Jonesborough News

Do you want to take ballet lessons? According to Lori Ann Sparks, director of Central Ballet School & Theatre in Greeneville, Tennessee, you or a loved one will become part of a tradition that dates back to over 350 years ago.

Despite heat that soared into the high 90s Saturday afternoon, the 19th Annual Downtown Cruise-In, sponsored by the Volunteer State Auto Club, drew large crowds to admire beautiful cars from bygone eras.

This July 27th will be a year since a lone gunman walked into the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville killing 2 people and injuring 7. With church violence on the rise in recent years many area churches realize they are without a security plan.

Authorities have found dynamite as well as a mobile meth lab at 560 Tavern Hill Road just outside of Jonesborough.

Winning Miss Tennessee was a dream come true for Miss Hamilton County Stefanie Wittler, who tried out for the title three times.

Tammy Gallagher and her husband Al, own Ridge View driving range in Jonesborough, Tennessee.

Former Tennessee Volunteers Peyton Manning, Phil Fulmer, and Bobby Scott played a round of golf at The Ridges golf course in Jonesborough Monday, as part of the annual Golf Classic fundraiser for the Mountain States Foundation.

Failing to use a turn signal landed two men in major trouble with Greeneville police on Thursday morning.

Tennessee's oldest town will allow memorial bricks for Confederate soldiers to be placed in a park.

Last month, Tennessee's oldest town celebrated the near-completion of Veterans Park.

The city attorney of Jonesborough is expected to present a legal opinion on whether to allow the names of Confederate soldiers to be placed on veterans memorial.

Frustration and disappointment that have arisen out of the town of Jonesborough's decision to not allow bricks honoring Confederate soldiers to be placed in the Veterans Memorial Park have spread beyond the town limits.

Dewayne Trail, UT Extension agent and director for Rutherford County, will be the speaker for the Exchange Club of Murfreesboro at the club's weekly meeting at Through the Grapevine at 6 p.m. Tuesday, according to Carol Puryear, club president.

A massive fire rips through a two-story home in Washington County, Tennessee Sunday night, causing some concern for shoppers at a Tri-Cities Wal-Mart. The fire broke out around 7:30 Sunday evening at a home on McKinley Road.

There has been a gas line break this morning in Jonesborough. Construction crews apparently hit the gas line this morning while working outside of Hardee's. The Fire Department then closed both west-bound lanes of traffic.

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Dena's note: This article was previously published on the Examiner . The 13th annual Garden Gala will be held this Saturday, May 23, in Tennessee's oldest town of Jonesborough, located in Northeast Tennessee.

The Bush Hog manufacturing plant in nearby Washington County will close by mid-July unless the plant is sold before then, the company has informed local officials.

Used to be, when somebody was about to snap your picture, the cliche was "Smile; you're on Candid Camera." Nowadays, in Jonesborough, Tenn., it's "Beware; you're on traffic camera." The Tennessee town has installed cameras at three busy intersections along U.S. 11-E. They spot motorists who drive through the intersection at speeds greater than the ...

Over the objections of some Republicans, the House approved and sent to the governor Thursday a bill extending the state's tax on homes for the mentally retarded - a levy used to trigger federal funding for the facilities.