County Board of Education

Hawkins BOE chooses assistant superintendent from California as its new director

Matt Hixson achieved an almost perfect a score of 626 out of a possible 700 during his initial Oct. 12 interview with the Hawkins County BOE, but he received a perfect seven out of seven when it counted Monday night in Rogersville in the school board’s final vote for a new director of schools.

Oct 23, 2018 at 8:50 AM

Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame

Kingsport man named 'Aviation Person of the Year'

Hank Somers is described as a tireless advocate for improving K-12 education in the region. His hobby as a private pilot helped him recognize the need to better position Northeast Tennessee to attract aviation and aerospace industry.

Oct 22, 2018 at 10:00 PM

Northeast State

Northeast State, Tusculum sign dual enrollment deal

Northeast State students who fulfill the requirements of the dual enrollment program are guaranteed acceptance to Tusculum. However, some majors might carry additional application and program admission requirements.

Oct 22, 2018 at 8:30 PM

Editorial: It’s time to throw away the rod, Tennessee

Hawkins County is the latest system in the region to not just spare, but throw away the rod. But there remain too many Tennessee school districts, including Washington, Hancock and Greene counties, which continue to allow teachers and administrators to physically punish children.

Oct 22, 2018 at 3:00 PM

Northeast State Community College

Opportunity to weigh in on NSCC presidential search closes Friday

Trish Crawford, president of the Faculty Senate at Northeast, said both candidates are qualified and either would be a good choice. She served on the committee and said of all considered, they were the only two with unanimous support from all 17 members.

Oct 21, 2018 at 8:00 PM

Alumni gather to remember Scott County's only African-American school

Prospect School was located at the top of the hill on Manville Road in Gate City, in the communities known locally as Sticktown and Trot. The historic school closed for integration in 1964, and the recent reunion was the first time the alumni had ever gathered as a group to catch up with each other.

Oct 21, 2018 at 12:00 PM

The lovely ladies at Elmcroft Senior Living enjoyed a luxurious beauty day. We would like to say thank you so much to the Legacy School of Hair Design for providing this service!

A newly-named, renovated and relocated space for military-affiliated students at East Tennessee State University is officially open. A dedication ceremony held Sept. 26 by the Office of Veterans Affairs introduced the community to the new Military-Affiliated Student Resource Center (MARC). Located on the ground floor of Yoakley Hall and formerly known as the Veterans Lounge since its opening in 2013, the renovated MARC is more than three times larger and serves close to 700 military-affiliated students. Here, guests and ETSU personnel (from left) Dr. Bert Bach, Bill Darden, Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder, Col. (Ret.) Tony Banchs, Lee Sullivan and Casey Suthers cut the ribbon.

Kingsport Kiwanis president Sharon Hayes presented two very special awards during a joint Kiwanis Night dinner on Sept. 27. Tom Parham received the Art Roper Kiwanian of the Year Award. Art Roper was all about "community service." Art served his club, his church and other community programs with which he was associated. In his honor, the Kiwanis Club of Kingsport began giving an award to the Kiwanian that best exemplified "community service." Tom does just that. For many years, Tom has served Kingsport on the Board of Mayor and Alderman. Most recently, Tom has been a champion to small critters - dogs and cats - in raising money to build a new animal shelter.

Kingsport Kiwanis president Sharon Hayes presented two very special awards during a joint Kiwanis Night dinner on Sept. 27. David Atkinson received the F. Stewart Crosley Committee Chair of the Year Award. David chaired the Kingsport Kiwanis Endowment Committee. He promoted the goals of the Endowment to the club, resulting in higher awareness and significant growth in the fund which will provide financial support to Kiwanis projects for many, many years.