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Carcassonne Community Center celebrates 100 years
LETCHER COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) - Folks in Letcher County are celebrating 100 years of a former school and current community center. In July of 1924, the Carcassonne Community Center opened. Throughout the years, the center served as a boarding, elementary, and high school. On Saturday, dozens of alumni gathered back...
The Tazewell County Fiddlers’ Convention is back for its 21st year
TAZEWELL, WV (WVNS) – Whether you’re a fan of rock and roll, rap or even country, the influence of music stretches far and wide. But did you know the Appalachian mountains have their own diverse form of music? With influences from bluegrass, blues, to even gospel music, Appalachian music has quite the wide range. Over […]
Clarksville National uses late scoring to escape Morristown in Little League tournament | PHOTOS
CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The Clarksville National 10-12U little league team faced off against Morristown in game two of the winner’s bracket on Sunday. A back and forth dogfight culminated in National scoring five runs in the fifth to pull away a 7-3 victory, putting Clarksville two wins from a state title.
Tammy Duff named University Center of the Mountains director
Hazard Community and Technical College recently named Tammy Duff as director of the University Center of the Mountains. Duff began working at then-Hazard Community College in 1990 as performing arts director. According to a statement from HCTC, she has spent the past several years of her career as an admissions advisor and recruiter, allowing her to assist students with embarking on their academic journeys in pursuit of certificates, diplomas and degrees.
Tennessee football’s 2024 opponents at a glance: Vanderbilt
GoVols247 takes an early look at each of Tennessee’s 2024 opponents – concluding with the Vanderbilt Commodores. The 2024 college football season is still more than a month away and the summer months often can feel like the longest part of the slog that is the offseason. It’s not slow inside the walls of the Anderson Training Center where Tennessee is well into the third phase of its offseason with players grinding through grueling summer strength-and-conditioning sessions. While the Vols maintain focus on their own individual and collective improvement in the weeks leading into preseason camp, the teams they will face are doing the same – thus it’s a good time to look ahead at the opponents awaiting Tennessee this season.
In Middlesboro, the path to winning football involves some French @SportsOT @berea_football @Frenchie564 @KyHighFootball @kyhighs @HLpreps @MBORO_FOOTBALL @barstoolmboro
Veteran coach is averaging slightly over 10-wins a season over the first five. Larry French is the third winningest high school coach in Kentucky history. We have him with 372-wins overall. He has done a fine job at Middlesboro over his first five years after being brought in to “right the ship” for a once proud program which had fallen on hard times (10-44 over the five season period immediately prior to French’s hire). Sure, the Yellow Jackets graduated some key pieces to the puzzle; but, in the end, Larry French is still there-and that may prove to be plenty!
Flyboys Get Back On Track With Wins Over Bluefield
BLUEFIELD — The Greeneville Flyboys increased their grip on the Appalachian West No. 1 spot with a 4-2 come-from-behind road victory over the Bluefield Ridge Riders on Sunday. Bluefield had taken a 2-0 lead early after an Alexander Wright RBI single in the first inning and on an error by the Flyboys in the fourth. It wasn’t until the top of the sixth that the Greeneville bats came alive. Brady...
Friends believe body found is Birchfield's, but hope he is alive
ELIZABETHTON — The search for Victor Birchfield by the Carter County Sheriff’s Office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is continuing, but there are many of Birchfield’s family members and close friends who have the awful feeling that the search may have come to an end when a body was found in Butler on Saturday.
Park to offer butterfly walk, nature experiments on July 26
Join seasonal interpretive ranger Amanda Lank for a couple of fun afternoon activities on Friday, July 26, at Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork State Park in Flag Pond. Feel like being a scientist for the day? Lank will help attendees perform some safe, educational and probably messy nature-based science experiments from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
River Riders take down Axmen
Elizabethton won Saturday in the series opener to the Kingsport Axmen, 7-2. Elizabethton (13-20) fell behind early against Kingsport (15-18) after Jet Gilliam (College of Southern Nevada) scored on a passed ball. Rodriguez finished with two hits, one RBI, two walks and a run scored. The River Riders took the...
Johnson City, Elizabethton defend home field on Saturday
(WJHL) – It was a strong day for Appalachian West Division host teams on a sizzling Saturday in the Tri-Cities. The Doughboys pushed six runs across in the second inning against the Otterbots, as they cruised to a third-straight win, 11-4. Colby Backus (Daniel Boone/Tennessee) surged for four RBI in the victory, while Christian Toledo […]
Charlottesville hosts statewide women’s rights conference
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Women leaders from across Virginia came to Charlottesville on Saturday, July 13 for the National Organization for Women’s state conference. The biennial conference of the National Organization for Women, or NOW, brought people together to consider ongoing issues and talk about new women’s rights initiatives.
Cross bats twice in 2024 MLB All-Star Futures Game
ARLINGTON, Tex. (WJHL) – Bristol native and former Virginia Tech standout, Gavin Cross, took to Globe Life Field on Saturday afternoon as a part of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Weekend. Cross represented the American League’s Future Stars in a seven-inning defeat to the National League’s Future Stars, 6-1. He entered the game in the fifth […]
Junior drag racers speed into Thunder Valley for Junior Dragster Nationals
BRISTOL, Tenn. (WCYB) — Up and coming drag racers filed into Thunder Valley on Saturday for day two of the Mike Bos Chassis Craft Junior Dragster Nationals. The weekend's events will proceed the Eastern Conference Finals, with junior racing at the Bristol Dragway all weekend long. Competitors ranging in...
Jet skis make a splash at Winged Deer Park summer series event
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WCYB) — For the second straight year, the Blue Ridge Mountain Summer Series jet ski race is being held in Johnson City, Tennessee at Winged Deer Park. The event, which is put on by the American Jet Sport Association features rounds three and four of the 2024 summer series.
The Bayless scholarship golf tournament turns 20
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) – Saturday marked another milestone for the Charlie & Jane Bayless Scholarship Golf Tournament. About 120 golfers, split among 30 teams, took to the Elizabethton Golf Course, as the event marked its 20th year of raising scholarship money for Happy Valley High School students. “We get them from Elizabethton, Hampton, Unicoi. Just […]
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