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A ROGERSVILLE TEEN WILL BE TRIED AS AN ADULT FOR A WRECK THAT HAPPENED WHEN HE WAS 16 YEARS OLD. HAWKINS COUNTY JUVENILE JUDGE JAMES TAYLOR RULED THAT JOSHUA JUNIOR…

CITING THE NEED TO IMPROVE A CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF PHYSICIANS IN THE TRI CITIES AREA, KING COLLEGE ANNOUNCED PLANS YESTERDAY TO OPERATE ITS OWN MEDICAL SCHOOL TO BE OPENED BY…

A FIRST FOR AN AIRLINE CARRIER WHICH OPEATES OUT OF TRI CITIES REGIONAL AIRPORT. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, ALLEGIANT AIR CELEBRATED ITS FIRST FLIGHT TO ST. PETERSBURG/CLEARWATER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. AIRPORT MARKETING DIRECTOR…

A MAN SUSPECTED OF CARJACKING AN EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT LAST WEEK COULD BE BACK IN THE TRI CITIES AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK TO FACE FEDERAL CHARGES. DAVID…

A KINGSPORT GIRL REPORTED MISSING EARLIER THIS WEEK HAS BEEN FOUND UNHARMED. THE MOTHER OF 18 YEAR OLD SARA ELIZABETH CURRIE HAD REPORTED HER MISSING FROM THE SALVATION ARMY SHELTER…

The way Unicoi County officials see it, increases in the litigation fee the courts charge are sort of a user tax. Two increases this year have upped the cost of…

THE CONDITION OF A SKATEBOARDER THAT WAS HIT BY A PICKUP TRUCK IN GREENEVILLE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL IS INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED LAST…

THE WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ANNOUNCED THE ROLL OUT OF A NEW SERVICE THAT WILL KEEP VICTIM’S OF CRIMES ALERT. VINE IS A NEW FREE NOTIFICATION PROGRAM THAT…

THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL OF LEAN CUISINE DINNERS. NESTLE IS RECALLING 800-THOUSAND POUNDS OF FROZEN CHICKEN DINNERS. THE MEALS INCLUDE SOME PESTO CHICKEN WITH BOW TIE PASTA, CHICKEN MEDITERRANEAN…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO STAB ANOTHER MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY. 20 YEAR OLD DONALD JOHNSON IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE…

A TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCK DRIVER FROM MANCHESTER, TENNESSEE, WAS TAKEN TO A TRI CITIES HOSPITAL AFTER THE TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING RAN OFF INTERSTATE 81 NEAR COLONIAL HEIGHTS. THE ACCIDENT…

IT WAS A TIME FOR SMILES, LAUGHS AND JUST PLAIN EXCITEMENT FOR SEVERAL FAMILIES WHO WELCOMED HOME SOLDIERS FROM THE 776TH MAINTENANCE COMPANY OUT OF ELIZABETHTON. THE NEARLY 40 TROOPS…

THE OWNER OF A TRI CITIES MEXICAN RESTAURANT CHAIN IS FACING TAX EVASION CHARGES. 53 YEAR OLD GONZALO MORALEZ, PRESIDENT OF LA CARRETTA MEXICAN RESTAURANTS, HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A…

ELIZABETHTON HAS A NEW MAYOR. CURT ALEXANDER HAS BEEN SELECTED TO GOVERN THE CITY. ALEXANDER WAS THE ONLY PERSON NOMINATED FOR THE SEAT. SEVEN PEOPLE SERVE ON THE CITY COUNCIL.…

TWO INMATES AT A FEDERAL PRISON IN LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAVE BEEN GIVEN ADDITIONAL PRISON TIME FOR ASSAULTING ANOTHER FEDERAL INMATE. 30 YEAR OLD RONNIE VAUGHN AND 31 YEAR OLD…

OFFICIALS AT A SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA BUSINESS THAT CAUGHT FIRE THIS WEEK PLAN TO REOPEN THIS MORNING. THE BLAZE HAPPENED YESTERDAY MORNING AT A STORAGE FACILITY AT DYNO NOBLE IN…

A ROGERSVILLE MAN ACCUSED OF RUNNING OVER A WOMAN’S HEAD WITH HIS PICKUP TRUCK IS BEHIND BARS. 46 YEAR OLD GERGORY LEAKE IS CHARGED WITH LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN…

POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF ROBBING A KINGSPORT CREDIT UNION. POLICE SAID A MAN ROBBED THE APPALACHIAN CREDIT UNION ON OCTOBER 31ST. THEY HAVE ADDED…

SEVERAL TRI CITIES FAMILIES ARE RECEIVING THE BEST HOLIDAY GIFT EVER. 100 MEMBERS OF THE 776TH MAINTENANCE COMPANY WILL COME HOME BEFORE BEING SENT TO IRAQ. 50 GUARDSMEN WILL RETURN…

THE KINGSPORT BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMAN HAS APPROVED A PLAN TO ISSUE JUST OVER 34 MILLION DOLLARS IN BONDS FOR A SERIES OF PROJECTS. THE BMA AUTHORIZED THE BOND…

WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO MASKED MEN WHO ALLEGEDLY ROBBED A JONESBORO MAN AFTER FORCING HIS VEHICLE OFF THE ROADWAY. ACCORDING TO SHERIFF ED GRAYBEAL, THE MAN…

KINGSPORT POLICE ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN LOCATING A MISSING TEENAGER. 18 YEAR OLD SARA ELIZABETH CURRIE HAS BEEN REPORTED MISSING OR ENDANGERED BY HER MOTHER, JANET WARD,…