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FEWER VIRGINIANS ARE EXPECTED TO TRAVEL THIS UPCOMING FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THAT’S ACCORDING TO TRIPLE A MID-ATLANTIC. THEY PROJECT THE NUMBER OF TRAVELERS TO DROP WHEN COMPARED TO…

A NEW TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR AN ERWIN HEALTH CARE WORKER ACCUSED OF ABUSING AN ADULT PATIENT. 20 YEAR OLD ANDREW FOSTER WAS ARRESTED BY THE TENENSSEE BUREAU…

AFTER SIX YEARS, MULTIPLE ATTORNEYS AND DOZENS OF MOTIONS, ACCUSED DOUBLE MURDERER HOWARD HAWK WILLIS IS NO CLOSER TO GOING TO TRIAL THAN HE WAS IN 2002. WILLIS WAS SCHEDULED…

A SECOND DAY OF TESTIMONY IS SCHEDULED TOP GET UNDERWAY TODAY IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE IN THE TRIAL OF A BLOUNTVILLE WOMAN ACCUSED OF OPERATING A PUPPY SELLING…

Construction is under way on Dominion Virginia Power’s $1.8 billion coal-fired power plant in Wise county Virginia. Dominion began construction Monday afternoon on the 585-megawatt power plant. The utility says…

AN ELIZABETHTON MAN WHOSE FIRST DEGREE MURDER TRIAL ENDED IN A HUNG JURY IS HOPEFUL DNA ON A CIGARETTE BUTT AT THE CRIME SCENE WILL SHED NEW LIGHT ON HIS…

A KINGSPORT MAN FACING FEDERAL CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. THE FBI AND THE WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE SHERIFF’S OFFFICE ARRESTED 37 YEAR OLD…

A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE PLANT HAS ANNOUNCED MORE LAYOFFS. THE BUSH HOG PLANT IN JONESBOROUGH LAID OFF SEVERAL DOZEN EMPLOYEES LAST MONTH AND THREE MORE THIS MONTH. COMPANY OFFICIALS SAID…

YET ANOTHER DELAY IN THE LONG-AWAITED TRIAL OF A GEORGIA MAN CHARGED WITH DOUBLE MURDER. TRIAL FOR HOWARD HAWK WILLIS, WHICH WAS TO HAVE STARTED IN JUST OVER A WEEK,…

BLUFF CITY POLICE HAVE MADE ONE ARREST AND HAVE ISSUED A WARRANT FOR A SECOND PERSON IN CONNECTION WITH A RECENT RASH OF CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS INCLUDING SOME FROM SEIZED…

SOME POSSIBLE BAD ECONOMIC NEWS. A CLEVELAND, OHIO BASED COMPANY COULD BE SHUTTING DOWN ITS GREENEVILLE TENNESSEE PLANT PUTTING SOME PEOPLE OUT OF WORK LATER THIS YEAR. OFFICIALS WITH AMERICAN…

A SHOOTING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE OVER THE WEEKEND HAS LEFT ONE PERSON INJURED. ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, 26 YEAR OLD JON VAZQUEZ WAS SITTING ON THE HOOD OF…

Cocke County Tennessee authorities said singer Bobby Brown was examined at a hospital after he was involved in a minor car crash during filming of a reality show in rural…

MORE THAN TEN MILLION DOLLARS IS BEING GIVEN TO VIRGINIA COMMUNITIES FROM THE STATE’S DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. SCOTT COUNTY AND THE TOWN OF GATE CITY WILL BE GETTING SOME OF…

A ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING THE WHEREABOUTS OF A MAN ACCUSED IN THE ROBBERY AND MURDER OF A KINGSPORT CANDLE SHOP OWNER AND ANOTHER…

A CHUCKEY TENNESSEE MAN IS ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING A MENTALLY CHALLENGED PATIENT WHOM HE WAS ENTRUSTED TO CARE FOR AT THE TIME. JOHNSON CITY POLICE CHARGED 48 YEAR OLD JOHN…

A KINGSPORT MAN CONVICTED OF CHILD SEX CRIMES WILL SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE BEHIND BARS. A JUDGE ORDERED 67 YEAR OLD DONALD LYNCH TO SERVE 66 YEARS IN…

A KINGSPORT MAN FACING FEDERAL CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES WILL BE ARRAIGNED TODAY IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. THE WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE SHERIFF’S OFFFICE ARRESTED 37 YEAR OLD JASON BRAD…

JOHNSON CITY WILL HAVE A NEW LEANER 2008-2009 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET IN PLACE STARTING TOMORROW. THE 200 MILLION DOLLAR OVERALL SPENDING PLAN WAS APPROVED LAST WEEK ON FINAL READING. OFFICIALS…

The State Corporation Commission has approved Dominion Virginia Power’s proposed 18 percent rate increase. The commission issued an order Friday approving the increase. A residential customer using 1,000 kilowatts of…

A DETROIT, MICHIGAN MAN HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME IN PRISON FOR TRAFFICKING NARCOTICS INTO VIRGINIA. 27 YEAR OLD TERRANCE ORLANDO CHATMAN, JR. PLED GUILTY ON APRIL 22ND TO…

MANY SENIORS ARE NOT FILING FOR THEIR REBATE CHECKS. SO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE SAYS IT’S TAKING STEPS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR RETIREES AND DISABLED VETERANS TO FILE FOR…