Elizabethton News

SMYRNA - Only one team can leave the state tournament as winner in each of the three classifications.

Career fairs are typically held in high school and college for those anticipating graduation.

For the past 20 years, Mona Sweeney has added irises to the landscape around her Elizabethton home, but the showy flower has had a special place in her heart since she was a little girl.

Elizabethton's Covered Bridge Celebration might stir your memories of the "good old days." If that's the case, there will be one more good old day in the mix.

Washington County authorities say a man faked a marriage certificate so he could visit a woman held in the Johnson City Detention Facility.

What was intended to be a happy family dinner for the Canters ended in frustration when they said an employee at an Elizabethton restaurant would not allow their son's service dog to enter the building.

Lynae Beth Peters and Nicholas Brooks Colbaugh announce their engagement and upcoming marriage.

MURFREESBORO - Gas was 24 cents a gallon, a postage stamp cost 4 cents and the Everly Brothers had nothing to do but dream when Elizabethton last played in the TSSAA state baseball tournament.

Caryn Amanda Carter and Adam Blair Fuller were united in marriage during a double-ring ceremony at First Christian Church in Elizabethton on Saturday, Aug.

Announcement is made of the engagement and forthcoming marriage of Sherry Diane Hayes and Mark Shannon Arnett Sr.

Announcement is made of the engagement and upcoming marriage of Amber Nicole Hilbert and Timothy Joe Oxendine.

The New York Yankees won four consecutive World Series titles from 1936-1939 with the help of its cagey pitcher named Lefty Gomez.

Mary Beierle, Elizabethton, sent me an email last week to let me know of a flock of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks at her home.

Carter County's business leaders were encouraged to invest in opportunities for growth during the Elizabethton/Carter County Chamber of Commerce's 2013 Annual Dinner.

Elizabethton must find a way to come off "cloud nine" if it expects to defeat CAK after its remarkable "10" innings, which produced a come-from-behind victory over Greeneville on Wednesday.

A man hiking The Appalachian Trail near Elizabethton, Tennessee has died. Carter County Police say 71-year-old George Walls Grant from Collie, West Australia fell ill while hitchhiking to a marquee on Monday.

The Elizabethton/Carter County Chamber of Commerce and the city of Elizabethton will recognize Elizabethton native and NFL star Jason Witten on June 21, which will be proclaimed Jason Witten Day during a ceremony at 2 p.m. in Harmon Park.

Rest assured Watauga County, the 17-year cicadas are that are preparing to descend, or rather ascend, on the eastern United States are harmless - even if their loud mating song might seem relentless.

This week, citizens who donated their time to planning a celebration for the Veterans Monument in downtown Elizabethton received some welcome news.

The Carter County Imagination Library is accepting nominations for inductees into the 2013 Carter County-Elizabethton Educators Hall of Fame.