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AN EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL PLAYER HAS BEEN KILLED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT. 19 YEAR OLD SETH COY LOST HIS LIFE AS HE DROVE THROUGH KENTUCKY ON HIS…

A SALTVILLE VIRGINIA POLICE OFFICE IS BACK AT WORK AFTER HAVING WHAT DOCTORS BELIEVE WAS THE SWINE FLU. RANDALL BRICKEY IS OUT OF ISOLATION AND BACK AT WORK. AFTER GOING…

A CHATTANOOGA NEWSPAPER IS REPORTING THAT TENNESSEE IS AGAIN DROPPING DOWN THE RANKS AS ONE OF THE WORST STATES IN THE NATION FOR CHILD WELL-BEING. THE OBSERVATION IS BASED ON…

A HAWKINS COUNTY MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY POINTING A LOADED GUN AT POLICE DEPUTIES. MIRANDA QUALLS TOLD POLICE THAT HER FATHER-IN-LAW, GARY MORELOCK, HAD THREATENED TO KILL HER,…

AN ELIZABETHTON HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AND FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE CITY-OWNED POOL HAS ADMITTED TO BUYING ALCOHOL FOR A MINOR. 37 YEAR OLD AIMEE RICHARDSON PLED GUILTY TO CONTRIBUTING TO…

KINGSPORT POLICE HAVE RECEIVED A PRELIMINARY AUTOPSY REPORT REGARDING THE DEATH OF A 2-YEAR OLD TODDLER FOUND DEAD IN A QUARRY OFF BEARTOWN ROAD LAST WEEK. NATHAN WHITEAKER’S BODY WAS…

FOR THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW EMPLOYEES HAD TO BE EVACUATED THIS MORNING FROM THE JOHNSON CITY MUNICIPAL AND SAFETY BUILDING. THE WORKERS COMPLAINED OF NAUSEOUS HEADACHES AND A…

Thousands of people crowded onto a southwest Virginia fairground over the weekend and waited hours to receive free dental care, eyeglasses and medical procedures. Stan Brock, head of the Remote…

THE FORMER EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT OF EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY AND GENERAL MANAGER OF EASTMAN CHEMICALS DIVISION HAS DIED. TOY F. REID PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY AFTER A VALIANT STRUGGLE WITH M.S.A. HE…

ALCOHOL COULD HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF A SWIMMER OVER THE WEEKEND IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE. 39 YEAR OLD JOHN HARRELL DROWNED WHILE TRYING TO SWIM IN AN…

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS MAKING A STOP THIS WEEK IN THE TRI CITIES TO TALK ABOUT HIS CONTROVERSIAL HEALTH CARE PLAN. THE PRESIDENT WILL MAKE A STOP AT KROGER’S ON…

The basement level of the Johnson City Municipal Building was evacuated this morning after reports of a vaporous leak. About 30 employees who work there were removed from the building.…

A proposal that would prevent a jail facility from being decertified is headed to the governor for his consideration. The measure sponsored by Republican Rep. David Hawk of Greeneville unanimously…

A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN RUSSELL COUNTY VIRGINIA OVER THE WEEKEND HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A HONAKER WOMAN. ACCORDING TO THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE 60 YEAR OLD BARBARA JOANN…

A SUSPENDED UNICOI COUNTY PHYSICIANS ASSISTANT CONVICTED OF FORGERY HAS BEEN SENTENCED. 57 YEAR OLD RANDALL DIXON PLED GUILTY IN OCTOBER TO FORGERY. A JUDGE ORDERED DIXON TO SPEND 15…

IT’S THE NAME GAME. KINGSPORT POLICE ARE UNSURE OF THE REAL NAME OF A SHOOTING SUSPECT IN THE MODEL CITY. AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR SHAMARKUS MASON SINCE OCTOBER FOLLOWING…

A MAN ACCUSED OF VICIOUSLY ATTACKING A WOMAN AS SHE JOGGED IN UNICOI COUNTY HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED. 21 YEAR OLD BRADLEY SNEED IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED RAPE AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.…

SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA IS HOPING TO ADD HUNDREDS OF NEW JOBS TO THE AREA IN A TIME WHEN THE NATION IS SUFFERING FROM HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT. ONE BUSINESS THAT IS LOOKING…

A lawsuit accusing the outgoing Scott County Virginia registrar of using her office to retaliate against a political foe has been dismissed. A trial had been scheduled in the civil…

LEBANON VIRGINIA WILL BE LOSING ABOUT 100 JOBS. OFFICIALS AT THE IAC PLANT WILL BE HANDING OUT PINK SLIPS LATER THIS MONTH. THIS MARKS THE SECOND ROUND OF LAYOFFS AT…

AN 18 YEAR OLD KINGSPORT TEEN THAT PLED GUILTY IN SEPTEMBER TO RECKLESS HOMICIDE IN A CRASH LAST YEAR THAT KILLED HIS FRIEND, HAS HAD THE REMAINDER OF HIS SENTENCE…

A CALL CENTER THAT’S EXPECTED TO BRING 500 JOBS TO JOHNSON CITY IS CLOSE TO SIGNING A DEAL TO OCCUPY THE FORMER FINGERHUT CALL CENTER IN BOONES CREEK. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT…