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PHOTO GALLERY: Foggy Saturday morning start for balloons

Scrapbook Showcase: Balloon Glow
Sullivan County Mayor Richard Venable

Sullivan mayor, attorney offer advice to new commissioners
Sullivan North senior fullback/linebacker Yancy Dolen will be a challenge to bring down when the Golden Raiders take the field this fall.

Senior FB Dolen eager to carry load for Golden Raiders
Robert Eric Stine

Accused burglar who found dead body came back three more times to steal
Amanda M. Ball

Fort Henry Mall attack nets attempted kidnapping charge
James Brown

Kingsport man accused of severely abusing 3-year-old
Longtime Keplar Elementary supporter and community activist Patti Crawford has some heated words for Hawkins County director of schools Thursday in Kepar''s gym, warning him and other school officials not to try closing Keplar.

Hixson takes heat from Keplar parents over classroom closures
Appalachia police officer Benjamin Roger Lawson, 48, of Appalachia was arrested Wednesday on three felony counts of sexual abuse of a minor by an adult in a custodial position. He remained in jail without bond Thursday (07-18-19)

Appalachia police officer charged with sexual abuse of minor
Campus Drive-In is a family-owned and operated business for about 62 years. Today, it's owned by Pat and Rachel Elliott. Daughter Autumn also works at Campus when she and brother Nic aren't running their other business providing shuttle service at Devil's Bathtub.

Campus Drive-In: Where neighbors meet to eat

It’s time to show us your #MetsMugs

The McKinney Center in Jonesborough offers a wide range of classes for all ages and ability levels
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McKinney Center announces diverse lineup of classes

Fall lineup at McKinney Center includes full slate of creative offerings for various ages and ability levels.

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The Saturday morning, July 20, Hot Air Balloon Rally near Dobyns-Bennett High School, is a signature Fun Fest event but this year included some fog. Mark Miller of Washington, D.C., at the helm of Sirius the balloon at the morning July 20, 2019, Hot Air Balloon Rally of the annual Fun Fest in Kingsport. Mark Miller pilots Sirus, one of the participants in the Saturday morning, July 20, Hot Air Balloon Rally of Kingsport's 2019 Fun Fest. Fog was heavy when the 7 a.m. Hot Air Balloon Rally first got underway Saturday, July 20, as part of the 2019 Fun Fest in Kingpsort.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Foggy Saturday morning start for balloons

Balloons in the Saturday morning 2019 Hot Air Balloon Rally, which began at 7 a.m. Saturday, took off at Fort Henry Drive in front of Dobyns-Bennett High School. The event, which early on included fog, was sponsored by Ballad Health, Admiral Propane,

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Tennessee Naturalist Program returns to Bays Mountain Park

The Tennessee Naturalist Program is an education training course designed to introduce the natural history of Tennessee to interested adults. Graduates join a critical corps of Tennessee Naturalist volunteers providing education, outreach and service dedicated to the appreciation, understanding and beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas within their communities.

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Fun Fest 2019

Scrapbook Showcase: Balloon Glow

Today's Scrapbook Showcase features photos from the Hot Air Balloon Glow at Fun Fest in Kingsport. The photos were taken on Friday July 19, and submitted by Richard Currie Jr. The festival winds down today (Saturday, July 20) with A Walk Through

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Northeast State Community College students who competed at the 2019 SkillsUSA event in Lousville, Ky., this year. The Northeast Health Knowledge Bowl team won fourth place nationwide.
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Northeast SkillsUSA Health Knowledge team wins fourth in nation

The Northeast State Community College Health Knowledge Bowl team of four placed fourth in the national competition last month.

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As part of their four-week Governor’s School program, the students traveled to the College of Public Health’s Niswonger VILLAGE at ETSU’s Eastman Valleybrook campus for a unique Tennessee history course that tasked them with creating a healthy living environment in the wilderness – just as the first settlers had to do in the 1700s.
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Governor’s Scholars get hands-on ‘Pioneer Experience’

A group of 24 high school juniors and seniors from all across the state took part in a unique hands-on simulation laboratory that taught them what it was like for the first settlers of Northeast Tennessee.

