Thursday Nov 19 | The Echo
As the Thanksgiving and winter holiday seasons approach, students are making plans and looking forward to revisiting family traditions.
Health clinics release extended-hour schedules for H1N1 vaccines
Due to increased need in the community, local Departments of Health have released the following information on extended-hours H1N1 flu vaccine clinics.
Tonight is McTeachera s Night in the Tri-Cities
McDonald's restaurants in the Tri-Cities area are partnering with local schools to help subsidize education budgets.
One Dead After Single-Car Crash In Church Hill
One man died from injuries sustained during a single-car crash along Payne Ridge Road.
Four Arrested In Hawkins County For Trafficking Pills At Volunteer High School
Four people, including three Volunteer High School students, are facing charges in Hawkins County, accused of trafficking pills at Volunteer High School in Church Hill.
4 indicted in pill trafficking scheme at Volunteer High School
Four people have been indicted in a Volunteer High School pill trafficking scheme that sent one student to the emergency room in March with an overdose.
Church Hill woman killed in wreck
A Hawkins County woman was killed Wednesday night when her vehicle struck a culvert and overturned, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
Shirley Ann Billings of Church Hill talks on her cell phone, but not at a cost of more than $13,000. She reported to the Hawkins County Sheriff's Office that she'd received a cell phone bill for $13,162.31. She quoted her cell phone provider as saying someone had tapped into her cell phone line and made numerous calls to foreign countries.
Murder - Suicide Investigation
Investigators in Hawkins County say it appears the deaths of a man and woman there over the weekend were the result of a murder - suicide.
Tennessee: Police believe death of couple was murder-suicide
CHURCH HILL, Tenn. a ' Authorities in northeast Tennessee say it appears the deaths of a Hawkins County couple were the result of a murder-suicide. Sheriff Roger Christian told the Kingsport Times-News 61-year-old Joseph Jones and his 53-year-old wife Patricia Jones were found dead inside their home on Saturday by Patricia Jones' two daughters.
Area United Methodist pastors appointed
United Methodist pastors for southeast Tennessee were appointed for the next year at the denominationa s Holston Annual Conference at Lake Junaluska, N.C., earlier this week.
The Larkin Family Band Entertains at The Carter Family Fold
Lowell, Barbara, Shaunna, and Tina -- are from Church Hill, Tennessee, but they now have a second home in Nashville, Tennessee.
Tennessee: TBI investigating deputies' shooting of armed man
CHURCH HILL, Tenn.a ' The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation will look into the fatal shooting of a Hawkins County man who shot toward two sheriff's deputies.
Woman killed, boyfriend hurt in early-morning four-wheeler crash
A woman died today when her boyfriend's four-wheeler wrecked, authorities said. Megan Smith, 18, of Church Hill was riding east about 2:20 a.m. along Trent Valley Road on a 2006 Kawasaki with Orry Trent, 19, also of Church Hill, when Trent lost control of the four-wheeler on a curve, a Tennessee Highway Patrol dispatcher said.
Hunters fined, licenses suspended after poaching
CHURCH HILL, Tenn. - Two men who were caught hunting turkey on Holston Army Ammunition Plant property have received probation, but can't hunt for a year.
Proposal would OK owners' use of raw milk
A proposal that supports owners' use of raw milk for personal consumption in Tennessee is headed to the governor for his consideration.