Butler News

Strike up the band. The 2008 Old Butler Days event, to be held Aug. 8-9, marks the 60th anniversary of the closing of the floodgates that created Watauga Lake.

Do you, or your family have a connection to a Veteran who hasn't been interviewed? We want to make a Life Story Video of each Johnson County Veteran for you and our Local Veterans Video Museum.

Theatre Guild's musical, 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' July 2, 2008 For the first time in a generation, the Jackson Theatre Guild will present the hit show "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor ...

Cocke County Clerk Janice Cutler announces that more than 1 million Tennesseans have signed up as organ and tissue donors on the state-authorized Donate Life Tennessee Organ and Tissue Donor Registry.

A nearly two-month-long investigation headed by the Elizabethton Police Department came to an end Wednesday with the arrests of a Johnson County couple accused of forging checks and credit card receipts at ...

U.S. Representative David Davis and Rural Development Area Director Charles Brooks joined Mountain City Mayor Kevin Parsons, Johnson County Mayor Dick Grayson and Butler Volunteer Fire Department Chief Darwin ...

“I would really like to thank the Johnson County Sheriff's Department and Wings Air Rescue for responding so quickly and being so thorough”

Nine-year-old Dalton Bailey sits quietly in a recliner in his darkened living room in Butler intently watching cartoons. via The Elizabethton Star

“He'll have to tell his story, probably, a hundred times.”

BUTLER, Tenn. On Dalton Bailey's first day back at school on Tuesday, his classmates crowded into the gym to hear his story of survival. via Http

NASHVILLE - Jimmy Clary of Joelton and Johnny Clary of Greenbrier won the amateur division in the Crappie USA qualifying event on Old Hickory Lake at Bull Creek Ramp in Gallatin. via DNJ.com

"It's Mason!" Boy with heart transplant returns to school For the first time in months, a Roane County boy who underwent a heart transplant last fall was able to come back to school Monday. via Roane County News

“After he touched (the victim), he said he was sorry and told (the victim) not to tell”

A Carter County man was arrested Wednesday and charged with aggravated sexual battery for alleged inappropriate contact with a seven-year-old Hawkins County boy. via Rogersville Review

Printer Friendly Snow flurries fell Thursday morning, the postscript to a strong line of storms that rumbled through the Tri-Cities Region Wednesday. via Http

A tractor trailer jackknifed about 7:30 a.m, and the Tennessee Highway Patrol tells News Channel 11 eight other cars were involved in wrecks near the scene of the tractor trailer accident. via Http

“We don't really know how old it is”

By David Davis Managing Editor Published February 23, 2008 11:01 PM EDT An old log cabin, located on Red Hill Valley Road in southern Bradley County, was the last home, east of the Mississippi, of John Ross, ... via Cleveland Daily Banner

My friend Herman Tester is a notable historian of the Johnson County area. Not only has he compiled books of the 1930 census of Johnson County, Mountain City and Butler, he also has authored an interesting and ... via Tomahawk Online

“Right now, due to generous donations of both water and funds from generous individuals”

The severe drought continuing to plague Tennessee and the entire Southeast is threatening the water supply of cities large and small, and sending everyone, including Johnson Countians, scrambling for ... via Tomahawk Online

“We were all stunned, but we had to keep working to get the building ready for the Red Cross that morning.”

They are nicknamed flashbulb memories. While they can be joyous, many are of tragedies. via Jacksonsun.com