Author: News Staff

The City Of Kingsport Has Been Recognized For Its Efforts In Preparing Its Budget In Accordance With Strict Federal And State Guidelines. The Government Finance Officers Association Has Acknowledged The…

Kingsport Leaders Will Gather In A Work Session This Afternoon And One Of The Topics Will Be The Controversial Red Light Camera System. It’s Been Nearly Three Years Since Redflex…

Tri Cities Regional Airport Officials Are Weighing Their Options With Other Carriers Following The Loss Of Service To Cincinnati. Earlier This Week, Delta Announced It Is Ending Service To The…

The construction of a massive coal-fired power plant has brought more than 1,300 workers to far southwest Virginia. They are helping build the Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center in St.…

A Dungannon Virginia Woman Has Been Arrested Following A Stabbing Earlier This Week In Scott County. 49 Year Old Debra Ann Banks Is Charged With Attempted Second Degree Murder For…

A Popular Kingsport Country Club Is Reportedly Filing For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Reorganization Next Month. First Community Bank Of East Tennessee Ran A Notice In The Kingport Times News Announcing…

Two Washington County Virginia Women Are Dead Today After A Freak Accident. According To The Virginia State Police, 39 Year Old Theresa Bullen And 44 Year Old (De’ Awn)Deaun Brockmyer…

Area Shriners Are Upset At The Unicoi County Chamber Of Commerce Due To Actions Taken This Weekend At The Erwin Christmas Parade. Apparently The Chamber Has Instituted A New Policy…

Several Blazes Around Northeast Tennessee Are Under Control. Firefighters In Washington, Sullivan And Carter Counties All Responded To Four Different Brush Fires Overnight. The Blazes Were Located Near The Herb…

Tis’ The Shopping Season. Folks Got Up Early This Morning And Made Long Lines At Many Stores In Hopes Of Getting A Great Bargain. Today Is Known As Black Friday…

Johnson City Has Been Voted One Of The Best Places To Raise A Child. That According To Business Week Magazine’s Fourth Annual Survey Of Such Things. Local Economic Development Professionals…

A Bristol Virginia Man Accused Of Having Sexually Explicit Pictures Of Children Is Free On Bond. 28 Year Old Darin Steele Is Charged With One Count Of Production, Financing Or…

The Search Is On For A Missing North Carolina Woman With Ties To The Tri-Cities. Deana Schermerhorn Was Last Seen By Family Members November 8th At Her Home In Seven…

A Bristol Virginia Couple Is Upset Over A Recent Decision By The City Council To Allow Bristol Virginia Utilities To Separate Itself. Lonnie And Jeannette Whitley Have Filed A Suit…

Virginia State Police Found More Than Turkey And The Trimmings When They Stopped A Vehicle Over The Holiday While Traveling On Interstate 81. Authorities Discovered A Pound Of Cocaine In…

OCTOBER UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS FOR THE TRI-CITIES ARE IN. KINGSPORT’S JOBLESS RATE ROSE TO 9.7 PERCENT, WHILE JOHNSON CITY’S STOOD UNCHANGED AT 8.5 PERCENT. BRISTOL’S RATE DROPPED TO 8.8 PERCENTAGE POINTS.…

A Sullivan County Grand Jury Has Indicted A Former Tri Cities Bail Bondman On Theft Charges. Jeffery Wayne Thompson Of Kingsport Was Employed By A-Xcell Bonding Company And Is Accused…

Officials Are Blaming Poor Visibility On A Two Vehicle Wreck In Weber City Yesterday That Sent Eight People To The Hospital And Shut Down All Four Lanes Of Traffic On…

The Kingsport Police Department has gone paperless in favor of digital. Handheld personal digital assistants went live this month. Sgt. Joe Earls says every type of report is now filled…

So Everyone Can Celebrate The Joy Of Thanksgiving With A Hot Meal, Tri Cities Salvation Armies Are Preparing To Serve Dinner To The Homeless And Those In Need This Year.…

A Johnson City Boy Accused Of Killing His Mother Has Had His Juvenile Hearing Reset. 17 Year Old Codey Miller Is Charged With Felony Murder And Abuse Of A Corpse…

Three Greene County People Accused In Connection With The Shooting Death Of A County Man And The Wounding Of His Wife Have Had Their Cases Bound Over To A Grand…