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Football Preview 2024: Falcons look to compete under Castle
CHURCH HILL — Football is a numbers game — and veteran coach Mike Castle wouldn’t mind having a few more of them on his roster for his first season as head coach at Volunteer. But he won’t use it as an excuse, and neither will his players. In fact, the Falcons are putting in tons of extra work and brimming confidence heading into the 2024 campaign. “We are very excited...
VAA Week One | Key Games to Watch
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Varsity All Access powered by 5Star Preps is ready to kickoff the 2024 High School Football Season. Week One kicks off with a pair of Thursday night games in our area including that annual battle between Powell and Anderson County, this year hosted by the Mavs.
Y-12 accepting applications for a $5,000 classroom grant to foster STEM activities
Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS) announced it is sponsoring a $5,000 grant for a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics classroom. The goal of the grant, designated for grades K-12, is to foster advancement of STEM activities in the classroom and to help develop Y-12’s future workforce, a news release said. CNS manages and...
Bill Baxter, longtime Knoxville business leader, dies at 71
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - A longtime business leader in Knoxville has passed away. Bill Baxter, the CEO of Holston Gas, passed away on Sunday. The Wort Hotel, a historic hotel in Jackson, Wyoming which Baxter owned, made the announcement on Sunday. Baxter was also chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority...
Carter Football continues to climb with Helton at the helm
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Carter Hornets are transitioning from the Justin Pressley era to the Todd Helton era. The new Hornets’ head coach is looking to lead Carter past the first round of the playoffs for the first time since 2011. “We’ve had in the past two years, we had one one-possession game in […]
Former Knoxville Marriott apartment project now has a name
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Former Hotel Knoxville owner Melrose Knoxville LLC now has a name for a planned apartment complex that will take over the iconic triangle-shaped building. Project documents from the Knoxville Design Review Board claim the project’s developer is seeking permission to install signage on the building proclaiming...
Gate City Blue Devils looking to fill some major holes this season
Gate City, VA — Now that we have featured all the teams in northeast Tennessee our high school preview jumps the state line to southwest Virginia where Gate City gets ready to open their season in 2 weeks. The Blue Devils are coming off back-to-back 8-4 seasons under head coach Jeremy Houseright who started in […]
Cookeville Student Serving On State Board
A Cookeville High School Student providing a student perspective as a member of the Tennessee State Board of Education. Senior Bonza Auberson is the first student out of Putnam County ever selected to serve as a student board member. Aubserson said she has been around education her whole life as her mother, Shannon Auberson, serves as Librarian at Algood Middle School.
Wee Cycle It consignment sale underway at Southwest Virginia Higher Ed Center
ABINGDON, Va. (WCYB) — The Wee Cycle It children's consignment sale is currently underway in Abingdon. This sale happens twice a year and is being held at the South West Virginia Higher Education Center. Shoppers can find a variety of kids items like clothes and toys but there is...
Steve McNair's Autopsy Report Explains in Graphic Details How the Football Player Was Killed
Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was born on Valentine's Day, and was brutally murdered on the Fourth of July in 2009. This information feels both significant and insignificant in a way that is difficult to articulate. It's as if his life was bookmarked by different causes for celebration, even as the end was clearly devastating.Steve was killed by his mistress, a young woman by the name of Sahel Jenni Kazemi. The 20-year-old had been dating the recently retired 36-year-old football player when she began to suspect she wasn't the only person he was stepping out with. The two spent their...
Scooter’s Coffee to open Boones Creek location
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A Scooter’s Coffee will open in Boones Creek late this year, the drive-through coffee outfit’s local franchise owner says. “We’re planning to break ground any day now and we’ll be targeting an open by the end of November or beginning of December,” Blake McDavid, who also operates a Scooter’s in […]
Millligan U. kicks off fall semester with Welcome Week
Milligan University welcomed new and returning students to campus this weekend, Aug. 23-25. Each year, the Milligan community strives to make each student feel at home. Upon arrival, new and returning students and families will be greeted for the first time by Milligan’s 16th President, Dr. Stephen Waers, and First Lady Katie Waers. “We are […] The post Millligan U. kicks off fall semester with Welcome Week appeared first on www.elizabethton.com.
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