Mountain City News

Mountain City Mayor Lawrence Keeble had a grocery list of issues to discuss at last week's city council meeting, starting with a reminder that there will be a Memorial Day Service held at Ralph Stout Park on May 27th.

David A. Billings of Mountain City recently pled guilty in Washington County Criminal Court to vehicular homicide, as well as vehicular assault charges, to a December 3, 2010 crash that killed Tanya K. Martin and injured her six-year old daughter.

Mountain City Mayor Lawrence Keeble had a grocery list of issues to discuss at last week's city council meeting, starting with a reminder that there will be a Memorial Day Service held at Ralph Stout Park on May 27th.

On Friday, May 3 legislators and citizens came together for breakfast at the Johnson County Health Department in Mountain City.

On May 4, Johnson County High School put on its second annual student arts show.

Janet Mahala wants visitors to her small produce stand in Laurel Bloomery to find something they might not be able to find in Mountain City and Damascus.

MOUNTAIN CITY - Academically, Daniel Helm could have been a fit anywhere. On the baseball diamond, Milligan College was the perfect place for the Johnson County standout.

Linda Morefield announced this week that she is ending her tenure as Johnson County Clerk and Master after 27 years in the office; six years as Deputy Clerk and Master and 21 years as Clerk and Master.

There was a time in Johnson County when almost every community had a country store.

Representatives from the Johnson County Humane Society were present at last week's county commission meeting to express their continued desire to see the county establish and implement its own animal control.

Harlow Sumerford, a legislative assistant and deputy press secretary to U.S. Rep.