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Covenant Health snags Springbrook Farm spot for $12.6 million
Knoxville-based health care nonprofit Covenant Health purchased roughly a dozen acres along Hall Road last month. An asking price of $12.6 million earned the group a spot in Alcoa’s Springbrook Park development, further rounding the offerings of the future city center. The land, which runs along North Hall Road across from Food City on Tesla Boulevard, was previously owned by TN Alcoa Primary LLC, the group that owns the Springbrook Farm development site. Deed information obtained by The Daily Times shows the property changed hands...
CCSO: Couple charged, locked child in storage trunk
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) — An Elizabethton couple who allegedly locked a 7-year-old, non-verbal autistic child into a storage trunk has been charged with aggravated child abuse and neglect and with child endangerment. According to a Carter County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) news release, authorities were searching the home of Mikki and Sean Moody on an unrelated […]
Drive-through-only Dunkin planned for Piney Flats
PINEY FLATS, Tenn. (WJHL) — A drive-through-only Dunkin Donuts is coming to a site next to a Piney Flats convenience store. GPM, the company that owns the BP Roadrunner Market at Highway 11-E and Allison Road, has pulled a building permit with the City of Johnson City for a lot it owns next door. The […]
Sheffield football's Radarious Jackson glad recruiting is over, why he chose Tennessee
When you're fresh off a Mr. Football season and at 6-foot-2 can pluck most anything out of the sky, sometimes you get the kitchen sink thrown at you. That's the reality for Tennessee football commit Radarious Jackson when he lines up at wide receiver for Sheffield. ...
Officials eye land adjacent to Greene Valley for development
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — The property located on Edens Road across from the old Greene Valley Development Center is owned by Greene County, Greeneville, and Tusculum. Both city and county officials want to develop medical offices there. “There may be things like, medical office buildings and the Health Department will be right along Edens Road,” […]
First draft of Johnson City’s strategic homelessness plan ready
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Johnson City leaders got their first look at a draft of the city’s Strategic Plan to Reduce Homelessness at a work session Thursday. East Tennessee State Tennessee University doctoral Candidate Opal Frye-Clark presented the plan to commissioners during their work session. “The overarching view of what a strategic plan is […]
Middlesboro Fire Department phone lines down
MIDDLESBORO, Ky. (WYMT) - The Middlesboro Fire Department shared on their Facebook page that they are experiencing phone outages. In the post the department wrote that the ATT phone lines are down. If you have an emergency you should call 911. For non-emergencies call 606-248-2121. Or call Middlesboro Police Department...
CORBIN, KY MAN ALLEGED TO HAVE STOLEN A VEHICLE FROM A RESIDENCE ON HWY 1803 ARRESTED AFTER ATTEMPTED HOME BREAK IN ON HWY 233 IN GRAY, KENTUCKY
BARBOURVILLE, KY - The Knox County, Ky. Sheriff's Department is reporting that on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, at approximately 5:00 p.m. Knox County Sheriff Mike Smith and deputies responded to a stolen vehicle being spotted at the Crossroads Market on U.S. 25 E in Gray. The vehicle, a white 2017...
Corbin girls’ golf team picks up win over North Laurel, and South Laurel
CORBIN — The Corbin Lady Redhound golf team continued their impressive season, defeating both North Laurel and South Laurel in a tri-match. Corbin honored Eli Hill by wearing blue polos while shooting a 186. North Laurel finished with a 218 while South Laurel shot a 232. Makena Myatt tied...
Church fire in Athens, Tennessee a deadly one, mayor confirms
ATHENS, Tenn. — UPDATE (Friday):. Athens Mayor Steven Sherlin confirms to our newsroom that a fire at a church in Athens has claimed a life. Devastating news for the pastor, who we spoke with Friday. Pastor Tiki Dixon of St. Mark AME Zion Church walked us through his Thursday...
Tennessee National Guard celebrates 250th birthday
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WMC) - The Tennessee National Guard turns 250 this week, so soldiers, airmen and community members celebrated by gathering at Nashville’s Joint Force Headquarters on Friday to reflect on the organization’s history. The first state militia was formed on Aug. 17, 1774, to face the Shawnee...
Two close calls in one week for TDOT employees
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) is pleading with drivers to pay attention and slow down. So far this year, our vehicles and equipment have been hit 73 times, 15 of those involving HELP Units. The most recent happened on Thursday, in Coffee County. A driver hit a TDOT truck...
Flags at the State Capitol fly at half-staff to honor a fallen Tennessee police officer
Governor Bill Lee pays tribute to a fallen officer in Tennessee by ordering the State Capitol flags to be lowered to half-staff. In remembrance of Memphis police officer Demetrice Johnson, the flags will fly at half-staff until sunset. Governor Lee expressed his ongoing support and prayers for Officer Johnson’s family,...
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