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Well, The owner of a Bristol parking lot that’s regarded as the birthplace of commercial country music has decided not to sell it at auction after all. Starwood Properties owner…

The owner of a Bristol parking lot that’s regarded as the birthplace of commercial country music has decided not to sell it at auction after all. Starwood Properties owner Tim…

THE FORMER BOYFRIEND OF A WHEELCHAIR-BOUND WOMAN HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF RAPING HER IN A JOHNSON CITY HOTEL LAST YEAR. THIS AFTERNOON, A WASHINGTON COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT JURY CONVICTED…

THREE MEN ACCUSED IN A HOME INVASION IN JOHNSON CITY ARE BEING HELD IN THE WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE DETENTION CENTER AWAITING AN APPEARANCE IN COURT NEXT WEEK. VANNASONE THIRAKUL OF…

STUDENTS OF KINGSLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BLOOMINGDALE ARE BACK TO CLASSES TODAY. A BOILER MALFUNCTION FORCED THE SCHOOL TO BE CLOSED YESTERDAY. THIS CAUSED TEMPERATURES IN SOME PARTS OF THE…

THE CITY OF JOHNSON CITY IS GOING GREEN. THE CITY HAS PARTNERED WITH ENERGY SYSTEMS GROUPP TO RENOVATE ALL CITY FACILITIES TO MAKE THEM MORE ENERGEY EFFICIENT. TWO MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS…

ATTENTION BIDDERS. YOU CAN BUY THE BIRTHPLACE OF COUNTRY MUSIC IN BRISTOL..FOR A PRICE. LATER TODAY, FOUR TRACTS OF THE MOST HISTORIC LAND IN BRISTOL WILL GO ON THE AUCTION…

Washington County Tennessee 9-1-1 officials say all lanes of Interstate 26 are back open. Crews were on the scene more than two hours as they worked to clean up a…

THE FATE OF A MAN CHARGED WITH VIOLENTLY RAPING HIS THEN-GIRFRIEND AT A JOHNSON CITY HOTEL LAST YEAR WILL BE LEFT UP TO A JONESBORO JURY. NICHOLAS TIPTON TOOK THE…

HAWKINS COUNTY AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED THREE PEOPLE WHO ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTED TO SMUGGLE CIGARETTES, CANDY, AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS INTO THE COUNTY JAIL. MT. CARMEL OFFICE STACY VAUGHAN WAS LEAVING THE JAIL…

THE SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAVE APPROVED A THREE MILLION DOLLAR LINE OF CREDIT TO ENSURE TEACHERS RECEIVE THEIR PAYCHECKS. THE FUNDING WAS APPROVED AS A RESULT OF…

UNDER THE GUN LIKE MANY JAILS TO COME UP WITH A PLAN TO CORRECT THE OVERCROWDING PROBLEM, GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF STEVE BURNS SAYS THE STATE HAS RE-CERTIFIED HIS JAIL FOR…

FIRE OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF AN EARLY MORNING BLAZE AT A HAWKINS COUNTY PLANT. FIRE CREWS WERE CALLED OUT TO THE P M T PLANT JUST…

EXPANSION IN THE TRI CITIES REGION. THE JOHN DEERE POWER PRODUCTS PLANT IN GREENEVILLE IS EXPANDING. RANDY HARRELL IS PRESIDENT OF THE GREENE COUNTY PARTNERSHIP, AND HAS BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED…

KINGSPORT BASED EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY EXPECTS TO MISS FOURTH QUARTER EARNINGS PROJECTIONS. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER CURTIS ESPELAND SAID SALES FOR THE PERIOD ARE EXPECTED TO DROP GREATER THAN 20 PERCENT…

TESTIMONY WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT FOR NICHOLAS TIPTON, WHO IS ACCUSED OF VIOLENTLY RAPING HIS THEN-GIRLFRIEND WHO IS CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR AT A…

A TRI CITIES BUSINESS OWNER GOT MORE THAN HE BARGAINED FOR ON A RECENT ADVENTURE AT SEA. WELL KNOWN BUSINESSMAN, PAL BARGER WHO FOUNDED PAL’S SUDDEN SERVICE WAS AMONG THE…

AN ABINGDON VIRGINA WOMAN HAS BEEN KILLED AS THE RESULT OF BEING STRUCK BY A CAR WHILE SHE WAS WALKING. ACCORDING TO VIRGINIA STATE POLICE, 44 YEAR OLD MARY ELIZABETH…

THINGS ARE BACK TO NORMAL TODAY AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA. THREE INTRUDERS CAME TO HIGH POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YESTERDAY REFUSING TO LEAVE WHICH SPARKED EDUCATION LEADERS…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED IN A SHOOTOUT AT A CITY APARTMENT THAT LEFT TWO PEOPLE INJURED EARLIER THIS YEAR IS BEHIND BARS. 30 YEAR OLD SHAMARKUS MASON IS CHARGED WITH…

THE GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR A BANDIT THAT HELD UP A CONVENIENCE STORE. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING AT STUCKEY’S AT EXIT 30 OF INTERSTATE 81.…

A FORMER JOHNSON CITY MORTGAGE BROKER AND INSURANCE SALESMAN ACCUSED OF TAKING PART IN A NIGERIAN CHECK SCAM HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS. 72 YEAR OLD RICHARD…