Greeneville, TN

Area educators were joined by business owners, agricultural specialists gathered at the Greene County Agriculture Extension Office on Tuesday to align classroom training with the region’s rapidly growing workforce demands. The Greene County Schools Career and Technical Education (CTE) department hosted its Fall Advisory Committee meeting, highlighting student successes from the first three months of […]

The Tennessee Highway Patrol reports one person was injured in a incident involving an electric scooter Tuesday evening on the Erwin Highway at Dyer Street. The THP report issued to Radio Greeneville News Thursday morning, indicates 21 year old Aiden J. Tipton fell from the scooter onto the roadway. The report says Tipton, who was […]

The day after the mid-term elections, Greene County Democratic Party Chairwoman Cheryl Summers issued what she called “A Message of Hope” to party members. We Are Not Defeated. A Message of Hope! A message from Cheryl Summers, Greene County Democratic Party chairwoman. Yes, I am exhausted. Yes, I am disappointed in some of the election […]

The Greeneville Historic Zoning Commission held discussion Tuesday with local resident Darlene Farr regarding her potential purchase of the historic Gordon Williams estate at 300 North Main Street. Farr, who lives directly across the street from the landmark property, presented a conditional proposal to revitalize the site while preserving its historic character. Farr explained that […]

The Town of Greeneville has officially approved a 12-page Cash Management Policy designed to tighten financial internal controls and secure revenue collection across all municipal facilities. The policy, presented by Finance Director Lora Young to the City Council on Tuesday, comes on the heels of a state investigation into the local Parks and Recreation Department […]

The Greeneville Municipal Airport Authority filed a response in opposition to a motion to dismiss its counterclaims filed by Skyknight, LLC, a company owned by Scott Niswonger, in Third Judicial District Circuit Court on Monday. The filing claims that Skyknight’s motion to dismiss has already been superseded since the Airport Authority filed an amended counterclaim, […]

The Town of Greeneville’s second search for a permanent city manager continues to move forward.  City Council members have now viewed recorded interviews with the 20 candidates who had been selected from the applicant pool as town leaders look to fill the administrative vacancy. According to the established search timeline, the town’s current recruitment firm, […]

The Greene County Budget and Finance Committee gave preliminary approval to a resolution Wednesday morning to increase medical copays for inmates at the Greene County Jail seeking medical care, treatment, and pharmaceutical services. The county has charged copays for about the last 25 years, and the fees have not changed in about 20 years according […]

Just hours after millions of Americans exercised their civic duty and cast their ballots in the nation’s midterm elections, another hallmark of the American system took place when 80 new citizens were welcomed to the United States through naturalization ceremonies at the James H. Quillen Federal Courthouse in Greeneville on Wednesday. The Honorable Cynthia Richardson […]

Longtime educator Dr. Jerry F. Ward, who served as superintendent of Greeneville City Schools, taught at Tusculum College, and devoted much of his life to education and community service, passed away Monday, November 2, at the age of 88. Ward spent 30 years with Greeneville City Schools, beginning in 1964 as assistant principal of Greeneville […]