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City Elections 2019

Shull carried most precincts in race for mayor

Candidates Mike McIntire and Nathan Vaughn each carried one precinct.

Today at 3:00 PM
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Sullivan County Jail

Sullivan County Budget Committee reschedules meeting, jail funding proposal not yet discussed

On Friday afternoon, Sullivan County’s two jail facilities housed 947 inmates.  They were certified to hold 619. 

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Wise County Republican sheriff candidates, from left, Grant Kilgore, Scott Brooks and Tim McAfee debated at Central High School Tuesday before the party's June 1 'firehouse' primary to select the November ballot candidate.
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Wise County GOP sheriff hopefuls trade barbs onstage

The Republican hopefuls for Wise County Sheriff traded criticisms Tuesday before approximately 100 supporters just over a week before the party’s ‘firehouse’ primary to select between the three candidates.

May 22, 2019 at 9:22 AM
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Kingsport Board of Education

Welch leads Kingsport school board ticket, Byers and Golden also win

Five candidates sought three seats, with the second- through fifth-place finishers with fewer than a 200-vote margin among them.

May 21, 2019 at 10:50 PM
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Shull wins Kingsport mayoral race

Pat Shull won nearly 43 percent of the votes cast in the five-way contest Tuesday.

May 21, 2019 at 9:37 PM
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Today’s the day for Kingsport, Bluff City, Bristol voters

The eight polling places for the Kingsport city election are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, and the results will determine who becomes mayor for two years, as well as who gets four-year terms for three alderman seats and three Board of Education seats.

May 21, 2019 at 8:53 AM
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Gas Prices

Gas prices fall ahead of Memorial Day weekend

The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel in Tennessee is $2.54, the sixth lowest state average in the nation. That price is 3 cents less than a week ago, 6 cents less than a month ago and 13 cents less than a year ago, AAA reported.

May 20, 2019 at 9:00 PM
In this May 1, 2019, photo, House Speaker Glen Casada, R-Franklin, stands at the microphone during a House session in Nashville, Tenn. House Republicans have scheduled a closed-door meeting to discuss the future of Tennessee's embattled House speaker. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Civics 101

How would Tennessee House Speaker Casada be ousted from office?

According to the Associated Press, at least nine Republican lawmakers have called for Casada to step down as speaker, as well as Democratic lawmakers and advocacy groups upset with a series of text message scandals.

May 20, 2019 at 12:26 PM
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City Elections 2019

Less than 10% of Kingsport voters head to polls early

Model City voters will go to the polls Tuesday to elect a new mayor and three aldermen for the Kingsport Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Board of Education seats also are on the ballot.

May 20, 2019 at 9:37 AM
Sheriff Jeff Cassidy
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Jail Overcrowding

Sullivan sheriff: 'We're violating Constitutional rights'

Sullivan County Sheriff Jeff Cassidy said the number of inmates in the county’s jails will hit 1,000 this summer, those inmates don’t include simple marijuana offenders, it’s not his job to set bonds or release inmates, but it is his job to house inmates safely while also protecting the safety of his officers. 

May 19, 2019 at 1:45 PM
Rep. Bud Hulsey
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Tennessee General Assembly

Hulsey, Crawford undecided on House speaker's fate

Casada, R-Franklin, has been under fire since his former chief of staff admitted to using illegal drugs, including snorting cocaine in his legislative offices.

May 11, 2019 at 7:30 AM
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn at the Johnson City Press in 2018.
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U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn

Sen. Blackburn silent on state House speaker's fate

The state’s junior U.S. senator told reporters on a conference call from her office in Washington, D.C., that she would leave Glen Casada’s fate to “the House Republican Caucus and the people of his district who elected him.”

May 10, 2019 at 2:00 PM
State Rep. Bud Hulsey
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Tennessee General Assembly

Hulsey's truth-in-sentencing bill passes

The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Bud Hulsey and state Sen. Jon Lundberg, would prevent violent felons from using sentencing credits to speed up their release eligibility date while non-violent felons would get to use those sentencing credits.

May 3, 2019 at 6:00 PM
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe
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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

Roe: House Dems won't move on from Mueller Report

“This is over,” U.S. Rep. Phil Roe. “There was no collusion. As best I can tell, there was no crime to start with … I don’t know how you can obstruct something that wasn’t a crime.”

May 3, 2019 at 1:05 PM
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Wise Republican sheriff debate moves to larger venue

Public demand to see the candidates for sheriff debate has led to a venue change by the Wise County Republican Party. The event will be moved from the Wise County School Board meeting room to Central High School’s auditorium “due to overwhelming response.”

May 2, 2019 at 10:15 PM
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