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A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN IS ACCUSED OF PULLING A KNIFE ON A JUVENILE DURING AN ALTERCATION AT BRISTOL MALL OVER THE WEEKEND. 33 YEAR OLD RONNIE WHOOTEN IS FREE ON…

A TRI CITIES JAIL HAS BEEN GIVEN A TIMETABLE OF 60 DAYS TO DEAL WITH ITS OVERCROWDING CONDITIONS, OR FACE BEING DE-CERTIFIED. LAST WEEK, A STATE JAIL INSPECTOR PAID AN…

A MAN ACCUSED OF VICIOUSLY ATTACKING A WOMAN AS SHE JOGGED IS BEING HELD IN THE UNICOI COUNTY JAIL. 21 YEAR OLD BRADLEY SNEED IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED AGGRAVATED RAPE…

SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COULD DECIDE TODAY IF THEY WILL CUT OFF FUNDING TO LOCAL AMERICAN LEGION PROGRAMS. IF THAT ACTION IS TAKEN, THE MONEY WOULD BE REDIRECTED TO PAY FOR…

WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM’S SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA CANCER CENTER WILL OPEN TODAY IN NORTON. THE 6.5 MILLION DOLLAR FACILITY IS LOCATED OFF U.S. ROUTE 58 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. ROUTE 23.…

KINGSPORT HAS RECEIVED A 1.5 MILLION DOLLAR FEDERAL GRANT FOR ITS CENTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. U.S. SENATORS BOB CORKER AND LAMAR ALEXANDER AND CONGRESSMAN DAVID DAVIS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN SECURING…

ALTHOUGH FOUL PLAY ISN’T SUSPECTED IN THE DEATH OF A JONESBOROUGH WOMAN OVER THE WEEKEND, JOHNSON CITY POLICE SAY THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE 25 YEAR OLD SARA CLEMENTS…

THE STRIKE AT A MARION VIRGINIA COMPANY HAS FINALLY BEEN RESOLVED. AN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED BETWEEN UNION LEADERS AND GENERAL DYNAMICS. THE UNION VOTED IN FAVOR OF APPROVING A…

FOUR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SENTENCED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN ABINGDON FOR THEIR ROLE IN AN ARSON-FOR-PROFIT SCHEME. PROSECUTORS SAID PATSY GRAHAM, CONSPIRED WITH KEVIN MILLER, MARI CLONCE…

FOUR NEW YORK MEN FACE SEVERAL DRUG CHARGES IN KINGSPORT FOLLOWING A TRAFFIC STOP ON INTERSTATE 81. BRIAN GALLAGHER, JOSH GOLDSTEIN, JUSTIN TEDALDI AND LANCE BATTENFIELD ARE CHARGED WITH POSSESSION…

VIRGINIA 9TH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN RICK BOUCHER WILL BE A VERY BUSY MAN TODAY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. AT TEN O’CLOCK THIS MORNING HE WILL BE AT HAYSI MEDICAL CENTER IN HAYSI…

THE IDEA OF CONSTRUCTING A NEW ENTERTAINMENT CENTER FOR JOHNSON CITY IS BEING TOSSED AROUND THESE DAYS BY CITY OFFICIALS. THE CITY IS EXPECTED TO PARTNER WITH A NATIONAL ARENA…

A FIRE AT A BRISTOL VIRGINIA BUSINESS IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED OUT TO A BLAZE AT THE U-STORE-IT MINI WAREHOUSES ON ISLAND ROAD YESTERDAY. TWO MEN HAD APPARENTLY…

THE FORMER HEAD OF A BRISTOL VIRGINIA CHARITY ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLING MONEY FROM A NEEDY CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS FUND HAS WAIVED HIS CASE TO A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA GRAND JURY. 33…

A CHURCH HILL MAN ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO SELL DRUGS TO TEENS AT A CITY PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL IS BEHIND BARS. 25 YEAR OLD ALAN MAXFIELD IS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION…

JOHNSON CITY POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THE DISCOVERY OF A BODY FOUND ALONG INTERSTATE 26. POLICE SAID THE BODY WAS LOCATED YESTERDAY BY MOWING CREWS NEAR STATE OF FRANKLIN…

BLUFF CITY IS WITHOUT A MAYOR YET AGAIN. MAYOR TOM ANDERSON SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION YESTERDAY SAYING HE’S NOT ABLE TO WORK WITH FELLOW ALDERMAN. THIS MARKS THE SECOND TIME A…

THE SEARCH IS OVER FOR A STATE INMATE BEING HELD AT THE JOHNSON CITY JAIL THAT WALKED AWAY FROM A WORK SITE THIS WEEK. MARY BETH NANCE WAS APPREHENDED BY…

THE TAZEWELL COUNTY VIRGINIA SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR A WOMAN BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ABDUCTED BY HER ESTRANGED BOYFRIEND. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE 28 YEAR OLD KATHY STILWELL IS STILL ALIVE,…

Petty Enterprises has sold majority ownership to the equity firm of Boston Ventures. NASCAR’s most storied race team gives up control of an organization that has been family run since…

FOR THE FOURTH YEAR, THE U.S. MARSHAL’S SERVICE HAS CONDUCTED ANOTHER FELONY ROUNDUP. “OPERATION FALCON” TARGETED WESTERN VIRGINIA AND ABINGDON IN PARTICULAR. FALCON STANDS FOR FEDERAL AND LOCAL COPS ORGANIZED…

A national report on the health and well-being of children and teenagers shows Tennessee improved slightly but still faces challenges, especially in the care of its youngest children. The annual…