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Gathering Leaves: Understanding Apples Book Two is published!

What can he say? As the sole author of the first book in this series JS Moore was very fortunate in finding other authors with their own stories to sh ...

From Royal Crown Cola to Broken-Down Space ShuttlesNew Book Explores Southern Poetry in the 1990s

A unique grassroots movement has entertained thousands and revived interest in, of all things, poetry. This event is known as Poetry Slam. There are e ...

A message from the City Manager of Johnson City.

I am posting this as a follow up to one of my previous articles: No Call Back (http://www.timesnews.net/userData.php?type=articl ...

The Façade of Freedom

The Façade of Freedom by JS Moore My friend joined the Army And fought in a war, . One he did not believe in But that he wo ...

Loving Long Island: To Whom It May Concern

photo is my good friend Clay "Dirt" Rodefer as a young boy... Read about Clay, "an American Classic" in my other articles ...

Civic Auditorium Windows
If your traveling Ft. Henry Drive take time to notice the new windows recently installed at the Civic Auditorium. This community treasure has been ...

Green Cove Creek
In 'The Marble and Other Ghost Tales of Tennessee and Virginia,' Joe Tennis retells the legend of a very sad ghost in Damascus, Virginia. This lady in ...

Minor House
In 'Pioneers in Paradise,' V. N. "Bud" Phillips retells the legend of the Minor House on Lee Street in Bristol, Virginia. It is the former home of Doc ...

King College
In 'Pioneers in Paradise,' V. N. "Bud" Phillips tells about the ghostly happenings near King College in Bristol, Tennessee. The ghost of James "Ji ...

High Ridge
In 'Pioneers in Paradise,' V. N. "Bud" Phillips recounts the legend of the ghosts of High Ridge at the end of Windsor Avenue in Bristol, Tennessee. Fr ...