Mountain City News

A Mountain City, Tenn., man is listed as one of the 13 victims from Thursday's shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas.

Tennessee State Treasurer David H. Lillard, Jr., accompanied by Rep. Jason Mumpower, Rep.

It's that time of year again where friends and family gather together for the holidays.

Tuesday's meeting of the Mountain City, City Council was opened with an invocation by special guest Pastor Steve Spencer of Calvary Baptist Church and the Pledge of Allegiance was conducted by returned Iraq War veteran Lee Greever of the 776th Tennessee Army National Guard.

The Director of the Bryan, Texas Planned Parenthood clinic has just foresworn further involvement in abortion.

Halloween and harvest events in and around the High Country will wrap up this weekend with Halloween's arrival this Saturday, October 31.

The members of the 776th from Johnson County have been busy enjoying their families and friends since their return.

Last weekend was the second annual Pumpkin Festival at Ralph Stout Park. Although cold weather put a slight damper on the festival, approximately 1,000 people attended the event over the course of both days.

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Mountain City Elementary's Judy Eller takes Spencer Henry's order at McDonald's Restaurant in Mountain City during McTeacher's Night recently.

Johnson County's own National Guard soldiers will be returning home today. Plans are to leave the Guard's volunteer training site in Smyrna, Tennessee by bus about noon today with expected arrival in Mountain City around 6:00 p.m. Tennessee State Troopers will provide an official escort for the returning soldiers.

The dedicated volunteers on the second annual Pumpkin Festival committee have worked hard to improve last year's already successful event.

"His dad was in the Guard, so it didn't matter at all to me. I'm proud of him. He's No.

SAN FRANCISCO Marijuana advocates are gathering signatures to get as many as three pot-legalization measures on the ballot in 2010 in California , setting up what could be a groundbreaking clash with the federal government over U.S. drug policy.

There are only a few of what could be called country stores left in Johnson County.

McDonald's restaurants in the Tri-Cities area are partnering with local schools to help subsidize education budgets.

Mountain City, TN 37683 National Guard Armory in Mountain City, TN, 1923 South Shady Street cost: $0 + HUMANE SOCIETY RUMMAGE SALE The Johnson County Humane Society will hold its Semi-Annual Rummage Sale on Saturday, October 3 at the National Guard Armory in Mountain City, 1923 South Shady Street from 8:00 A.M. till 2:00 P.M. We will be setting up ...

Tennessee Army National Guard units from Centerville, Hohenwald, Elizabethton and Mountain City are scheduled to return to Tennessee Tuesday, Oct.

The halls of Mountain City Care and Rehabilitation Center are the center of activities for many residents and staff.

The already fatal ambulance crash that killed Alicia Wood McCoy instantly on Tuesday of last week also claimed the life of Johnson County Rescue Squad member Joe Barlow Friday afternoon.