Author: News Staff

A recent report by a state research group shows most of the growth in Tennessee within the last 10 years remains concentrated among a small number of its counties. Specifically,…

AN ELIZABETHTON COMPANY WILL BE HANDING OUT PINK SLIPS TO SOME OF ITS EMPLOYEES. COMPANY OFFICIALS AT PRO-PLASTI HAVE CONFIRMED THEY’RE REDUCING THEIR WORKFORCE. THEIR PARENT COMPANY, MI WINDOWS AND…

A FAMOUS RAPPER FACING DRUG CHARGES IN KINGSPORT IS SET TO APPEAR IN COURT TODAY. RAPPER BRYAN BABY WILLIAMS, BEST KNOWN AS BIRDMAN, IS CHARGED WITH DRUG POSSESSION. THE CHARGE…

A HAWKINS COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF SHAKING HIS FOUR MONTH OLD BABY HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF THE CRIME AND ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS. 24 YEAR OLD RICHARD…

A MISTRIAL HAS BEEN DECLARED FOR AN ERWIN HEALTH CARE WORKER ACCUSED OF ABUSING AN ADULT PATIENT. 20 YEAR OLD ANDREW FOSTER WAS ARRESTED BY THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION…

A HEARING OFFICER WITH THE TENNESSEE BOARD OF PAROLES HAS DENIED EARLY RELEASE FOR A MAN CONVICTED OF VEHICULAR HOMICIDE IN A FIERY DRAG RACING CRASH IN JOHNSON CITY IN…

A VIRGINIA MAN WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF A BLUFF CITY MAN HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION’S TOP TEN MOST WANTED FUGITIVES LIST. 31…

NINE WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS AND A TENNESSEE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIER WHO DIED WITH HIS ERWIN UNIT WILL BE HONORED THIS WEEKEND. IN FACT, THE ARMORY IN ERWIN WILL…

GREENE COUNTY POLICE SAY A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT HAS CLAIMED THE LIVES OF TWO BROTHERS WHO ATTENDED WEST GREENE HIGH SCHOOL. THE ACCIDENT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF 16 YEAR OLD…

A JUDGE’S ORDER WILL KEEP A KINGSPORT DRUG SUSPECT BEHIND BARS FOR A WHILE LONGER. JIMMY SWAFFORD IS CHARGED WITH DRUG CONSPIRACY. THE CHARGES STEM FROM AN INVESTIGATION INTO A…

A SULLIVAN COUNTY SCHOOL TEACHER, ACCUSED OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH A STUDENT, HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FROM HIS JOB WITH PAY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 34 YEAR OLD JOE SEAGROVES IS A…

THE OWNERS OF A POPULAR KINGSPORT RESTAURANT HAVE ANNOUNCED THEY PLAN TO CLOSE THEIR BUSINESS, BUT WON’T SAY WHY. COOTIE BROWN’S IS SHUTTING DOWN IT’S EAST STONE COMMONS LOCATION THIS…

TWO HAWKINS COUNTY MEN ARE BEHIND BARS FACING ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES. 28 YEAR OLD KENNETH BARE AND 29 YEAR OLD MICHAEL ROBINETTE ARE ACCUSED OF STABBING RANDALL STEWART IN THE…

A BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A COUNTY MAN ON 261 COUNTS RELATED TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. ADAM STEWART YOUNG IS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF CHILD…

A COMPANY AND ITS EMPLOYEE HAVE ADMITTED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN BIG STONE GAP, TO VIOLATING THE FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT. ROBERT CLEAR COAL CORPORATION PLED GUILTY…

A NEW COURT DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR A SULLIVAN COUNTY COUPLE ACCUSED IN A CRASH IN WHICH A TEN YEAR OLD WAS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN DRIVING. RANDY LEWIS…

TWO JOHNSON CITY RESIDENTS ARE IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW FOR ALLEGEDLY BURGLARIZING A BUILDING IN THE CITY. 32 YEAR OLD LONNIE BAWGUS AND 32 YEAR OLD MICHELLE ST. PIERRE…

A SULLIVAN COUNTY GENERAL SESSIONS COURT JUDGE HAS REDUCED THE BOND FOR A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO INTIMIDATE A WITNESS. JAMES SWAFFORD JR. IS CHARGED WITH EXTORTION, RETALIATION…

A ROGERSVILLE MAN ACCUSED OF VIOLENTLY SHAKING HIS FOUR MONTH OLD DAUGHTER LAST YEAR HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF THE CRIME. IT TOOK A HAWKINS COUNTY JURY LESS THAN AN…

A HAWKINS COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF DRAGGING A MULE BEHIND HIS TRUCK IS FREE ON BOND. 28 YEAR OLD HARRY RICHMOND IS CHARGED WITH DUI FOURTH OFFENSE, DRIVING ON REVOKED…

FUNDS TO REBUILD A SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA LANDMARK DESTROYED BY FIRE COULD BE ON THE HORIZON. THE LENOWISCO PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION HAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO ASK THE COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD TO…

EARLY VOTING GETS UNDERWAY TODAY IN TENNESSEE. PEOPLE WILL HEAD TO THE POLLS TO ELECT A U.S. PRESIDENT, U.S. CONGRESSMAN, AND U.S. SENATOR. ALSO, STATE HOUSE AND SENATE ELECTIONS ARE…