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April 27, 2024
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April 26, 2024
Early on the morning of Tuesday, April 23, 2024. John A. “Johnny” Jones of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed peacefully into eternity.
April 26, 2024
Early on the morning of Tuesday, April 23, 2024. John A. “Johnny” Jones of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed peacefully into eternity.
December 20, 2023
On this date in 1922, The Covington Leader reported that prominent Memphis attorney, P. W. Lanier, would keep his license to practice law. The disbarment proceedings in a Memphis courtroom would end up having a dramatic effect on North Dakota politics.
November 9, 2023
On this date in 1954, Byron G. Allen, Democratic National Committeeman for Minnesota, sent a letter to P. W. Lanier, Sr. Lanier was an ardent Democratic Party activist who had come to Jamestown from Memphis, Tennessee, during the early 1920s.
October 12, 2023
The criminal defense attorney for Alissa McCommon, a Tennessee teacher accused of raping a 12-year-old boy, says her family is "experiencing some ridicule" after her arrest.
October 5, 2023
Alissa McCommon, 38, allegedly told the boy in a taped phone call, "When [the baby] comes out looking like you, we don’t have to talk anymore," prosecutors allege
October 4, 2023
A Tennessee elementary school teacher accused of raping a minor implied that she is pregnant with a child in a phone call played aloud in court Tuesday.
September 9, 2023
A Tennessee 4th grade teacher was arrested Friday and charged with sexual misconduct involving a 12-year-old boy. The Covington Police Department said that 38-year-old Alissa McCommon befriended several…
January 21, 2023
Growing high school enrollment, newsprint costs rise, schools donating to flooded-out families and more were reported on this day in Johnson City history.