Photo gallery: Powell Valley National Bank Tip-Off Classic

For former Sullivan East basketball standout Dylan Bartley, transitioning from the high school game to college should have been one of the hardest things he’s ever done.

East Tennessee State’s women's basketball team has been rewriting portions of the record book as of late under first-year head coach Brenda Mock Brown. In a recent road win over Southern Conference foe Furman, former Gate City standout Sarah Thompson starred with a career-high 12 points, including three straight 3-pointers that put the Buccaneers out front in the third quarter.

They were giving away bucket hats to the fans before the East Tennessee State women’s basketball team faced Western Carolina on Thursday night. It was appropriate because the Bucs put a lid on the game almost as quickly as it began. ETSU scored the first 14 points and spent...

If East Tennessee State is going to cure the curse of playing at home, it will have to come against the team its fans consider its biggest rival. ETSU plays host to Chattanooga in a Southern Conference basketball game at 4 p.m. on Saturday. It will be the second meeting of the two teams in eight days and the Bucs hope to pick up right where they left off. Last Saturday, ETSU walked out of Chattanooga with a 78-62 victory, one in which they shot 79% in the second half to win going away.

KINGSPORT — "Even though we were enemies on the court, we were still friends when the games were over because we all knew each other." Danny Huff Sr. attended the all-Black George Clem High School in Greeneville growing up back in the 1960s. He played on the Clem football team as well. He remembers the fierce competitions between African-American schools back in the day who could only play each other because of segregation, but he also recalls the goodwill among opposing fans, players and their families. He says players and their opponents often visited each other, sometimes worshipped together, and even had occasion to even eat at the same table.

David Crockett High School’s Naval JROTC program is celebrating two cadets’ promotions to higher ranks within the unit as well as program wins at recent marksmanship and drill competitions. Change of Command.

MACON, Ga. — East Tennessee State’s road winning streak came crashing to an end in overtime on Wednesday night. Jalyn McCreary scored six points in a row in the extra period and Mercer took a 71-67 victory in a Southern Conference basketball game at Hawkins Arena.

Johnson City’s Providence Academy hosted the school’s first ever homecoming games Jan. 13 and, for the first time, crowned its own king and queen. Caleb Stephenson was crowned king and Katie Loran earned the queen’s title.

Jensen Ford took a page out of the book of Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence. Just like the Jags QB, the Johnson City racer went to Waffle House to celebrate a big victory last Friday night. Actually, Ford was celebrating victories on back-to-back nights in the Sunshine Nationals at Volusia Raceway Park in DeLeon Springs, Florida.

Local lines will be the focus of this month’s Heritage Day, happening Saturday, Jan. 28, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at East Tennessee State University’s George L. Carter Railroad Museum. “The Lil’ Chicago name once was slang for Johnson City due to the rail traffic that once...

Washington County officials gathered for the groundbreaking on four new athletic fields at Boones Creek Elementary School on Friday. The two new baseball fields and two new softball fields will be complete with artificial turf infields, dugouts, restrooms and concession stands.

The newest park in Kingsport is on track for a spring opening. “They’ve finished most of the lower trail,” Kitty Frazier, parks and recreation director for the City of Kingsport, said. “Now we’re focusing on the boardwalk and the pier.”

Jan. 27, 1898: A century ago today, The Comet published several “Pointed Paragraphs.” Among them were the following: “A beer in hand is worth two in the keg.”. “There is always room for one more oyster in the soup.”

David Crockett High School graduate Evan Alvarado initially planned for a career in nursing, but after taking a course at East Tennessee State University about wildland firefighting, he had a change of heart. “The day the class ended, I immediately changed my major to park and recreation management,” he said....

ROGERSVILLE — The nursing programs at Cherokee and Volunteer High Schools teach students the foundational knowledge they need to have a career in any healthcare field. Both programs offer beginning classes like health science, medical therapeutics, medical terminology and a nursing education class that allows students to obtain a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) license.

Johnson City’s Main Street post office may be gone later this year because of the federal postal service’s unwillingness to negotiate a new lease, according to a city official. With the current lease expiring at the end of August, Johnson City Assistant City Manager Randy Trivette said this...

Two Johnson City Schools middle school students recently took the top two spots in the 6-8th grade division of the 2022 Civics Essay Contest with Liberty Bell’s Allie O’Neil taking first place and Indian Trail’s Ela Bradshaw taking home second place. The Civics Essay Contest is hosted...

Johnson City officials say contractors have started the preparation work for the stormwater drain connection between Earnest Street and Founders Park. As a result, some areas of Founders Park have been closed to accommodate the construction. Contractors will continue to install street light and communications conduit along Ashe Street. Contractors are also working on the roadway excavation, stone base and curb and gutter along Ashe and Campbell streets. The West Walnut Street Corridor Redevelopment Plan is a $33 million revitalization project.

HAMPTON — A 31-year-old man was killed in a Thursday evening crash on U.S. Highway 19E near the intersection with Gap Creek Road. A passenger and a 1-year-old infant in a child-restraint seat were transported to the Johnson City Medical Center, where they were in stable condition.

Washington County Schools has announced the start of registration for children who will be entering kindergarten in the fall. Who: Registration is open for children who will be 5 years old on or before Aug. 15, 2023, and who will be entering kindergarten at a Washington County school in fall 2023.