COALFIELD EXPRESSWAY UNDERGOING FINAL PHASE
OFFICIALS WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES ARE PREDICTING, THE FIRST SECTION OF THE PROPOSED COALFIELDS EXPRESSWAY COULD BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT TWO YEARS. THE TWO…
NORTHEAST TENNESSEE COUNTIES TO GET ASSISTANCE
GOVERNOR PHIL BREDESEN HAS REQUESTED A FEDERAL DESIGNATION OF AGRICULTURAL DISASTER FOR 28 TENNESSEE COUNTIES INCLUDING THE TRI CITES BECAUSE OF CROP AND LIVESTOCK LOSSES RESULTING FROM DROUGHT. AMONG THE…
CLINTWOOD, VA. MAN FOUND GUILTY
A SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT JURY HAS FOUND A CLINTWOOD VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF HOLDING UP A KINGSPORT DRUG STORE NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO GUILTY. 31 YEAR OLD SAMMY STILNER…
SEARCHING FOR ASSAULT SUSPECTS
ELIZABETHTON POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO MALE SUSPECTS WHO ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED A WOMAN WHO WAS RUNNING NEAR THE WALKING TRAIL OF SYCAMORE SHOALS STATE PARK.THE SUSPECTS WERE DESCRIBED AS WHITE…
COUNTIES ASKING FOR FEDERAL HELP
GOVERNOR PHIL BREDESEN HAS REQUESTED A FEDERAL DESIGNATION OF AGRICULTURAL DISASTER FOR 28 TENNESSEE COUNTIES INCLUDING THE TRI CITES BECAUSE OF CROP AND LIVESTOCK LOSSES RESULTING FROM DROUGHT. AMONG THE…
LOCAL STUDENT HAS CONTRACTED MENINGITIS
A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA STUDENT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH MENINGITIS. THE CHILD, WHOSE NAME IS NOT BEING RELEASED, HAS HAD HER CASE REPORTED TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. ACCORDING…
TOSHA STILL INVESTIGATING DEATHS
THE TENNESSEE OCCUPATION SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION IS CONTINUING TO PROBE THE DEATHS OF TWO MOSHEIM TOWN EMPLOYEES KILLED ON THE JOB IN JULY. 21 YEAR OLD JEREMY GOFORTH AND…
THINGS BACK TO NORMAL AT KINGSPORT MALL
THINGS ARE BACK TO NORMAL AT THE KINGSPORT TOWN CENTER AFTER A PARTIAL POWER OUTAGE AND SUSPECTED ELECTRICAL FIRE FORCED THE FORMER FORT HENRY MALL TO BE EVACUATED AND CLOSED…
KINGSPORT ANIMAL SHELTER IN TROUBLE
WITH A TIGHT ECONOMY AND DONORS CONTRIBUTING LESS THESE DAYS, THE KINGSPORT ANIMAL SHELTER IS FACING A FUNDING DEFICIT WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME CHANGES AT THE FACILITY. THE SHELTER…
JOHNSON CITY MAN CHARGED WITH ROBBERY
A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF ROBBING AND ASSAULTING ANOTHER MAN AT A CITY HOME LAST WEEK WILL BE ARRAIGNED TODAY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. 23 YEAR…
HAWKINS COUNTY LEADERS VOTE NOT TO CUT FUNDING
THE HAWKINS COUNTY COMMISSION HAS VOTED TO RESTORE FUNDING TO COUNTY EMERGENCY WORKERS. COUNTY LEADERS HAD DECIDED EARLIER TO CUT TEN PERCENT FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES, BUT LAST NIGHT, THEY CHANGED…
GREENE COUNTY FIRE SUSPICIOUS
GREENE COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING A HOUSE FIRE OVER THE WEEKEND AS SUSPICIOUS AFTER JUST A WEEK BEFORE, A YOUNG BOY WAS WOUNDED IN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING AT THE SAME…
GIBSON TRIAL UNDERWAY IN TAZEWELL COUNTY
TESTIMONY WILL RESUME THIS MORNING IN TAZEWELL COUNTY VIRGINIA CIRCUIT COURT IN THE TRIAL OF A FLORIDA MAN ACCUSED OF FATALLY STABBING A CLINTWOOD MAN LAST YEAR. ANTHONY GIBSON IS…
TWO WISE COUNTY WOMEN INDICTED
A WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED TWO FORMER EMPLOYEES OF THE WISE SKILLS CENTER ON EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES. FORMER SKILLS DIRECTOR BRIDGET LIVESAY IS CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF…
FORMER EMPLOYEES INDICTED
A WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED TWO FORMER EMPLOYEES OF THE WISE SKILLS CENTER ON EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES. FORMER SKILLS DIRECTOR BRIDGET LIVESAY IS CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF…
SHORTAGE OF ROAD SALT IN KSPT.
KINGSPORT OFFICIALS HAVE LEARNED IT’S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE TO PURCHASE ROAD SALT THIS YEAR. IN FACT, FIGURES SUGGEST ROAD SALE WILL COST THREE TIMES WHAT IT…
WOMAN ACCUSED IN MURDER SET TO APPEAR IN COURT TODAY
A CHUCKEY TENNESSEE WOMAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A MAN EARLIER THIS YEAR WILL BE ARRAIGNED TODAY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT. 39 YEAR OLD BRENDA BOLTON IS CHARGED WITH…
SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT CLAIMS ONE
A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF AN ELIZABETHTON MAN. ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, 40 YEAR OLD JEFFREY SCOTT OLLIS…
SHARKY 500 AT BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY
THERE’S ANOTHER RACE AT BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY THIS YEAR BUT THIS ONE INVOLVES SHARKS. THE INAUGURAL SHARKY 500 WON’T BE RUN ON THE HIGH BANKS OF BRISTOL AND IT WON’T…
SEARCH CONTINUES FOR FORTNER
THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS STILL ASKING FOR YOUR HELP IN TRYING TO LOCATE A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE STABBING DEATH, EARLIER THIS MONTH, OF A BLUFF CITY…
ROGERSVILLE MAN ACCUSED OF MAKING UP ROBBERY
A ROGERSVILLE MAN ACCUSED OF MAKING UP A ROBBERY STORY LAST WEEK IS NOW BEHIND BARS HIMSELF. 26 YEAR OLD RICKY DAVIS IS CHARGED WITH FILING A FALSE POLICE REPORT…
CHARGES PENDING FROM MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT
CHARGES ARE PENDING FOLLOWING A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH IN JOHNSON CITY OVER THE WEEKEND THAT LEFT A BRISTOL VIRGINIA MAN AND WOMAN SERIOUSLY INJURED. POLICE SAID JOHNNY FARMER WAS DRIVING…