Star Correspondent JOHNSON CITY — It’s hard to predict how middle school players will respond under pressure, but the T.A. Dugger Jr. Cyclones showed Thursday night that they aren’t interested in ...

Why should decisions on childhood vaccination be made by parents with the advice of their family doctors? Put simply, vaccination entails both benefits and risks. I’m not referring to “fringe” ...

Roy Junior Tolley, 72, Unicoi, passed away Tuesday, August 19, 2025, in the Johnson City Medical Center. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Robert and Berdie Grindstaff Tolley. He was ...

Researchers at the Gray Fossil Site and Museum have discovered something surprisingly familiar among the site’s exotic ancient tapirs and rhinos: the first fossil deer, representing one of the ...

Carter County officials have purchased 113 automated external defibrillators to be placed in schools, sheriff’s patrol vehicles, volunteer fire departments and emergency medical services trucks that ...

The Tennessee Education Association (TEA) is deeply concerned by newly released state data showing that Gov. Lee’s school voucher program provides more funding per student than Tennessee’s public ...

A Johnson City man was arrested in June and later taken into federal custody on child exploitation charges, authorities said.

The Vanderbilt Transplant Center performed a record number of solid organ transplants in fiscal year 2025 — 918 lifesaving ...

By Ron Marvel Star Correspondent Even though Elizabethton High School has only been in session less than a couple of weeks, ...

Star Correspondent Sophomore Vella Nave scored a three-goal hat trick as the Elizabethton Lady Cyclones soccer squad opened ...

By Robert Sorrell Star Correspondent After two hours of public comment and debate Monday night, the Carter County Commission ...

It’s something of a tradition this time of year … we hear warnings about hurricanes and the weather folks on television issue reminders about the reality of hurricane season and the damage that the ...