Lawmakers push ETSU to ban kneeling during anthem, ACLU calls it unconstitutional, 2021
State lawmakers are pushing for ETSU to prohibit players from kneeling during the national anthem, but banning kneeling could trample on the First Amendment. Meanwhile, the team is getting more support from on campus.
ETSU President Brian Noland was set to present his budget requests to the Tennessee Senate Education Committee Wednesday, but his presentation was moved to next week due to time. Both Sens. Rusty Crowe and Jon Lundberg, who are on the committee, said they plan to ask Noland how he's going to address kneeling during the anthem.
The meeting comes after all 27 Republican state senators signed a letter asking universities to ban players from kneeling. Lundberg said he doesn't plan to use funding to threaten ETSU to comply.
Inside the vaccine line: News 5's Caleb Perhne gets his first COVID-19 shot, 2021
Tennessee officially starts phase 1c on Monday, but people with high-risk conditions are already getting the shots in our region, including me. I got my first dose Friday morning.
After a year of this pandemic, getting the COVID-19 vaccine at Johnson City's Freedom Hall took just 30 minutes. I signed up for the waiting list two weeks ago and picked an appointment this week.
First, I was given an information packet on the Pfizer vaccine. Then, someone scanned my appointment barcode and asked some medical questions. I was put in one of four lines for the shot.
Inside a local COVID-19 ICU, 2021
For the first time in the COVID-19 pandemic, News 5’s Caleb Perhne got a first-hand look inside a local COVID-19 ICU at Holston Valley Medical Center.
No words can fully describe what it’s like. Nurses were rushing back and forth constantly, calling for supplies.
There was a constant beeping from alarms alerting the nurses that a patient needed attention.
“Most of the time, it's not just one patient who is crashing,” nurse Bailey Hunt said. “It's several patients, and it seems like it's all happening at the same time.”
“I've had a patient pass away everyday. Sometimes, in one day, I've had three pass away,” respiratory therapist Mandy Fisher said.
Congressional candidate Diana Harshbarger refuses to debate opponents, 2020
After skipping out on all debates during the Republican primary, Congressional nominee Diana Harshbarger told News 5’s Caleb Perhne Friday she won't debate her opponents Democrat Blair Walsingham or Independent Steve Holder.
"I'm not going to participate in a debate,” Harshbarger said. "I'm not going to give someone a platform who disrespects our policemen and women. I'm just not going to do it."
"That's a blatant lie and an excuse,” Walsingham said. "I think it's really unfair to the voters, and it's a disregard for the entire process of running for an election."
"Is it part of the way democracy functions to let the voter make that decision seeing both platforms in a debate forum?" Caleb asked Harshbarger.
Heavy rains lead to flooding across the region, 2019
In Johnson City, people were rescued from their homes in rafts in the Carmel Village neighborhood. Flood waters trapped people in their homes and submerged vehicles.
"As far as any creeks or stuff, no. This is all just rainwater washing off because we're down in the bowl,” resident Kelly Stout said.
The water was just feet from Emily Price's home as she prepared to get out before it was too late.
"I'm gone,” Price said. “I'm not going to let it get to where they're taking me out in a boat."
Carter County commissioners hold closed door meeting amid bonus controversy, 2019
News 5 was the only station there as several Carter County commissioners and the mayor held a private meeting behind closed doors. Commissioners who weren’t invited question whether it was a violation of Tennessee’s Sunshine Law.
The meeting came amidst controversy surrounding a big bonus for the county’s planning director.
“Not meeting, not a meeting,” Mayor Rusty Barnett said and he peeked through a crack in his conference room door.
StampedeTV investigation finds mold growing on cafeteria soda fountain, 2016
Mold was growing around a soda fountain in the cafeteria. The fountain was cleaned as soon as we contacted Mark Henry, director of food services.
Lab test results identified the mold as cladisporium.
Krista Adair first noticed the mold last fall. She alerted Seth Veenbaas, who was then a member of the Student Government Association.
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