Freelance Writing

My work has been featured in newspapers and magazines across the region. Here is a sample of some of my favorite stories.

Local group returns from Honor Flight to Washington

A 101-year-old Piney Flats native returned home Sunday following a weekend visiting the nation’s capital as part of the Lone Eagle Honor Flight program.

Published in Kingsport Times-News and Johnson City Press

Local businesses expect ‘positive’ impact from casino

Local merchants are betting the new Hard Rock casino in Bristol will have a positive effect on the city’s economy as they prepare for its opening.

Published in Bristol Now and Kingsport Times-News

Dueling lawsuits filed over the Tenneva hotel collapse in downtown Bristol

Dueling lawsuits filed in connection with the 2020 collapse of the Tenneva Holiday Inn in downtown Bristol will likely be heard by a jury in late 2023, federal court records show.

Published in Bristol Now and Kingsport Times-News

Hundreds flock to Flag Pond for Ramp Festival

Hundreds of people turned out Saturday for the yearly Ramp Festival in the community of Flag Pond to celebrate the venerated wild ramp.

Published in Erwin Record

City Council gives car show the green light to start in May

A divided Elizabethton City Council gave the car show a green light on Thursday to continue hosting an event every Saturday evening this summer

Published in Elizabethton Star

The Day The Plane Crashed: A look back at fatal 1976 military jet crash on Holston Mountain

Two German military pilots died in 1976, when their supersonic jet crashed into the ridge of Holston Mountain in an often-forgotten tragedy likely only remembered by passersby on a gravel forest service road along the Carter and Sullivan county line in Tennessee.

Published in Bristol Herald Courier