Daily editionThursday, September 17th, 2026
Good morning, Johnson City.
The Daily Johnson City Team
Here’s your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 17th of September.
Education
Washington County school leaders have approved a display design—featuring the Ten Commandments and the preambles to the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence—to be installed in every school common area.
Production will take three weeks and comes at no cost to taxpayers under a new Tennessee law.
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Sports
At this weekend's Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, NASCAR is letting teams choose between Goodyear rain tires & slicks if rain comes, a change that was long used on road courses and now gives teams greater control over race strategy.
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