Telford News

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. a ' The pilot of an ultra-light airplane has escaped serious injury from a crash landing in northeastern Tennessee near the Greeneville-Greene County Municipal Airport.

James Robert Couch, 37, of 133 Lovegrove Lane, Telford, died Friday from injuries received while doing repair work on a bus in Gray.

He was changing the tire on a bus at Fellowship tours on Bob Jobe Road in Gray just after 7 p.m. Friday.

The 25th annual East Tennessee Toy Market Show and Sale, which benefits the Limestone Volunteer Fire Department, will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 4, at the gymnasium of the new Grandview Elementary School on U.S. 11E in Telford.

Agricultural equipment maker Bush Hog has agreed to a deal which will keep a northeast Tennessee plant open.

Bush Hog, LLC announced it has reached an agreement with Alo, TN, a division of Alo AB, to take over Bush Hog's Telford, Tenn.

A traveling display honoring the 58,261 American lives lost or missing in the Vietnam War is now open to the public.

Authorities have recovered the body of a pilot of a single-engine plane that crashed in southwest Virginia.

Two young Washington County men pleaded guilty Tuesday in Washington County Criminal Court to being accessories after the fact to the second-degree murder of a Chuckey resident in 2007.

Bush Hog operates an enormous plant off Highway 11-W in Telford. The Bush Hog plant in Telford never reached its full potential: 450 employees churning out zero-turn mowers and tractor loaders.

TELFORD, Ala. -- Nearly 150 local factory workers will lose their jobs by July 14, and if the owners of Bush Hog LLC can't sell the company's Telford plant those jobs will be lost permanently.

A Washington County grand jury has indicted Gabriel Lee Hoyle, 25, of Telford, and Brenda Bolton, 40, of Chuckey, on felony murder charges in connection with the July 4, 2008, shooting death of 21-year-old Keylando Webster, of Nashville, at Bolton's Erwin Highway residence.

Authorities in northeast Tennessee have charged a Telford man with animal cruelty after finding his dog with a harness imbedded in its skin.

Selma officials continue to work hand-in-hand with public and private entities to protect nearly 600 jobs at Bush Hog , which are viable to the Black Belt region.

The Johnson City Police Department arrested a second person on Tuesday in reference to the assault that occurred at the New Beginnings club, 2910 Bristol Highway, Johnson City, on Sunday.

Police arrested man Monday night and charged him with reckless homicide after the death of another man injured outside a Johnson City nightclub.

Bush Hog has announced that it will resume operations "in early February" at its plants, including the one in nearby Washington County.

From the Selma Times-Journal January 9, 2009 - Bush Hog continued its two-week furlough as questions surfaced in the community about the company's future.

Some Tri-Cities workers found themselves out of work Monday, at least temporarily.

The Washington County Sheriff's Department has charged a Jonesborough man in connection with a Telford burglary.