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BRISTOL VIRGINIA OFFICIALS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WATER LEVELS AT SOUTH HOLSTON LAKE. THE WATERWAY IS THE CITY’S ONLY SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER. MAYOR JIM RECTOR SAID THE ONLY THING…

A NEW YORK GIANTS FOOTBALL PLAYER FROM SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA IS APPARENTLY TRYING TO CLEAR UP HIS NAME. RUNNING BACK AND FORMER GRAHAM HIGH SCHOOL STAR AHMAD BRADSHAW WAS BEING HELD…

BRISTOL VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED THREE SUSPECTS IN CONNECTION WITH STREET GANG-RELATED ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA. 19 YEAR OLD BOBBY LAWHORNE, 20 YEAR OLD MICHAEL RAY CLARK, AND 24 YEAR…

A MAN ACCUSED OF HOLDING UP AN ERWIN BANK HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN UNICOI COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. 41 YEAR OLD JEFFREY MELTON OF BULLS GAP PLED GUILTY TO…

BRISTOL VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED THREE SUSPECTS IN CONNECTION WITH STREET GANG-RELATED ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA. TWO RECENT INCIDENTS REPORTED TO POLICE INVOLVED A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS BELIEVED TO BE…

A former West Virginia man has been captured in Tazewell Virginia 18 years after failing to show up for sentencing in the sexual assault of a 5-year-old boy. Tazewell Police…

IT WAS A BEE MOVIE ALL OF ITS OWN. MORE THAN 10-THOUSAND BEES HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM DOWNTOWN KINGSPORT AFTER A PASSERBY DISCOVERED THEM ON A POWER POLE IN…

Tennessee’s unemployment numbers rose sharply to 6.4 percent in May, nearly a full percentage point above the national rate. Governor Bredesen says the unemployment figures underline the importance of the…

MORE JOBS ARE COMING TO SULLIVAN COUNTY. LECLERC FOODS IS MOVING IT’S U.S. HEADQUARTERS AND U.S. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INTO THE OLD CARTAMUNDI BUILDING IN THE NORTHEAST TENNESSEE BUSINESS PARK…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN WHO FELL FROM A RAILROAD TRUSSELL WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. POLICE SAID THE VICTIM, WHOSE NAME HASN’T BEEN RELEASED, WAS WALKING ALONG THE RAILROAD BRIDGE THAT CROSSES…

A KINGSPORT MAN WANTED IN FLORIDA FOR VIOLATING HIS PROBATION ON MURDER AND ROBBERY CHARGES IS BEHIND BARS IN THE SULLIVAN COUNTY JAIL. TIMOTHY COOKSTON IS CHARGED WITH EVADING ARREST.…

A Clinchco Virginia man who ran an identity theft scheme from prison will spend another seven years behind bars. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 32-year-old Dewayne Gilmore was sentenced yesterday…

BLUFF CITY HAS A NEW MAYOR IN PLACE. TODD MALONE IS THE THIRD PERSON TO HOLD THE POSITION IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS. FORMER MAYOR BOB THOMAS ACCUSED HIS FELLOW…

TWO MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND A QUANTITY OF COCAINE TAKEN OFF THE STREETS FOLLOWING A MULTI-AGENCY DRUG BUST IN ABINGDON VIRGINIA. ACCORDING TO WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF FRED NEWMAN, AUTHORITIES…

THE MOTHER OF A DALLAS COWBOY FOOTBALL PLAYER AND AN ELIZABETHTON HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH WILL BE IN JAIL FOR ONLY A BRIEF TIME. 40 YEAR OLD KIMBERLY WITTEN BARNETT,…

THE TRIAL FOR ONE OF TWO SUSPECTS ACCUSED IN THE KILLING OF A BIG STONE GAP MAN NEARLY 21 YEARS AGO HAS BEEN CONTINUED. JOHN TERRY IS CHARGED WITH FIRST…

SOME TRI CITIES SOLDIERS ARE ON THEIR WAY HOME FROM IRAQ. 120 MEMBERS OF THE 730TH QUARTERMASTER COMPANY LEFT THE TRI CITIES LAST JULY, AND HAVE BEEN SERVING IN IRAQ…

A KINGSPORT WOMAN ACCUSED OF ABUSING AND NEGLECTING HER CHILD HAS PLED GUILTY IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. AMANDA JO RAMEY PLED GUILTY TO FACILITATION OF AGGRAVATED CHILD ABUSE AND…

AN ENVIROMENTALIST CLAIMS A PROPOSED COAL FIRED POWER PLANT IN WISE COUNTY WOULD CAUSE MORE DAMAGE TO AIR AND WATER QUALITY IN THE GREAT SMOKEY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK. DON BARGER…

A JOHNSON CITY BUSINESSMAN ACCUSED OF HIRING SOMEONE TO BURN DOWN HIS HOME HAS A TRIAL DATE SET IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT. FRANK CASTEEL JR. IS CHARGED WITH…

A FORMER BRISTOL TENNESSEE YOUTH BASEBALL COACH ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING ONE OF HIS PLAYER’S SISTER HAS A TRIAL DATE SET IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. SCOTT HYATT IS CHARGED…

FUNFEST 2008 OFFICIALS HAVE ANNOUNCED THE EXCITING LINEUP FOR THIS YEAR’S EVENT. IN ADDITION TO TRADITIONAL EVENTS SUCH AS FUNSHOPS, TONS OF FOOD, AND MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, THIS YEAR’S FESTIVITIES WILL…