Friday, June 28, 2024

Patricia Lollar Wood remembrance

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  Patricia Lollar Wood was born on April 12, 1953.    She was the  10th child of Fred and Grace Lollar.    She departed this world on June 2...
Friday, June 21, 2024

Riding the Streets of a Snowy Riverview

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Snow Day, January 16th, 2024 - East Center Street at East Sevier Avenue, Kingsport Here at the beginning of summer with temps in the 90'...
Friday, June 14, 2024

Descendants of Rotherwood slaves: Special Reunion planned

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  SPECIAL NOTICE TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN ROTHERWOOD DESCENDANTS OF KINGSPORT FAMILIES WITH THESE LAST NAMES: Watterson Stafford Gray Phipps Leep...
Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Ralph E. Hale remembrance

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  Ralph E. Hale passed away on June 7, 2024, at the age of 70, at the James Quillen Veterans Affair Medical Center in Johnson City, TN, afte...
Friday, June 7, 2024

Lunch registration closed for "History of African-Americans in Kingsport" presentation, Monday June 10th

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  According to the new post, registrations for lunch at the "History of African-Americans in Kingsport" presentation are no longer...
Thursday, June 6, 2024

Speech: The History of African-Americans in Kingsport New Edition: June 10, 2024

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  If you were born or raised in Riverview, it's a presentation you don't want to miss. As always happens with ongoing research, the ...
Monday, June 3, 2024

One Juneteenth Event Rescheduled

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  Rescheduling for one Juneteenth event... The Riverview Juneteenth Community Unity Bingo event has been moved to Saturday, June 22, 2024 at...
Friday, May 24, 2024

Riverview Splash Pad opens for summer!

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  The Riverview Splash Pad (1101 Martin Luther Jr. Drive) will open for the summer season this Saturday (May 25) and will remain open until ...
Saturday, May 18, 2024

2024 Bike and Car Show benefits Riverview charities!

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1st Annual Juneteenth Bike and Car Show, benefiting the New Vision Youth, the Sons and Daughters of Douglass and Vic Danger Legacy, June 15,...
Thursday, May 2, 2024

Kingsport Drug Take-Back Event Puts Old Drugs Where They Belong

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Old, discarded, out-of-date medicines now have a new home in Kingsport and the Riverview community. The trash.  Where they belong. The New V...
Sunday, April 21, 2024

NAACP Meeting in Kingsport

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  There will be an NAACP meeting in Kingsport on Monday, April 22, 2024. The meeting will be held in the Riverview Community Room, beside th...
Sunday, April 7, 2024

Rescheduled Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 2024 Events in Kingsport

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(click the play button above)              (Courtesy the Kingsport Times-News) KINGSPORT— Kingsport hosted its annual Martin Luther King Jr....
Wednesday, April 3, 2024

NEW SCHEDULE: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Events

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  This is the schedule of events for Saturday, April 6, 2024 : 24TH ANNUAL MLK DAY PARADE Time and Location -  Saturday, April 6th, 12 Noon ...
Monday, March 25, 2024

Good Friday Fish Fry 2024

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  "FEED THE 5000!" ( 2 FISH 5                              LOAVES")  "GOOD FRIDAY FISH FRY!   March 29th, 2024 at the Fu...
Friday, March 15, 2024

The Scat Springs Memorial Scholarship at Dobyns-Bennett - Honoring One of Our Own

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To apply for the scholarship by the deadline, click the link below and to the Attached Files at the bottom.  Then click on the pdf link: htt...
Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Douglass Alumni Board Meeting set

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  The Sons and Daughters of Douglass Alumni Board will meet in its regularly scheduled meeting on Saturday, March 9, 2024. The meeting will ...

"e Little Girl of Rotherwood Mansion"

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  Reprinted with permission from former Kingsport City Manager Jeff Fleming: Virgealia “Jill” Ellis was a leap-year baby in 1928. Since 2024...