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Photo gallery: NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, Day 2

John Force (Funny Car) and Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel) held on to their No. 1 spots through two rounds of qualifying Saturday during the annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway in Bristol, Tenn.

Updated Yesterday at 8:40 PM
Sue K. Wright, Teresa Stanton and Lauren Stanton took a cruise to Key West and Cuba
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Scrapbook Showcase: Exploring Cuba

Today’s Scrapbook Showcase features photos from Cuba. The photos were taken and submitted by Sue K. Wright of Rogersville. In addition to a great cruise to Key West, Florida, Wright and her traveling companions - Teresa Stanton and Lauren Stanton -

Yesterday at 4:30 PM
Congrats to Austin Kirkpatrick on winning “The River Mile” at Laurel Run Park in record time. The race was hosted by State of Franklin Track Club. There was plenty of food, snow cones, great weather, riverfront views and good fellowship Union boys take state runner-up trophy back to Big Stone Gap! Your 2019 Region 2D Girls Track Champions - The Ridgeview Wolfpack! Nothing like winning a regional championship on your home track. Congratulations girls!!!! #VHSL Boater Hunter Sales of Blaine, Tennessee, caught five bass weighing 14 pounds, 12 ounces, on Saturday, May 18, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League Volunteer Division event on Cherokee Lake. Sales earned $3,455 for his efforts.
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Sunday Stories

Times News This Week in Sports (June 9)

The Times News is showing off your sports photos in This Week in Sports! From little league to senior adults, recreational or competitive, we share your favorite shots ~ from any sport, any age, no matter the outcome ~ every week at TimesNews.Net.

Yesterday at 10:30 AM
June 14, 2019 - Bristol, Tennessee - Bristol Dragway June 14, 2019 - Bristol, Tennessee - Bristol Dragway: John Force June 14, 2019 - Bristol, Tennessee - Bristol Dragway: Doug Kalitta June 14, 2019 - Bristol, Tennessee - Bristol Dragway: Antron Brown
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Photo gallery: NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, Day 1

John Force (Funny Car) and Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel) led qualifying Friday in the annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway in Bristol, Tenn.

Updated Jun 14, 2019 at 10:05 PM
The kids had a blast at the Public Works Day and at Centennial Park in Downtown Kingsport. Northeast State Community College rising sophomore Hayden Hatcher became the first student at Northeast State to earn their solo wings on May 14. Hayden received a solo scholarship from his parents, Tim and Laura, and FedEx. He soloed in a Cessna 152 in 9.6 hours at the Greeneville airport as the 184th solo student overall in the FLIGHT Foundation-sponsored High School-College Flight Program, which has been recognized as the best in the nation. Hayden is shown here with his flight instructor, Colonel Bill Powley. Emmy Nannenga, a student at Carol Stone Piano Studio in Kingsport, was a first-place winner at the recent Bristol Music Club scholarship auditions for grades 4, 5 and 6. Paiton Frazier, a 2019 Honors Graduate from Sullivan North High School, celebrated with family and friends, including (at right) Logan, Hillary Buckner, Paiton Frazier, Taylor Odham and Cassie Collins, at Paiton's graduation party.
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Sunday Stories

Times News Scrapbook Gallery: Week of June 9

You share your photos and we show them off in our Scrapbook Gallery! Each week, we feature photos highlighting the 'scrapbook' moments in the lives of our readers in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Some of the photos also appear in print

Jun 14, 2019 at 4:30 PM
D-B's Samuel Creek and Daniel Boone's Devin McKenna (bottom earned all-state honors in boys pole vault at the TSSAA state meet Adam Terry and Hudson Crabtree of John Battle High School defeated Eastside 2-6, 6-1, 6-1 to win the Region 2D doubles championship. Sullivan South's Madison Cowan and Volunteer's Ashley Salyers show off their all-state medals from girls triple jump at the TSSAA state meet Cherokee's Harper Russell finished fifth in the 800m run at the TSSAA state meet.
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This Week in Sports

Times News This Week in Sports (June 2)

The Times News is showing off your sports photos in This Week in Sports! From little league to senior adults, recreational or competitive, we share your favorite shots ~ from any sport, any age, no matter the outcome ~ every week at TimesNews.Net.

