Author: News Staff

ANOTHER TRI CITIES MANUFACTURING PLANT IS LAYING OFF SOME OF ITS WORKERS. MAPES PIANO STRING COMPANY ON WIRE MILL ROAD IN ELIZABETHTON IS NOT SAYING HOW MANY WORKERS IT HAS…

THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL WILL BE OUT IN FULL FORCE THIS THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY PERIOD CONDUCTING MORE THAN 50 SOBRIETY AND DRIVER LICENSE CHECKPOINTS STATEWIDE. THANKS TO A GRANT PROVIDED THROUGH…

A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH IN JOHNSON CITY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A JONESBOROUGH MAN. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, 22 YEAR OLD WILLIAM EALEY WAS TRAVELING EAST ON…

ROGERSVILLE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO MEN WHO ENTERED AN ELDERLY WOMAN’S HOME AND ROBBED HER AUTHORITIES SAID THE MEN KNOCKED ON THE DOOR OF 86 YEAR OLD KATHERIN JAYNES’…

BRISTOL VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR A BANK ROBBER. POLICE SAY A WHITE MALE ENTERED NEW PEOPLES BANK AT 75 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND DEMANDED MONEY. THE…

A NORTON VIRGINIA MAN WAS KILLED AND TWO OTHERS INJURED IN A HEAD ON CRASH IN FLORIDA. THE ACCIDENT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF 2O YEAR OLD JOEY CHRISTOPHER, AND INJURED…

ALTHOUGH THE CASE REMAINS OPEN, UNICOI COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY TONY CLARK SAYS NO ONE HAS BEEN INDICTED AS THE RESULT OF MORE THAN 22-THOUSAND DOLLARS MISSING FROM THE UNICOI COUNTY…

While they cannot divulge how they fared, a Greeneville family has just returned from the west coast where they appeared on an episode of America’s Funniest Home Videos. Chris and…

THE JOHNSON CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ARRESTED A KINGSPORT MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A CITY HOLDUP. 22 YEAR OLD TYRONE TAYLOR IS CHARGED WITH ROBBERY. THE ARREST COMES AFTER AN…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY HAS SIGNED A DEFINITIVE MERGER AGREEMENT. THE DEAL BETWEEN KING PHARMACEUTICALS AND ALPHARMA INCORPORATED WILL ALLOW KING TO ACQUIRE ALL OF THE OUSTANDING SHARES OF…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING ANOTHER MAN HAS A TRIAL DATE SET FOR NEXT YEAR IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT. MICHAEL COMBS IS CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE…

BRISTOL VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING A BANK HOLDUP IN THE TRI CITIES. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AROUND 1:30, POLICE SAY A WHITE MAN ENTERED NEW PEOPLES BANK AT 75 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE AND…

Highway construction crews will knock off at noon on Wednesday for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and won’t resume work until the early morning hours of Dec. 1. Tennessee Transportation Commissioner…

A JONESBOROUGH TENNESSEE WOMAN ACCUSED OF OVERDOSING HERSELF AND HER INFANT SON HAS TURNED HERSELF INTO AUTHORITIES AND IS SET TO APPEAR IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT TODAY FOR ARRAIGNMENT. 29…

FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS HAVE RELEASED INFORMATION ON THE DEATH OF A BIG STONE GAP VIRGINIA COAL MINER THAT WAS KILLED EARLIER THIS YEAR. AUTHORITIES SAY AN ERROR IN BOLTING THE ROOF…

A FORMER HAWKINS COUNTY DOCTOR ACCUSED OF DRUG AND FRAUD CHARGES HAS PLED NOT GUILTY TO THE CRIME. 47 YEAR OLD JOHN HANCOCK IS CHARGED WITH HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND…

A MAN ACCUSED OF SETTING A HOUSE FIRE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE LAST MONTH HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO GRAND JURY. JOSHUA GILLIAM IS CHARGED WITH ARSON CONCERNING…

A MAN SUSPECTED OF CARJACKING AN EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT EARLIER THIS MONTH COULD BE BACK IN THE TRI CITIES THIS WEEK TO FACE FEDERAL CHARGES. DAVID LEE FORNEY…

A BRISTOL VIRGINIA MAN WHO POSED AS A PEST CONTROL EMPLOYEE IS IN TROUBLE AFTER ALLEGEDLY TAKING MONEY FROM A HOME. 37 YEAR OLD GEORGE PAGE IS CHARGED WITH THEFT…

A MAN ACCUSED OF SETTING A HOUSE FIRE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE LAST MONTH HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO GRAND JURY. JOSHUA GILLIAM IS CHARGED WITH ARSON CONCERNING…

A GATE CITY VIRGINIA DENTIST CONVICTED IN A BOATING ACCIDENT THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF ONE MAN AND INJURED ANOTHER HAS HAD HIS DENTAL LICENSE SUSPENDED. WRAY CHAFFIN WAS CONVICTED…

A GREENE COUNTY MAN IS FACING CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HIS PICKUP TRUCK STRUCK A MOBILE HOME AND KNOCKED IT OFF ITS FOUNDATION. 29 YEAR OLD ABRAHAM JOSHUA JONES WAS…