Sunday, August 31, 2008

New Orleans: "It's A Nice Place To Visit, But I Wouldn't Want To Live There"

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"HOW HIGH'S THE WATER MAMA? TWO FEET HIGH AND RISIN'. HOW HIGH'S THE WATER PAPA? TWO FEET HIGH AND RISING'." ---Ly...

Buildings That Housed Former Black Elementary Schools Continue Legacy

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THIS STORY COURTESY THE KINGSPORT TIMES-NEWS AREA BUILDINGS THAT EDUCATED BLACK STUDENTS FINDING NEW LIFE YEARS LATER, MUCH LIKE THE FORMER ...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Drivers Charged With Endangering Congregants Leaving Kingsport's Bethel AME Zion Church

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EDITOR'S NOTE: ORDINARILY, WE ONLY PRINT GOOD NEWS AND NOT CRIME STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT THIS ONE HAS AN OVERALL COMMUNITY INTEREST...
Monday, August 25, 2008

Life On The Mountain--Bays Mountain Home to One of Riverview's Oldest Families

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THIS STORY COURTESY THE KINGSPORT TIMES-NEWS In 1914, Kingsport Waterworks Corp., purchased 1,300 acres atop Bays Mountain Holston River Mou...
Monday, August 18, 2008

What Will the New Riverview Homes Look Like? We've Got An Exclusive Look in Real Time!

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ALTHOUGH MOST FORMER RIVERVIEW APARTMENT RESIDENTS ARE APPARENTLY NOT COMING BACK TO RIVERVIEW, MANY OTHER PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS OF KINGS...
Friday, August 15, 2008

A Lyons Chapel "Welcome Home" Commemoration

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"How nice it is to get together.. without a funeral." That's the observation from Richard Ford, organizer of the New Canton Fa...
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Diana Ross--Her Hawkins County Roots Are Indeed "Supreme"

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SPECIAL THANKS TO RODNEY FERRELL, HAWKINS COUNTY HISTORIAN FOR THIS ARTICLE, COURTESY THE ROGERSVILLE REVIEW (Published November 14, 2001) D...

Sign of the Times in Eastern Hawkins County

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Sometimes when you take two steps forward, somebody shoves you back three or four. I ran across this sign while riding around Sunday, August...

Remembering Swift Memorial College--Rogersville, Tennessee

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PORTIONS OF THIS ARTICLE WERE TAKEN FROM THE SWIFT JUNIOR COLLEGE CATALOG, AND FROM AN ARTICLE IN THE KINGSPORT TIMES-NEWS DATED AUGUST 15, ...