Jun 11, 2019 at 5:15 PM
The Mount Carmel firefighter, who was the lone occupant of the tanker, stated that he moved over as far as he could on the narrow roadway to let the vehicle past when the asphalt at the edge of the roadway broke, sending the tanker rolling down a steep embankment on Big Elm Road
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Mount Carmel Fire Department

Mount Carmel fire truck rolls down embankment on Big Elm Road

The firefighter, who was the lone occupant of the tanker, stated that he moved over as far as he could on the narrow roadway to let the oncoming vehicle past when the asphalt at the edge of the roadway broke.

Updated Jun 11, 2019 at 4:13 PM

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Kingsport

200 Man Stand brings community resources together

Several community organizations gathered at V.O. Dobbins Park last Sunday for Kingsport’s first 200 Man Stand, an event designed to bring citizens together and provide resources for those in need. Originally started in Nashville last year, the 200

Jun 9, 2019 at 1:30 PM
Sullivan South High School is proud to announce that for the 17th year in a row, its Air Force JROTC program has earned the Distinguished Unit Award presented by the JROTC Headquarters at Maxwell AFB. That's every year since the squadron first stood up in 2002. This award recognizes the personal growth and accomplishments of the cadets, contributions of the instructors as mentors, and the support of the school and local community. The Northeast State Nursing family welcomed the 11th graduating class of nursing students at the program’s annual Pinning Ceremony held May 3 at the Regional Center for the Performing Arts on the College’s Blountville campus. Spring was in the air as local teachers and other guests gathered May 16 to honor 27 foster grandparents volunteers at a special recognition event. The event, "A Spring Social: Seeds Planted for a Child's Future" was held at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Big Stone Gap and catered by The Shack. The New Vision Youth led the Pledge of Allegiance at the Kingsport Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting in May. The group has been leading the pledge at meetings for four years.
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Times News Scrapbook Gallery: Week of June 2

You share your photos and we show them off in our Scrapbook Gallery! Each week, we feature photos highlighting the 'scrapbook' moments in the lives of our readers in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Some of the photos also appear in print

Jun 7, 2019 at 5:02 PM
Due to a pilot error Ubert McConnell, 100, of Church Hill, was on the first boat to hit Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. He is shown here in his home Tuesday with a photo of his company that sent 200 men to Omaha beach, only 60 0f whom weren't wounded or killed.
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D-Day

After 75 years Hawkins vet has vivid memories of storming Omaha Beach

On the 75th Anniversary of D-Day Ubert McConnell will be among the honored guests at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va. as Vice President Mike Pence leads a memorial ceremony to honor Bedford’s 19 lost sons.

Jun 5, 2019 at 9:47 PM
This year's headline performer is "fusion folk/bluegrass" performer Beth Snapp, who will put on a free concert in the park 1-3 p.m. sponsored by Holston Medical Group. Mountain artisans and performers will put their talents on display Saturday at Crockett Spring Park as the Rogersville Arts Council (RAC) hosts its sixth annual Appalachian Arts Festival.
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Appalachian Arts Festival

Rogersville hosts sixth annual Appalachian Arts Festival

Mountain artisans and performers will put their talents on display Saturday at Crockett Spring Park as the Rogersville Arts Council hosts its sixth annual Appalachian Arts Festival.

Jun 5, 2019 at 3:00 PM
Jimmie and Chip Smith behind the counter at Skip's Diner in allandale Tuesday. When Skip's Diner closes its doors for the last time Saturday it will be the end of an era. Hobert "Skip" Smith passed away in March, and he was the heart of the diner. Now that he's gone, his wife Jimmie, son Chip, and daughter Charity have decided to close the diner.
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Skip's Diner

The end of an era: After four decades, Skip's Diner closing on Saturday

"But we're going to end on hamburgers, hot dogs and ice cream. It's kind of full circle. That's how he started at Dairy Cup, and that's the way we're going to end." — Chip Smith

