Vice Mayor Ben Mallicote
Photo courtesy of Kingsport Times-News

KINGSPORT HAS A NEW VICE MAYOR TODAY. MODEL CITY MAYOR DENNIS PHILLIPS CAST THE DECIDING VOTE TUESDAY NIGHT THAT RESULTED IN ALDERMAN BEN MALLICOTE BEING NAMED AS KINGSPORT’S VICE MAYOR FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. MALLICOTE IS BEGINNING THE THIRD YEAR OF A FOUR YEAR TERM. IT’S HIS FIRST ON THE KINGSPORT BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.