Author: News Staff

A HAWKSIN COUNTY TEENAGER IS MISSING. 15 YEAR OLD EMILY CLAGG OF SURGOINSVILLE IS CONSIDERED AN ENDANGERED RUNAWAY. SHE’S DESCRIBED AS A WHITE FEMALE, WITH BROWN HAIR WHICH MAY BE…

OFFICIALS SAY A SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA EXPLOSIVES FACILITY THAT CAUGHT FIRE THIS WEEK IS EXPECTED TO REOPEN ON WEDNESDAY. THE BLAZE HAPPENED TUESDAY MORNING AT A STORAGE FACILITY OPERATED BY…

GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS AS SALES TAX COLLECTIONS CONTINUE TO GROW IN KINGSPORT. MODEL CITY SALES TAX COLLECTIONS ARE UP ALMOST NINE PERCENT IN THE NOVEMBER REPORT REPRESENTING SEPTEMBER SALES. COLLECTIONS…

SOME OF UNICOI COUNTY’S TOP INVESTIGATORS ARE IN MISSOURI TODAY TO TESTIFY AGAINST THE MOST ELUSIVE FUGITIVE IN THE COUNTY’S HISTORY. DARRELL TIPTON IS ON TRIAL IN SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI FOR…

AGENTS OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL DRUG TASK FORCE HAVE ARRESTED TWO NEW YORK MEN ON DRUG CHARGES AND FOR BEING FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE. 44 YEAR OLD ANTHONY WATTS AND 39…

THE LABOR MARKET IN THE TRI CITIES METRO AREA TOOK A DOWNTURN DURING THE THIRD QUARTER. THAT ACCORDING TO DR. STEB HIPPLE WITH THE EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF…

THE SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMISSION IS OPPOSING JOHNSON CITY’S ANNEXATION OF A FOOD CITY STORE BEING BUILT IN PINEY FLATS. COUNTY MAYOR STEVE GODSEY SAID HIS OFFICE HAS YET TO BE…

FOUR PEOPLE ACCUSED IN SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF INTIMIDATION AND VIOLENCE ARE BEHIND BARS. SEAN LYONS AND TERRY MOORE WERE ARRESTED OVER THE WEEKEND IN IOWA. LYONS AND EVELYN WOREX ARE…

Cliffs Natural Resources has called off its proposed $3.3 billion takeover of coal producer Alpha Natural Resources based in Abingdon Virginia. Cliffs announced what it called a joint decision to…

GOOD NEWS FOR CUSTOMERS OF BRISTOL VIRGINIA UTILITIES. YOU’RE GOING TO SEE YOUR ELECTRIC RATES GO DOWN BY ABOUT 4.5 PERCENT. BVU SAYS THE REDUCTION IS THE RESULT OF A…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF CARJACKING AN EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT LAST WEEK HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CALIFORNIA. 38 YEAR OLD DAVID FORNEY II IS CHARGED WITH CARJACKING…

A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND IN JOHNSON CITY HAS LANDED A CITY MAN IN JAIL. 39 YEAR OLD JERRY HARWOOD IS CHARGED WITH FELONY AGGRAVATED DOMESTIC ASSAULT. THE…

AN ACCIDENT AT A GREENEVILLE COMPANY OVER THE WEEKEND HAS LEFT A WORKER SERIOUSLY INJURED. ACCORDING TO THE GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, A WORKER WAS TRAPPED BETWEEN A FRONT END…

TWO GREENE COUNTY MEN FACING VARIOUS CHARGES HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN IOWA. TERRY MOORE OF MOSHEIM IS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A WEAPON BY A CONVICTED FELON. SEAN LYONS, ALSO…

TWO BRISTOL VIRGINIA MEN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO EXTORT MONEY FROM A MOUNTAIN CITY BUSINESSMAN HAVE A TRIAL DATE SET FOR NEXT YEAR IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. 44…

A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE COMPANY IS EXPECTED TO ADD MORE PEOPLE BY NEXT SPRING TO ITS ALREADY 570-STRONG WORK FORCE. OFFICIALS WITH TPI CORPORATION SAID A SHUTDOWN OF A NORTHWEST…

IT HAS BEEN A DEADLY WEEK FOR TEENS IN THE TRI CITIES. THE LATEST OCCURRED IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE WHEN 18 YEAR OLD ROBERT SHANE GOOD OF AFTON WAS KILLED…

CHURCH HILL POLICE ARE WARNING RESIDENTS TO BEWARE OF POSSIBLE CON MEN WORKING IN THE AREA. CHIEF MARK JOHNSON SAID HIS DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED REPORTS OF MEN CANVASSING THE AREA…

THE CO-OWNER OF A KINGSPORT NIGHTCLUB HAS BEEN GIVEN PROBATION FOR RUNNING A GAMBLING OPERATION IN THE CITY. DONNIE GODSEY WAS GIVEN SIX MONTHS OF PROBATION AND ORDERED TO PERFORM…

A FORMER SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA FUNERAL HOME DIRECTOR ACCUSED OF DEFRAUDING 17 PEOPLE WILL SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS. ANTHONY ROBBINS WAS SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN JAIL AND TEN YEARS…

AN ERWIN PLANT COULD BE CLOSER TO ADDING MORE JOBS SOON. THE UNICOI COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD HAS PLACED NN BALL AND ROLLER CLOSER TO SELLING SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN…

For 14 years, race fans have flocked to Victory Lane Racing in Abingdon Virginia, the region’s last independently owned NASCAR-themed store. But that will end in January, when the store…