HORNS UP! Check out the images from the Friday night matchup between the Longhorns and the Bulldogs.
Author Archives: Dan Cullinane
She sings like a bird and she writes like a poet.
This morning dawns a little differently than yesterday. It’s the first day in a world without Dolly Parton, and as crazy as those words are staring back at me from the page, I can’t help but think it’s actually, really, a thing. I came in from mowing yesterday, and that’s when I heard the news.ContinueContinue reading “She sings like a bird and she writes like a poet.”
Johnson County Still Believes in an Industrial Future
New Johnson County Line poll shows that residents favor Manufacturing and Industrial development as the path to a brighter economic future.
They Came Because We Needed Them: Come Meet the Amish Volunteers Helping to Rebuild Johnson County.
The Amish volunteers rebuilding homes in Johnson County, need a home for themselves.
Who Gets a Slice of Ribfest?
Barbecue, live music, community, and firefighters? What could go wrong? Chad Greever takes a deep dive into the controversy surrounding the upcoming Ribfest at Chamber Park.
Raising Awareness of the Dangers of Drug Overdoses Is the Focus of A.C.T.I.O.N. Coalition Event at Ralph Stout Park on Friday, August 21
Driven largely by the spread of illicit fentanyl into the drug supply, overdose deaths surged in Tennessee beginning in 2020, rising from 2,089 deaths in 2019 to more than 3,800 in 2021 and 2022. In 2023, Tennessee recorded more than 3,600 overdose deaths, with fentanyl involved in more than 75% of them. Since then, theContinueContinue reading “Raising Awareness of the Dangers of Drug Overdoses Is the Focus of A.C.T.I.O.N. Coalition Event at Ralph Stout Park on Friday, August 21”
Johnson County Line Poll: You Told Us What Matters
What are the most important issues facing Johnson County, and is the county itself headed in the right direction? Read the results of our August 12 poll here.
Traditional Music Weekend Kicks Off with Buskin’ on Main
By Lewis Chapman The sounds of traditional mountain music will fill the air of Mountain City on Friday, September 4, as Buskin’ On Main kicks off the Long Journey Home heritage music festival weekend. For the past eight years this free event has become a favorite of musicians and traditional music lovers as buskers ofContinueContinue reading “Traditional Music Weekend Kicks Off with Buskin’ on Main”
Municipal Elections Yield Further Questions
There was something larger than the candidates on the ballot: who gets to define a Republican in Johnson County—and who gets to decide what kind of county Johnson County will become.