Jun 5, 2019 at 12:00 PM
On Tuesday, May 7, Sheriff Jeff Cassidy, Deputy Brandon Poff and several K9 officers visited fourth grade students at Indian Springs Elementary School. The Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center and eight partner institutions honored their 2019 distinguished alumni awardees on May 7. The persons being honored must have earned a degree/credential through the Higher Education Center from its degree granting partner institutions and were selected based upon notable achievement in their field, outstanding service to the community, and inspirational impact. Honorees include: Michael Chafin, ETSU; Vickie Stevens, King; Sabrina Andrea Bowes, Old Dominion; Michael L. Keohane, Radford; Megan Riddle, UVA Wise; Rana Duncan-Daston, Virginia; Janeen Gibson, Virginia Commonwealth; and Greg Brown, Virginia Tech. Northeast State Community College welcomed a new class of members to the Alpha Iota Chi chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society during an induction ceremony held April 29 at the Blountville campus. The chapter’s newest inductees are: Myla Anderson, Laura Austin, Kaylee Autry, Nathaniel Barnett, Philip Bateman, Sherianne Beach, Tera Beachley, Chelsea Begley, Amy Blankenship, Whitney Blessing, Randi Bogle, David Brooks, Tammy Carrier, Alexis Chan, Jacob Chess, David Clayton, Hannah Coalson, Macy Collin, Madison Collins, Dalton Cordle, Ashley Cossin, Hannah Crawford, Michael Creamer, Angel Cunningham, Haleigh Darnell, Daniel Dotson, Allison Elliott, Tonia Ellsworth, Madison Ensor, Paula Faidley, Nicholas Fender, Kenneth Fleenor, Laura Griffin, Kelsey Guy, Makenna Hallingstad, Autumn Hart, Alexandria Hawkins, Abigail Hines, Melissa Hooper, Rylie Housewright, Joni Hughes, Malachi Hughes, Zackary Keith, Christopher Koubele, Joel Larue, Hunter Leonard, Mackenzie Leonard, Shawn Looker, Kurt McIntosh, Charis McReynolds, Emily Mears, Estrella Mendoza, Nathalie Nixon, Cassie Moffitt, Blake Montgomery, Caitlin Morrison, Ashley Mullins, Tuan Nguyen, Kasey Osborne, Matthew Parvin, McKenzie Peavley, Bethany Perhne, Teri Phillips, Jacob Powers, Anthony Ramey, Jacob Ramey, Breanna Rameriz, Alyssa Rees, Emily Rogers, Brittany Rowell, Amber Royston, Mohammad Salehi, Hannah Saulsbury, Kristina Scalf, Alexander Skidmore, Melody Stewart, Kaytlin Stout, Eric Swatzell, Sarah Taylor, Sierra Taylor, John Tester, Abigail Thouin, Brandon Tincher, Madeleine Van Huet and Laura Wrigley. On Tuesday, May 7, Sheriff Jeff Cassidy, Deputy Brandon Poff and several K9 officers visited fourth grade students at Indian Springs Elementary School. Sheriff Cassidy spoke about his current job duties, his background, what he loves most about his job, the most difficult parts of his job, who inspires him, and why he is so grateful to serve the citizens of Sullivan County.
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Times News Scrapbook Gallery: Week of May 26

You share your photos and we show them off in our Scrapbook Gallery! Each week, we feature photos highlighting the 'scrapbook' moments in the lives of our readers in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Some of the photos also appear in print

Jun 4, 2019 at 4:30 PM

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Scott County

Community gathers in honor of domestic violence victims, survivors

More than 50 people gathered at Holston View United Methodist Church in Weber City on Sunday for the first annual #JusticeforEva walk to honor of domestic violence victims and survivors. The event was held in memory of Eva Borders, who died on June

Jun 4, 2019 at 12:00 PM
Eastside No. 2 singles player Shane Campbell returns against John Battle’s Hudson Crabtree during Monday’s VHSL Class 2 semifinal match in Bristol, Va. Campbell fought off Crabtree 6-3, 7-5 and later teamed with Erik Jones for a 6-1, 6-0 victory at No. 2 doubles that clinched the match for the Spartans.
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Spartans gut out state semifinal win over Trojans

With grit and determination, the Eastside boys tennis team earned its way to the VHSL Class 2 championship match.

Jun 3, 2019 at 11:00 PM
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