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FAMILIES, FRIENDS, AND NEIGHBORS GATHERED TO WELCOME HOME SOME TRI CITIES SOLDIERS FROM IRAQ. 120 MEMBERS OF THE 730TH QUARTERMASTER COMPANY IN GRAY, TENNESSEE RETURNED HOME YESTERDAY AFTER SERVING IN…

HIGH SPEED WIRELESS INTERNET SERVICE IS COMING TO RUSSELL COUNTY VIRGINIA. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IS PROVIDING A 99 THOUSAND DOLLAR FEDERAL GRANT TO ESTABLISH THE SERVICE FOR BUSINESSES…

AN ARREST WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A JOHNSON CITY WOMAN ACCUSED OF HELPING HER SON DISPOSE OF THE BODIES OF TWO GEORGIA TEENAGERS. 77 YEAR OLD EMMA ELIZABETH HAWK…

A FLORIDA FUGITIVE ACCUSED OF ABUSING A KINGSPORT TODDLER IS BEHIND BARS. 32 YEAR OLD TIMOTHY COOKSTON OF KINGSPORT IS CHARGED WITH BEING A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE. HE WAS CONVICTED…

A RECENT CRIME REPORT FROM THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE FOUND THAT THE COMMONWEALTH EXPERIENCED A SECOND YEAR OF INCREASES IN REPORTED DRUG AND NARCOTIC OFFENSES. TAZEWELL COUNTY COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY DENNIS…

Dominion Virginia Power Company is hoping this week to clear the last major hurdle to construction of a $1.8 billion coal-fired power plant in Wise County Virginia. The state Air…

THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF A JOHNSON CITY NURSING HOME CONVICTED OF MEDICAID FRAUD IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE HAS HAD HER SENTENCING POSTPONED AGAIN AND THIS TIME, INDEFINITELY.…

A FEDERAL MAGISTRATE HAS REVOKED THE BOND OF A COEBURN VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF STARTING A BLAZE THAT DESTROYED A HISTORIC WISE COUNTY OBSERVATION TOWER. 22 YEAR OLD NICHOLAS OWENS,…

AWARD-WINNING WATER QUALITY IN THE TRI CITIES. THE CITY OF BRISTOL TENNESSEE HAS MAILED OUT A COPY OF THE 2008 WATER QUALITY REPORT TO ITS CUSTOMERS. AND DAVID ST. JOHN,…

A FORMER REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER WHO PORTRAYED SANTA CLAUS AT KINGSPORT-AREA CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITY CENTERS, HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS. 62 YEAR OLD JIMMY SPRAGUE WAS…

SULLIVAN COUNTY IS ONE OF FIVE COUNTIES IN THE STATE TO TRY A NEW PAPER BALLOT VOTING SYSTEM MANDATED BY STATE LAW. COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO VOTE EARLY FOR THE AUGUST…

A UNICOI COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF GROWING MARIJUANA WILL BE ARRAIGNED TODAY IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. 58 YEAR OLD JERRY MCNABB IS CHARGED WITH FELONY MANUFACTURING MARIJUANA AND EVADING ARREST.…

LOCAL RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS CONTINUE TO PROVIDE RELIEF EFFORTS TO THE VICTIMS OF THE RECENT MIDWEST FLOOD. NINE VOLUNTEERS FROM THE TRI CITIES REGION HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED WHILE FOUR OTHER…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY WHO TEAMED UP WITH ANOTHER FIRM TO STUDY A NEW MEDICATION GEARED AT DETERRING PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE, SEEMS TO BE HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS. KING…

LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS BEEN AWARDED A HIGHWAY CONTRACT. THE 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS WILL BE USED TO REPLACE THE BRIDGE BEAMS, CONCRETE DECK, AND PERFORM SOME MINOR REPAIRS TO THE…

A FEDERAL MAGISTRATE JUDGE HAS REVOKED THE BOND OF A FORMER COEBURN VIRGINIA VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER ACCUSED OF SETTING A BLAZE THAT DESTROYED A POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTION. 22 YEAR OLD NICHOLAS…

AN ESCAPED JAIL INMATE IN VIRGINIA WHO KILLED A HOSPITAL SECURITY GUARD AND A SHERIFF’S DEPUTY HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY A JUDGE IN A MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT. WILLIAM…

TWO TRI CITIES ATTORNEYS ARE SEEKING A SEAT ON THE TENNESSEE SUPREME COURT. TWO OF THE SEVEN APPLICANTS INCLUDE ATTORNEYS BRUCE SHINE AND FORMER JOHNSON CITY MAYOR VANCE CHEEK JR.…

SIX PEOPLE FROM DICKENSON AND RUSSELL COUNTY VIRGINA HAVE BEEN INDICTED ON FEDERAL DRUG DISTRIBUTION AND FIREARMS CHARGES. 55 YEAR OLD DANNY LAFORCE, 26 YEAR OLD KRISTY RASNICK, 25 YEAR…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A GIRL UNDER 13 YEARS OLD HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. 53 YEAR OLD TONY DARRELL WINSTON PLED…

A BURNSVILLE NORTH CAROLINA MAN ACCUSED OF HOLDING UP A CASH CHECKING PLACE IN UNICOI COUNTY TENNESSEE HAS PLED GUILTY TO A REDUCED CHARGE OF ROBBERY. 27 YEAR OLD RICHARD…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN WAS AT THE THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. 36 YEAR OLD JEREMY WELLS WAS GETTING GAS FOR HIS CAR WHEN AN OFF-DUTY JOHNSON CITY…