The Covered Bridge Jams summer concert series is back for its 11th year, bringing live music to Covered Bridge Park nearly ...

STAR CORRESPONDENT In the famous words of legendary Tennessee broadcaster John Ward, “It’s football time in Tennessee.” High ...

Due to shifts in enrollment, Milligan University has announced it will be refining its academic portfolio and will no longer ...

The Tennessee Education Association (TEA) is deeply concerned by newly released state data showing that Gov. Lee’s school voucher program provides more funding per student than Tennessee’s public ...

Carter County officials have purchased 113 automated external defibrillators to be placed in schools, sheriff’s patrol vehicles, volunteer fire departments and emergency medical services trucks that ...

Reverend Gene R. Cornett went home to be with the Lord surrounded by his family on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, at his home in Watauga at the age of 87. Gene was born in Carter County on Aug. 13, 1938, to ...

BY SEN. MARSHA BLACKBURN Under the Biden administration, crime soared — especially among violent offenders. Between 2020 and 2023, the per capita violent crime rate increased by 55 percent, according ...

BY NORMA MORRISON Sodaba Hurmat, a volunteer with Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL), recently traveled to the nation’s capital to meet with congressional representatives and their staff, advocating for ...

DEAR ABBY: I recently spent weeks caring for my mom in hospice. I was holding her hand when she took her last breath. I had announced to family and friends her choice to enter hospice. They knew her ...

James (Jim) Wilkie Bishop, age 82, died Saturday, August 16, 2025, at Brookdale of Johnson City after a lengthy illness. He was born to Wilkie Snyder Bishop and Gladys Campbell Bishop on April 18, ...

Bryan Richard Burleson, 91, Elizabethton, went to be with his Lord Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, at his residence. He was born Feb. 16, 1934, in Hartford, Maryland. He had lived most of his life in ...

Nancy Elizabeth (Laws) White, age 86, of Hampton, Tennessee, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. Nancy was born in Butler, Tennessee, and was a daughter of the late William ...