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Sullivan County Mayor Richard Venable
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Sullivan County Commission

Sullivan mayor, attorney offer advice to new commissioners

County Mayor Richard Venable and County Attorney Dan Street advised county commissioners on various issues, including the “Sunshine Law,” tax matters and specificity in actions..

Today at 8:30 AM
Sullivan North senior fullback/linebacker Yancy Dolen will be a challenge to bring down when the Golden Raiders take the field this fall.
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Senior FB Dolen eager to carry load for Golden Raiders

Named to the Times News “All Tough Guys” team in 2018, Sullivan North senior fullback Yancy Dolen will be looking to do more damage to anyone that gets in his way once the season starts.

Today at 2:13 AM
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Rays limit K-Mets to five hits, win 7-1

Princeton pitching bottled up Kingsport’s batters and the Rays completed a three-game Appalachian League sweep of the Mets with a 7-1 win on Friday night.

Today at 2:02 AM
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Hawkins County Sheriff's Office

Arrest threat scam costs Hawkins man $3,000

A man calling himself “Charles Foster” reportedly told the victim that the U.S. Marshals were coming to arrest him, but the victm could avoid arrest if he sent Foster gift cards totaling $3,000.

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Big Stone Gap doctor, wife enter Alford pleas in 'pill mill' case

A Big Stone Gap doctor and his wife were found guilty Friday of 15 drug, prescription and Medicaid fraud charges in connection with a series of incidents in 2017.

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Taylor returns to defend his title at LPCC

The longest-running invitational golf tournament in the region tees off Saturday with a host of returning players, including the defending champions in the top three flights.

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Former Sullivan County Commissioner Joe Herron was Thursday night, July 19, chosen to fill a vacant seat on the commission that had been held by Pat Shull, who resigned after being elected mayor of Kingsport.
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Sullivan County Commission

Commission rescinds $584K for sewer lines at new Sullivan East Middle

BLOUNTVILLE — Sullivan County’s governing body has pulled its $584,000 funding of larger trunk lines for the sewer project to serve the new Sullivan East Middle School. However, it explicitly approved the Board of Education spending $1,025,200 in General Fund reserves to fund the project.

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The Original Haggle Shop, one of many downtown businesses, is also celebrating its 50th anniversary. On Friday, June 28, the Tennessee Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Courtesy Subaru teamed up once again for the Subaru Loves to Care initiative to donate warm blankets with messages of hope and craft kits to the patients at Ballad Health's Cancer Center in Kingsport. “It's a blessing and a pleasure to be able to partner with Subaru of America and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to offer some warmth and words of encouragement to the patients at Ballad Health,” said Jamie Bush, sales manager for Courtesy Subaru. Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee received a $32,000 donation from Kroger which will benefit the 1 in 7 individuals in the Tri-Cities region at risk for hunger. The money will support the ongoing programs the food bank offers throughout an eight-county service area providing nutritious food to approximately 40,000 individuals each month. The money also helped the food bank purchase three electric pallet jacks for the warehouse and one of the agencies served by Second Harvest. NiswongerCARE advisors are helping high school graduates in East Tennessee prepare for college during the summer months. Members of the team visited TCAT Elizabethton on May 30 to discuss elements to include in a short video to make incoming students more aware of life on a college campus. Pictured in the TCAT Bookstore are (from left) Haley Greenway, financial aid coordinator; Jackie Woodward, bookstore coordinator; Lucas Hitechew, NiswongerCARE advisor for Cloudland, Hampton and Science Hill high schools; Emily Ray, NiswongerCARE advisor for Hancock, Clinch and Morristown West high schools; Denise Arnold, director of NiswongerCARE; and Patricia Henderson, student services coordinator.
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Times News Scrapbook Gallery: Week of July 14

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

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Robert Eric Stine
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Hawkins County Sheriff's Office

Accused burglar who found dead body came back three more times to steal

Eric Robert Stine allegedly burgled a deceased man's home three times after discovering the body during a burglary three weeks ago. He faces multiple counts of burglary and theft, and one count of failure to report a dead body.

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