This past school year has certainly been interesting. Students had to be educated from home for the last quarter. For home schoolers, this was nothing new, but for those enrolled in other schools, parents became the substitute teachers making sure their students got their assignments and com…
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Kathryn Metcalf is making history within the city of Church Hill.
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The former Rogersville Police Officer who wrecked his motorcycle while driving under the influence had his DUI and several other charged dismissed May 18 due to a technicality; however, this case may not be over just yet.
So far, it looks like the city of Church Hill made it through the COVID-19 pandemic still financially in one piece and with money to spare.
ROGERSVILLE — The Hawkins Co. Republican Party has announced several events coming up soon that will be of interest to local GOP voters.
The weather forecast initially predicted unpleasant weather on Friday; however, the sun soon came out and made for a perfect evening for the season’s first Cruise-In.
Tensions were high at the Hawkins County commission’s May 18 meeting, as Commissioner Mike Herrell and County Mayor Jim Lee clashed over the county’s plan to replace the failing emergency communications equipment.
Local Churches have planned a city-wide celebration to offer Thanksgiving to God on Sunday, May 31{sup}st{/sup}, beginning at 5pm. The event called “Better Together: A Celebration of Hope” will be held at the Rogersville City Park, but volunteers will help space families 6’ apart as required…
On Wednesday, the Hawkins Co. Commission’s budget committee finished its two-day budget hearing process after hearing requests from the Sheriff’s Department, Hawkins EMS, Hawkins Library System and the Juvenile Judge.
ROGERSVILLE — If the ongoing COVID-19 virus hasn’t been enough to thoroughly upset life as we know it, get ready for the invasion.
The Hawkins Co. Budget Committee met on May 12 and 13 for two full days of budget hearings during which numerous county departments presented their budgets.
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ROGERSVILLE — The Hawkins Co. Election Commission will meet in a special-called meeting on Tuesday, June 1, 2020, at 1 p.m., for an election workers workshop, to discuss COVID-19 protocols for early voting and election day, and to lock absentee ballot boxes.
A new generation of political enthusiasts is forming in Rogersville, as the Hawkins Co. Teenage Republicans held their first meeting on May 8.
Hancock County made national news on May 17 after holding steady for a little over a week as the last county in Tennessee without any COVID-19 cases.
JEFFERSON CITY — Several students from Hawkins County graduated from Carson-Newman University at the conclusion of the institution’s spring semester.
JEFFERSON CITY — Several Hawkins County students made the Dean’s List at Carson-Newman University for the spring 2020 semester.
ROGERSVILLE — Holston Electric Cooperative is proud to announce that it has partnered with the Tennessee Valley Authority to award $20,000 to the Neighborhood Service Center of the Upper East Tennessee Human Development Agency, Inc. to help the local community during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
Hawkins County’s town square Memorial Day service will give citizens a chance to honor the country’s fallen soldiers while also practicing social distancing.
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Hawkins Countians will have a chance to enjoy a night on the town this Friday evening, as the first of six scheduled cruise-ins for 2020 will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
KINGSPORT – East Tennessee Human Development Agency has been awarded a Neighbor to Neighbor Disaster Relief Fund grant for $5,000 from the East Tennessee Foundation.
Facilities Manager Sarah Davis has worked hard during this fiscal year to cut spending in several areas of the budget.
This summer, Surgoinsville Pharmacy is offering a life-changing program, free of charge, to anyone in the community who wants to take advantage of the opportunity. You do not have to be a patient of Surgoinsville Pharmacy to qualify for the program.
Hawkins Co. Parks Director John Young and his staff have worked hard this past year.
Sneedville celebrated the National Day of Prayer on May 7.
COVID-19 may have disrupted senior year for the Class of 2020, but community members on both sides of the county are taking it upon themselves to create a prom for both Cherokee and Volunteer High Schools.
Hawkins County Schools announced their finalized graduation plans on Tuesday evening, and all three county high schools will proceed with a ‘socially distant’ ceremony.
COVID-19 may have disrupted senior year for the Class of 2020, but community members on both sides of the county are taking it upon themselves to create a prom for both Cherokee and Volunteer High Schools.
Despite the ramifications of the COVID-19 epidemic, Rogersvillians gathered six feet apart on the courthouse square to celebrate the National Day of Prayer.
After first bringing up the possibility of closing Keplar and McPheeter’s Bend Elementary Schools several years ago, the Hawkins Co. Board of Education voted 6-1 at their May 7 meeting to close the doors at the end of the 2020-2021 school year.
ROGERSVILLLE / SNEEDVILLE — The U.S. Census Bureau, in coordination with federal, state and local health officials, will begin to drop off 2020 Census questionnaire packets at front doors of households in 10 East Tennessee counties, including Hancock and Hawkins, this week.
Do you remember your favorite childhood cartoons? Casper the Friendly Ghost was my favorite. Among the abundance of superheroes, Mighty Mouse and Superman were the ones I watched. If you viewed the show enough times, you probably also remember the program’s introduction — both the lyrics and…
EMORY, VA — Bransen Brewer, of Mooresburg, will be honored during Emory & Henry College’s Awards Day.
“It may be plan C, but at least it’s graduation,” one parent said in response to Hawkins Co. School’s altered graduation plans.
SURGOINSVILLE — Suthers Family Farm, of Surgoinsville, is a new member of the American Angus Association, a national breed organization headquartered in Saint Joseph, Missouri.
Students at Rogersville City School were visited by award-winning author Margaret Peterson Haddix just before the 2019-2020 school year was cut short due to COVID-19.
Seven-year-old Corbin recently caught a huge blue gill fish in Hawkins Co. Commissioner Danny Alvis’s pond.
As I’m sitting here jotting down my thoughts for this week, I’m also listening to the latest news on the coronavirus. The U.S. has now surpassed one million cases. They also say that more people have died from the virus than what died during the Vietnam War. That was mind-boggling to me.
Question: Is it possible to explain Revelation in simple easy, and understandable terms?
Clients at Rogersville’s Chip Hale center will soon have some new rides, thanks to the Knights of Columbus of St. Henry Catholic Church.
After several weeks’ worth of work that culminated in around 13,000 handmade masks, local law enforcement officers honored the Hawkins Co. ‘Sewing Soldiers’ for their efforts in a Wednesday ceremony.
ELIZABETHTON — Eleven students — including Hawkins County resident Amanda Nicole Drinnon — are scheduled to graduate this trimester after completing 432 clock hours of phlebotomy training at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology.
Kingsport Police Department 911 shift supervisor Douglas Ray Boone was selected Tuesday evening to become the new director of Hawkins Co. Central Dispatch.
Church Hill residents who are looking for ways to beat the heat summer may have to look elsewhere, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Though the process might look a little different due to the COVID-19 pandemic, August’s election in still coming full steam ahead.
ELIZABETHTON — The 2020 nursing graduating class at TCAT Elizabethton has demonstrated where there is a willingness to change there is a way to succeed.
Macy’s condition didn’t look promising when she first arrived at the Hawkins Co. Humane Society.
Jessie Ringley is many things. He’s a husband, a father, a son, a mechanic and, now, the proud holder of a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.
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