John Thompson

ELIZABETHTON — There is new addition to Mack and Nancy Cooke Park, a small park lying between the Tweetsie Trail on the south and Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park on the north. That new addition was the center of attention for many people in Elizabetht... See more

ELIZABETHTON — There was a lot of activity and a lot of fun in downtown Elizabethton with First Friday keeping businesses open until 8 p.m. and lots of music and fun going on in the streets and alleyways. Children seem to be especially enjoying the evenin... See more

ELIZABETHTON — Brilliant lights from the new $100,000 marquee on the Bonnie Kate Theater and a crowd that filled up the 100 Block of South Sycamore Street brought new attention to the local institution that will be celebrating its centennial on July 4, 20... See more

ELIZABETHTON — Carter County Sheriff Mike Fraley said deputies were dispatched at 4:15 a.m. Friday to 136 Earl McKinney Road in the Valley Forge community. The officers found a dead man when they arrived, and they called in investigators. Fraley identifie... See more

Corinna Barrett Lain, the author of Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection, recently spoke at OKC’s Full Circle Bookstore. Lain shared the findings from her seven years of research, as well as powerful stories she learned from ... See more