It was AWESOME! I enjoyed reading your column on the Downtowner Motor Inn. Yes, I remember it’s day! My grandfather, J.L. Rainwater, had pictures in his office with celebrities such as Michael ...

By the end of the month, another big announcement: a Downtowner Motor Inn would be built downtown, the first of what was planned to become a national chain. City of Kingsport says it's not ...

Long-term residents at the Downtowner Motor Inn will have to move out by the end of the month with a new motel owner who has promised to enforce city code. The city gave David Shearer a business ...