The annual People Loving People free Thanksgiving Dinner in Rogersville has proven to be a blessing for thousands of people over the past 15 years, whether they be volunteer cooks, delivering meals, cleanup crew, or simply enjoying a free traditional holiday meal with good company.
First Broad Street United Methodist Church is holding a pet blessing this Sunday (Oct. 7) at its downtown location (on Church Circle). The “All God’s Critters” event will begin at 2 p.m. and likely last about an hour.
Members of Harmony Baptist Church completed the congregation's annual apple butter stir on Saturday. Scores of members, as well as a few volunteers from the community, spent Thursday, Friday and Saturday peeling, cutting, shredding, grinding, and
Come early if you want canned goods and first dibs at the best bargains in the “New to you” room at the Hiltons Memorial United Methodist Church’s annual Lord’s Acre Sale this Friday and Saturday.
“She kind of lurched forward (to jump) and I was able to grab her by the arm, and pretty much held her like that for like five minutes. She just went dead weight and was dangling off the side of the bridge. It seemed like it was hours, but it was maybe five minutes." — Garrett Nicholson
The cost of providing a decent Christmas to each child is between $75 and $100 each, which puts the ministry’s annual budget for Christmas for the Children right around $20,000. Saturday’s Toy Run raised $1,650.
"I remember seeing him one time when I was about five years old the last time he was ever home. ... I thought that khaki uniform was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen. He was my hero then, and he's still my hero." — Ken Collier on his brother, WWII MIA Marion Gale Collier
The Salvation Army depends on donations from the community to bring joy to needy families at Christmas. Toy drives, food drives, The Times-News Rescue Fund, direct mail solicitations as well as the iconic Red Kettle Campaign all help to make this possible.
KINGSPORT — Although moved inside because of the threat of rain from the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, the annual Kids Day Saturday at the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kingsport drew about 70 children inside 1 Postive Place just off Stone Drive.
With 400 bikers taking downtown Rogersville on "Bike Nite" on Aug. 25, Of One Accord director Sheldon Livesay is hoping some of that success spills over into the Toy Run. "If we could attract half that number to the Toy Run, our Christmas for the Children program would almost be covered for the year," Livesay said
Operation Good Neighbor director Mickey Wilcox noted that the goal of the free dental program is to serve rural communities, which is why Surgoinsville and Hancock County were chosen earlier this year, and why Mooresburg will likely be chosen for the Oct. 12-13 event.
Rev. A.E. Wachtel happened to be passing through Knoxville in 1943 when a banker took him to see the 1,300 acre former Tate Springs Hotel property in Bean Station. On October 8, 1943 the property was purchased, and Kingswood has been there ever since.
The church, located at 1000 Kendrick Creek Road in Kingsport, has made a name for itself through its cross ministry, in which it distributes wooden cross necklaces and scripture cards to thousands of people each year.
Day two of the the Hawkins County Fair was a hot one, and shade was at a premium, but the snow cone vendors were happy because they were making a killing.
The Gold Wing Road Riders of America TN-C Chapter has been raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, in Memphis, since 1996.
