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Yesterday | Fayetteville Free Weekly

The Quarry Story

Since September, controversy has been brewing in Washington County over two quarries located on the outskirts of Fayetteville's western city limits.

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Related Topix: Fayetteville, TN, Agriculture, Science

Wed Jul 01, 2009

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Johnson City Blotter: June 29, 2009

Johnson City Police cracked down on several drunk drivers and habitual motor offenders this weekend.

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Related Topix: Johnson City, TN, Elizabethton, TN

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Greeneville Sun

Telford Man, 37, Dies While Attempting To Repair Bus

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

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Related Topix: Telford, TN, Johnson City, TN

Thu Jun 25, 2009

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Washington County Churchs Look To Ramp Up Security

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.

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Related Topix: Jonesborough, TN

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Explosives, Mobile Meth Lab Located In Jonesborough

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

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Related Topix: Jonesborough, TN, Johnson City, TN, Kingsport, TN

Mon Jun 22, 2009

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Ku Klux Klan Sends Message To Predominantly Black Neighborhood

People who live in Greeneville's Meadowlark Subdivision say white supremacists are singling them out.

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Related Topix: Greeneville, TN, Life, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Sat Jun 20, 2009

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Watauga City Commission To Vote On Hensona s Position

On April 22nd, Washington County Tennessee Sheriff's deputies filed a criminal summons for simple assault against John Henson.

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Related Topix: Watauga, TN, Johnson City, TN, Carter County, TN

Thu Jun 18, 2009

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DEVELOPING: Boat Capsized on Boone Lake

Sullivan Co., Tenn. - The Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency scoured the scene of a capsized boat on Boone Lake Friday night.

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Related Topix: Boat Disaster, Kingsport, TN, Sullivan County, TN

Tue Jun 16, 2009

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Drug and Kidnapping Charges

Deputies rescued a woman and child kidnapped at gunpoint, but the man accused of the crime faces even more legal trouble after an unexpected discovery.

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Related Topix: Drugs

Mon Jun 15, 2009

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Former Sheriff John Henson Guilty Of Simple Assault

Former Carter County Sheriff John Henson will spend six months on probation after a judge found him guilty of assaulting a woman at a laundromat on Watauga Road in Johnson City.

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Related Topix: Johnson City, TN

Sun Jun 14, 2009

TriCities.com

Confederate Soldiers Have A Place In Jonesborough Memorial

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

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Related Topix: Jonesborough, TN, Life, Veteran Affairs, Memorial Day, Holidays

Fri Jun 12, 2009

Greeneville Sun

Greeneville Woman Charged In J. City

Investigators with the Johnson City Police Department on Thursday charged Lynda Wooley, 45, of 1108 W. Summer St., Apt B-10, Greeneville, with charges of theft over $1,000. "The arrest came as the result of an investigation into several thousand dollars worth of voided sales at a Johnson City Roadrunner Store where Wooley was employed," a JCPD news ...

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Related Topix: Greeneville, TN

WHNT-TV Huntsville

Swedish equipment maker to take over Washington County ag machine plant

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

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Related Topix: Telford, TN, Johnson City, TN

Wed Jun 10, 2009

WAAY-TV Huntsville

Town to allow memorial bricks for Confederates

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

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Related Topix: Jonesborough, TN, Johnson City, TN

Mon Jun 08, 2009

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Inmates Bring Old Cemetery Back To Life

For years, West Lawn Cemetery has remained neglected. The cemetery, which is located on Lowell Street in Johnson City, is not privately owned, so it relies on support from the community, but that support has faded.

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Related Topix: Johnson City, TN

Sat Jun 06, 2009

Freerepublic.com

Group asks Jonesborough to reconsider Confederate veterans' status

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.

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Related Topix: Jonesborough, TN

Thu Jun 04, 2009

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Brownies For Sex? Try Jail For Charges

Police are looking for anyone who may have been victimized by a man selling baked goods at local businesses.

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Related Topix: Elizabethton, TN, Johnson City, TN

Wed Jun 03, 2009

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Suspected Murderera s Bond Reduced After Witnesses Change Their Stories

A Washington County, Tennessee, judge reduced a suspected murderer's bond Monday after learning some of the state's witnesses changed their stories.

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Related Topix: Johnson City, TN

Mon Jun 01, 2009

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J.C. Man To Appear In Court On Charges Of Aggravated Rape

Johnson City Police say a man accused of raping a female on the west end of Johnson City will appear in court today.

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Sun May 31, 2009

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Fire Crews Battle Massive Fire At Home In Washington Co., TN

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.

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Related Topix: Fire, Johnson City, TN, Jonesborough, TN

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