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THE U.S COURT OF APPEALS IN CINCINNATI HAS UPHELD THE DRUG AND FIREARMS CONVICTION OF A FORMER LIMESTONE DAIRY FARMER. A THREE-JUDGE APPEALS COURT PANEL AFFIRMED THE 40 YEAR PRISON…

FOR THE SECOND TIME IN RECENT DAYS, TWO VIRGINIA MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION INTO NUMEROUS CATALYTIC CONVERT THEFTS IN THE TRI CITI CITIES. JOHNSON CITY AUTHORITIES 31…

AN EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL TEACHER HAS RESIGNED AMID ALLEGATIONS OF STUDENTS DRINKING ON A SCHOOL TRIP. CHRISTY LAWRENCE WAS A SPECIAL ED TEACHER AT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL. SHE WAS…

A TAZEWELL COUNTY VIRGINIA WOMAN WILL BE SPENDING A LONG TIME BEHIND BARS AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATH OF A LOCAL MAN. 32 YEAR OLD…

A SULLIVAN COUNTY MAN HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SERVE TIME BEHIND BARS AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO FIRARMS RELATED CHARGES. 55 YEAR OLD DANIEL HENRY LANE, JR. WAS SENTENCED TO 15…

Johnson City police say a mother already on probation for attempted child neglect has been charged with leaving her 3-year-old barricaded in a bedroom while she went to a bar.…

KINGSPORT POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR A MAN WANTED IN A SHOOTING SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. 30 YEAR OLD SHAMARKUS MASON IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER, POSSESSION OF A…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN WHO PLED GUILTY TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME IN PRISON. 26 YEAR OLD CHARLES BRADLEY WAS SENTENCED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT…

A FORMER DAMASCUS VIRGINIA POLICE CHIEF HAS PLEAD NO CONTEST TO TWO DRUG-RELATED CHARGES IN WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA CIRCUIT COURT. TONY RICHARDSON ENTERED THE PLEA TO CHARGES THAT HE SOLD…

EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT DR. PAUL STANTON, JR. HAS WITHDRAWN HIS RETIREMENT. THAT MEAN’S HE WILL BE STAYING ON AS THE SCHOOL’S PRESIDENT. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE BY TENNESSEE…

A SULLIVAN COUNTY MAN HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SERVE TIME BEHIND BARS AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO FIRARMS RELATED CHARGES. 55 YEAR OLD DANIEL HENRY LANE, JR. WAS SENTENCED TO 15…

THE CLOCK IS TICKING IN GREENE COUNTY FOR SOMETHING TO BE DONE TO DEAL WITH OVERCROWDING AT ITS JAIL OR FACE DECERTIFICATION. THE STATE HAS IMPLEMENTED A DECEMBER 3RD DEADLINE…

Johnson City police say a mother already on probation for attempted child neglect has been charged with leaving her 3-year-old barricaded in a bedroom while she went to a bar.…

A WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A BIG STONE GAP MAN OVER 21 YEARS AGO HAS HAD HIS TRIAL CONTINUED UNTIL NEXT YEAR. JOHN TERRY IS CHARGED WITH…

THE INVESTIGATION INTO A SHOOTING IN SULLIVAN COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND IS CONTINUING. 42 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER MORRISON WAS FOUND OUTSIDE OF HIS HOME ON MILL CREEK ROAD EARLY SATURDAY…

AN INDEPENDENT PROSECUTOR’S INVESTIGATION HAS CLEARED A SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY OF ANY WRONGDOING IN THE FATAL SHOOTING OF A SUSPECT IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED DEPUTY…

A report by the office of the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury accuses longtime Surgoinsville official Hanes Cooper of misappropriating funds. He’s accused of taking more than 65-Thousand Dollars since…

THE WIFE OF A FORMER U.S. SENATOR IS COMING TO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA THIS WEEK TO STUMP FOR DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL BARACK OBAMA. ETHEL KENNEDY, THE WIDOW OF ROBERT KENNEDY, IS…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN CONVICTED OF RAPING HIS FORMER WIFE LAST YEAR HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SERVE TIME IN PRISON. JUDGE ROB MONTGOMERY SENTENCED 48 YEAR OLD DOUG YOUNG TO…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN HAS BEEN ORDERED TO PRISON AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF THE AGGRAVATED RAPE OF HIS NOW EX-WIFE. 48 YEAR OLD DOUG YOUNG MUST SERVE 22 YEARS IN…

A KINGSPORT BUSINESS OWNER ACCUSED OF KILLING AN ELIZABETHTON MAN EARLIER THIS YEAR HAS BEEN ARRESTED BY THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. ON APRIL 11TH, A SHOOTING OCCURRED ON MORELAND…

KINGSPORT POLICE HAVE ARRESTED TWO JUVENILES AND A CITY MAN FOLLOWING A ROBBERY AT THE RESIDENCE OF A CITY MAN. GENE HAMMONDS TOLD POLICE HE WAS AWAKENED BY A KNOCK…