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1 week ago | 
thetomahawk.com | Thomas Sherrill
Months after Helene, a chance meeting got work ongoing at the previously flooded Mountain City American Legion building. Located at 318 N. Church St., the local home for the 100-plus members of American Legion Post 61 has effectively been closed since Helene. When Helene hit on Sept. 26-27, the American Legion was flooded by Furnace Creek, which flows behind the building. The normally docile creek brought up to six inches of water and mud into the building.
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1 week ago | 
thetomahawk.com | Thomas Sherrill
NORCROSS, Ga. — Computers in mineral oil and a new style of cooling units are part of CleanSpark’s plan for a new Bitcoin mine in Mountain City. Nine Mountain City residents plus Mayor Jerry Jordan toured the Norcross, Georgia Bitcoin mine facility Monday to see what could be coming.
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1 week ago | 
thetomahawk.com | Thomas Sherrill
June 20 will be my 90th day as managing editor of The Tomahawk and Six Rivers Media. Also, it’s my 90th day being an editor in my adult life. This change from the previous eight years of being a writer has come gradually. My effort and time are more than just writing stories and taking some photos. The desire to just start writing stories is there, but I can’t spend all the working hours of the week writing stories.
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2 weeks ago | 
thetomahawk.com | Thomas Sherrill
The Johnson County Longhorns Football team got to practice against helmets of a different color on Thursday, June 12, as they traveled to Elizabethton and Happy Valley High School to take on three other area teams in 7 vs 7 scrimmages. Head Coach Tyler Trusler said the team did well against Happy Valley, Unaka and North Greene. "Had some good positive surprises from new players," Trusler stated.
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2 weeks ago | 
thetomahawk.com | Thomas Sherrill
Over 30 rising 6th through 8th graders showed up for the first day of summer conditioning for Johnson County Middle School Football. The practices go through the end of this week, followed by a dead period through the Fourth of July, then practice resumes Monday, July 7.
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2 weeks ago | 
johnsoncitypress.com | Thomas Sherrill
Dash and body camera plus a half-dozen witnesses proved sufficient probable cause to proceed with the attempted murder case in Johnson County against a North Carolina man. kAmp7E6C EH@ 9@FCD @7 E9:D E6DE:>@?J 2?5 G:56@[ v6?6C2= $6DD:@?D r@FCE yF586 y677C6J r] {@H6 7@F?5 AC@323=6 42FD6 7@C 2== E96 AC6D6?E65 492C86D 282:?DE y@6J p==6?
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2 weeks ago | 
thefranklinpress.com | Thomas Sherrill
Press photo/Thomas Sherrill - Macon County Board of Elections Chair Kathy Tinsley, Vice Chair Gary Dills and Secretary Jeffrey Gillette look over provisional votes during canvass on Friday, March 15. Press photo/Thomas Sherrill - Macon County Board of Elections Chair Kathy Tinsley, Vice Chair Gary Dills and Secretary Jeffrey Gillette look over provisional votes during canvass on Friday, March 15.
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3 weeks ago | 
thetomahawk.com | Thomas Sherrill
A scheduled May case update turned into a plea deal, conviction and sentencing of a Mountain City man for murder. On May 19 in Johnson County Circuit Court, Edwin Blake Phillippi, 31, pled guilty to second-degree murder in the May 2024 stabbing death of his father, 51-year-old Robert Phillippi Jr. Charges of possession with intent to sell or deliver Schedule I and Schedule III drugs were dismissed as part of the plea deal.
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3 weeks ago | 
thetomahawk.com | Thomas Sherrill
Weaving through trails in the Doe Mountain Recreation Area, ultramarathon runners pushed themselves as part of the Kettlefoot Race on May 31. In total, 28 runners took part in and finished the 50K run, with times ranging from the winning five hours, 15 minutes and three seconds to a 58-year-old completing the trek 28 seconds short of 10 hours at nine hours, 59 minutes and 32 seconds. More took park in the 25K and 13K run.
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3 weeks ago | 
johnsoncitypress.com | Thomas Sherrill
A scheduled May case update turned into a plea deal, conviction and sentencing of a Mountain City man for murder. On May 19 in Johnson County Circuit Court, Edwin Blake Phillippi, 31, pled guilty to second-degree murder in the May 2024 stabbing death of his father, 51-year-old Robert Phillippi Jr. Charges of possession with intent to sell or deliver Schedule I and Schedule III drugs were dismissed as part of the plea deal.
