Vance Cheek News Today

Former state lawmaker Charles Allen has known Vance Cheek Sr. for almost his entire life, growing up next door to his family and later working with Cheek Sr. in the

A name change for Haynes, a polio vaccine and more were reported on this day in Johnson City history.

May 14, 1869: The Union Flag reported, “In this place on the 11th inst., Mrs. Dennis, aged 35 yrs. Daughter of Dr. J.C. Cossen, deceased.” As used here, “inst”, was a term used to mean “In the same month”, so this meant that Mrs. Dennis had passed away on May 11, 1869. The Union Flag was a newspaper published in Jonesborough, which was spelled that way at the time. May 14, 1903: The Chattanooga News, with a Johnson City dateline, reported on a near-riot in Johnson ...