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A FEDERAL JURY IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN ABINGDON HAS CONVICTED TWO MEMBERS OF A COCAINE AND CRACK COCAINE TRAFFICKING RING FOLLOWING A TWO YEAR INVESTIGATION. A JURY FOUND 46…

If you plan to vote on November 4th, be careful what you wear to the polls. The State Board of Elections on Tuesday adopted a ban on clothing, hats, buttons…

FORMER U.S.SENATE MAJORITY LEADER DR. BILL FRIST WILL BE PAYING A VISIT TO ROGERSVILLE THIS WEEK. HE’LL BE APPEARING TOMORROW NIGHT AS A SPECIAL GUEST AT A FUNDRAISER IN SUPPORT…

BRISTOL TENNESSEE BASED KING PHARMACEUTICALS HAS EXTENDED ITS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TENDER OFFER FOR ALL OUTSTANDING SHARES OF ALPHARMA INCORPORATED. THE OFFER WILL LAST THROUGH 5 P.M. ON NOVEMBER 21ST. ON…

A WELL KNOWN KINGSPORT BUSINESS HAS ANNOUNCED IT WILL BE CLOSING IT’S DOORS SOON. HOLSTON BUILDERS SUPPLY HAS ANNOUNCED IT WILL SHUTDOWN FOR GOOD AND LAY OFF IT’S REMAINING 16…

THE GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR A BANDIT THAT HELD UP A LOCAL CONVENIENCE STORE. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE VALERO MARKET ON HIGHWAY…

Mine operator Alpha Natural Resources has sold its stake in a lime manufacturer and a block of eastern Kentucky coal reserves. Abingdon, Va.-based Alpha said Monday the deals should result…

A LARGE SCALE DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN BROKEN UP IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE. THE ONE DAY INVESTIGATION BEGAN WITH A TRAFFIC STOP BY A COUNTY DEPUTY AFTER OBSERVING ONE…

THE WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE DISCOVERY OF A BODY FOUND IN AN ABANDONED HOUSE. ACCORDING TO SHERIFF FRED NEWMAN, THE BODY WAS DISCOVERED…

A HAWKINS COUNTY TEEN HAS ADMITTED TO SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A FIVE YEAR OLD GIRL. 19 YEAR OLD DANIEL ROBERT MCCLELLAN JR. PLED GUILTY TO ATTEMPTED RAPE OF A CHILD. A…

A GRAY TENNESSEE MAN CONVICTED IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF ANOTHER MAN IN SULLIVAN COUNTY HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS. 31 YEAR OLD BRYAN KEITH GOOD WAS…

A COCKE COUNTY MAN IS DEAD TODAY AFTER THE ULTRALITE AIRCRAFT HE WAS PILOTING CRASHED ON TAKEOFF IN GREENE COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND. AUTHORITIES HAVE IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM AS 46…

Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s campaign has ousted a prominent Southwest Virginia GOP figure after he wrote a racially offensive newspaper column mocking a potential Obama administration. A McCain spokeswoman…

A BLUFF CITY MAN IS BEHIND BARS IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY GOT INTO AN ALTERCATION WITH A WOMAN. A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE WARRANT WAS SERVED ON 29 YEAR…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN CONVICTED IN THE DEATH OF ANOTHER MAN AT A CITY MOTEL HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SERVE TIME BEHIND BARS. JASON AUSTIN WAS FOUND GUILTY OF SECOND…

A BLUFF CITY MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY GOT INTO AN ALTERCATION WITH A WOMAN NEAR BLUFF CITY. ACCORDING TO THE VICTIM, 29 YEAR OLD BRANDON JONES GOT…

THE CITY OF JOHNSON CITY HAS RECEIVED NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR ITS WATER AND SEWER SERVICE. THE CITY RECENTLY RECEIVED TWO PLATIMUM PEAK PERFORMANCE AWARDS FROM THE NATIIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CLEAN…

THREE MEN ACCUSED OF KILLING A KINGSPORT TEEN HAVE ENTERED NOT GUILTY PLEAS IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. 19 YEAR OLD ASHTON PHILIP, 19 YEAR OLD ALDEAN BOWMAN, AND 18…

JOHNSON CITY POLICE HAVE CHARGED A KINGSPORT MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A DEADLY CRASH EARLIER THIS WEEK. 31 YEAR OLD TRAVIS HENSLEY IS CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR HOMICIDE, FELONY RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT…

ELIZABETHTON CITY LEADERS HAVE SIGNED A DEAL TO GET THEIR WATER FROM THE WATAUGA RIVER AUTHORITY. THE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND IS WORTH ABOUT FIVE MILLION…

EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY BASED IN KINGSPORT IS HOPING TO BEAT WALL STREET EXPECTATIONS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF THE YEAR. THE COMPANY HAS ANNOUNCED EARNINGS PER SHARE ARE EXPECTED TO…

THE CASE OF A MAN ACCUSED OF VICIOUSLY ATTACKING A WOMAN AS SHE JOGGED IN UNICOI COUNTY HAS BEEN BOUND OVER TO A UNICOI COUNTY GRAND JURY. 21 YEAR OLD…