Bulls Gap News

Some of the nation's best dirt late model drivers will be in Bulls Gap vying for the $10,000 winner's prize when the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visits Volunteer Speedway tonight at 7:30. It has become a ...

The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will be in action at Volunteer Speedway over the Fourth of July holiday weekend for the $10,000-to-win Toyota Tundra 60 presented by Rusty Wallace Toyota of Morristown on ...

The Hawkins County Sheriff's Office released surveillance video Monday from the June 3 robbery at Cunningham Drug in Bulls Gap, although authorities noted that video quality wanes in a crucial section of the ...

A Bulls Gap pharmacy was robbed by a man armed with a handgun about noon Tuesday, according to a spokesman for Hawkins County Central Dispatch.

It will soon be a little less expensive to live in Mount Carmel thanks to the efforts of local firefighters and town leaders who have been working diligently over the past three years to lower the town's ISO ...

Imagine enough cardboard, paper and plastic waste to fill 67 5,000-square-foot homes to the crown molding of their 8-foot ceilings.

U.S. Fence, the Bulls Gap manufacturer, has received one of the 2008 Governor's Environmental Stewardship Awards.

A two-vehicle accident Monday night on Highway 66 at the Burger Bar entrance involving 16-year-old drivers injured a driver and passenger in one of the cars.

No foul play suspected in Cherokee drowning Hamblen County authorities said an 18-year-old man who fell into Cherokee Lake while fishing with friends from a dock Thursday drowned.

Body of fisherman dragged from Cherokee Lake Hamblen County authorities hope an autopsy will reveal the cause of death for an 18-year-old man who fell into Cherokee Lake while fishing with friends from a dock.

A Surgoinsville man was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday by Circuit Judge John Dugger in exchange for a guilty plea to a vehicular homicide that occurred in 2006. via Times-News Online

“We honor and commend William Homer Warner for his bountiful life of purpose and commitment and extend to him our best wishes for every continued success in his future endeavors”

William Homer Warner - better known as W.H. or "Dub" Warner - was honored for his 50 years of service as a volunteer firefighter Saturday at the Bulls Gap Community Center. via Rogersville Review

“It's the most fun track there is. I know some drivers don't like it because of the speed involved. It is a very fast track. But it's one you can do a lot of side-by-side racing on. It's got to be a thrill for the fans to see racing like that.”

By Michael Moats sports@knoxnews.com Saturday, April 19, 2008 Stacy Boles of Claxton will be back in familiar territory when the Advance Auto Parts Thunder Series makes its way to Tazewell Speedway tonight. via The Knoxville News-Sentinel

“The residences are a bigger priority then we go to the outbuildings and barns and so forth.”

A trash fire that blazed out of control Thursday at the Pressmen's Home has crossed fire lines, placing 20 to 30 homes in jeopardy. via Times-News Online

“Our detectives will probably consult with the district attorney this morning as to what charges might be filed”

Greene County sheriff's deputies are investigating the shooting of two people early Saturday, April 12, outside a northern Greene County residence. via The Greenville Sun

“They were coming through a curve, and because of the speed he was unable to make that curve”

An 18-year-old Rogersville man is being held in the Hawkins County Jail without bond stemming from a vehicular homicide charge related to an accident that occurred in 2006, as well as recent theft and burglary ... via Times-News Online

“I believe in our veterans and wanted to make a donation for the cause”

Vietnam-era veteran and Bulls Gap resident George Gulley recently donated $2,000 to Disabled American Veterans Chapter 59 when he heard about the chapter's fundraiser to purchase a medical transportation van. via Rogersville Review

A Mosheim-area motorcyclist was critically injured early Saturday, March 22, when the cycle he was riding struck the rear of a car on U.S. Highway 11E near the Bulls Gap corporate limits. via The Greenville Sun

Reports on various topics dominate the agenda for Monday's regular meeting of the Greene County Commission, including a report on reappraisal of property taxes countywide. via The Greenville Sun

Ima Justis, a former three-term mayor of Bulls Gap and member of the Tennessee Democratic Party's state executive committee for 28 years, died Thursday at Takoma Regional Hospital. via The Greenville Sun