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A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING AN EMPLOYEE OF A CITY CAR LOT WILL SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON. 33 YEAR OLD HARVEY BOWMAN WAS CHARGED WITH…

A SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS SQUAD OF THE JOHNSON CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS COMPLETED ITS PROBE INVOLVING TWO ESCORT SERVICES BEING OPERATED INSIDE THE CITY. THE INVESTIGATION CENTERED AROUND “CUPID’S COMFORT ZONE”…

THE RETAIL SALES PICTURE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR SHOWED A MIXED PERFORMANCE IN THE TRI CITIES. WHILE JOHNSON CITY SAW AN INCREASE IN THE DOLLAR VALUE, SALES…

MORE JOBS ARE COMING TO LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA. BENJAMIN CASE HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO ADD 27 NEW JOBS TO THE AREA BY EXPANDING IT’S MANUFACTURING FACILITIES IN THE DUFFIELD REGIONAL…

HEALTH OFFICIALS BELIEVE THEY HAVE FOUND THE SOURCE FOR A HEPITITIS- OUTBREAK IN HAWKINS COUNTY. TRACES OF HEPITITIS-A WERE DISCOVERED IN WELL WATER ALONG SLATE HILL ROAD AND EAST OF…

GROUND HAS BEEN BROKEN IN LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA FOR THE NEW CROOKED ROAD TECHNOLOGY CENTER. STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS GATHERED YESTERDAY FOR A CEREMONY AT THE SITE IN DUFFIELD WHERE…

CARSON NEWMAN COLLEGE IS JOINING THE LINEUP OF EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS INVOLVED IN KINGSPORT’S CENTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. THE PARTNERSHIP WAS CONFIRMED MONDAY. THE COLLEGE HAS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS…

A NEW TRIAL DATE IS EXPECTED TO BE SET TODAY FOR A PINEY FLATS WOMAN ACCUSED IN A 2006 DOUBLE MURDER AT A KINGSPORT BUSINESS. 25 YEAR OLD OCTAVIA BROOKS…

THE BRISTOL VIRGINIA CITY SCHOOL BOARD WILL MEET TODAY TO DISCUSS THE SEARCH FOR A NEW SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT, DOUG ARNOLD, NOTIFIED THE BOARD LAST MONTH THAT HE…

A LONGTIME VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SPOKESWOMAN HAS LOST HER BATTLE WITH CANCER. BRENDA WATERS DIED YESTERDAY AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER FOUR YEARS AGO AND IT SPREADING TO…

IT’S NOT EVERYDAY THAT YOU SEE THIS. AN ALLIGATOR WANDERING ON A ROADWAY IN SALTVILLE VIRGINIA. POLICE SAID JACOB FERLEY WAS DRIVING INTO TOWN ON HIGHWAY 107 WHEN HE RAN…

A KINGSPORT TAX PREPARER ACCUSED OF ASSISTING IN THE PREPARATION OF FALSE TAX RETURNS AND BANK FRAUD HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIMES IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. 48 YEAR…

THE RETAIL SALES PICTURE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR SHOWED A MIXED PERFORMANCE IN THE TRI CITIES. WHILE JOHNSON CITY SAW AN INCREASE IN THE DOLLAR VALUE, SALES…

A NEW COURT DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR A TAZEWELL COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF GUNNING DOWN HIS NEIGHBOR. 71 YEAR OLD PAUL JARRETT IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER…

A SUPREME COURT RULING HAS DELAYED THE SENTENCING OF A PENNINGTON GAP VIRGINIA DENTIST CONVICTED OF PROVIDING SHODDY CARE AND DEFRAUDING THE STATE AND PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES. ROY SHELBURNE WAS…

A MAN ACCUSED OF ATTACKING A WOMAN AS SHE JOGGED IN UNICOI COUNTY HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. 21 YEAR OLD BRADLEY SNEED IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED AGGRAVATED…

A HAWKINS COUNTY WOMAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HER HUSBAND WHILE HE SLEPT IS BEING HELD BEHIND BARS. 37 YEAR OLD TRACY JOHNSON IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER. SHE’S…

EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY’S NEW STATE OF THE ART FORENSIC CENTER AND MORGUE HAS BEEN NAMED. ETSU NAMED THE CENTER AFTER FORMER CONGRESSMAN BILL JENKINS YESTERDAY. THE WILLIAM L. JENKINS…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE DENTIST HAS HAD HIS LICENSE PLACED ON PROBATION AFTER SEVERAL VIOLATIONS. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DR. VINCENT TILLER IS ACCUSED OF ADVERTISING ON HIS…

A MAN ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE AND THEIR FOUR YEAR OLD SON IN SOUTH CAROLINA IS BEHIND BARS IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. 45 YEAR OLD ROBERT WILLIAM CUSTER WAS…

TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND DRUGS AND CASH SEIZED IN KINGSPORT AS THE RESULT OF A MULTI-AGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT DRUG BUST AT A RESIDENCE. THE SULLVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE…

THE WORLD’S FASTEST HALF-MILE TRACK HAS BEEN NAMED ONE OF THE TOP TEN TRACKS TO WATCH AND RACE ON BY A STOCK CAR RACING MAGAZINE. THE LATEST DESIGNATION FOR BRISTOL…