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A BLOUNTVILLE TRUCK DRIVER ACCUSED OF STATE FRAUD IN VIRGINIA IS BEHIND BARS. 49 YEAR OLD WILLIAM PICKEL IS CHARGED WITH 193 COUNTS OF OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENSE. HE…

The wild chase of a stolen pickup truck in northeast Tennessee resulted in the capture of the suspect, but also damaged four of Rogersville’s six city police cars. Police pursued…

PLANS FOR A NEW 10-STORY, 360-BED TOWER NEXT THE CURRENT JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED BY MOUNTAIN STATES HEALTH ALLIANCE. MSHA SPOKESMAN ED HERBERT SAYS THE PROJECT DEPENDS…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO GEORGIA TEENS HAS MADE ANOTHER APPEARANCE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT. HOWARD HAWK WILLIS IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF FIRST…

TUITION RATES COULD BE ON THE RISE AGAIN. A TENNESSEE BOARD OF REGENTS COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED A TUITION INCREASE FOR ALL OF IT’S FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITIES AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND…

CLEANUP HAS BEEN COMPLETED AT THE SITE OF A FORMER BRISTOL TENNESSEE BUSINESS THAT CAUGHT FIRE OVER A YEAR AGO. THE 110-THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT AURORA CASKET COMPANY AT GEORGIA AVENUE…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY HAS PLED GUILTY TO THE CRIME IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. 25 YEAR OLD CHARLES BRADLEY PLED GUILTY TO KNOWINGLY…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF MAKING PORNOGRAPHIC MOVIES AND COMMITTING NUMEROUS SEXUAL CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN HAS BEEN CONVICTED. A JURY FOUND 67 YEAR OLD DONALD LYNCH GUILTY ON TWO COUNTS…

A CHILHOWIE VIRGINIA TEEN WHO WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY THE FORMER TOWN POLICE CHIEF AND ONE OF HIS OFFICERS, IS SEEKING OVER 30 MILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGES FROM TOWN OFFICIALS.…

FOUR PEOPLE ACCUSED OF HOLDING UP A JOHNSON CITY BANK EARLIER THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN INDICTED BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY. 28 YEAR OLD DANIEL ROUSE, 24 YEAR OLD TIMOTHY…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF LETTING HIS TODDLER WANTER AROUND IN THE STREET UNATTENDED WHILE HE SLEPT HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. JONATHAN BULLA PLED…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF ATTACKING A MOUNT CARMEL MAN WITH A KNIFE IS BEHIND BARS. 36 YEAR OLD ALLEN MCDAVID IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, UNLAWFUL…

A PROJECT TO EXTEND HIGHWAY 93 FROM THE SULLIVAN GARDENS AREA TO INTERSTATE 81 IN FALL BRANCH AND MAKE IT A FIVE-LANE HIGHWAY HAS THE BACKING OF NORTHEAST TENNESSEE STATE…

BRISTOL TENNESSEE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN THAT HELD UP A CITY PHARMACY. POLICE SAID A WHITE MALE ENTERED THE WALGREENS ON WEST STATE STREET LAST NIGHT AND DEMANDED…

THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE SALMONELLA BELIEVED TO HAVE COME FROM CERTAIN TOMATOES. 145 CASES OF SALMONELLA SAINTPAUL INFECTION HAVE BEEN REPORTED SINCE APRIL, INCLUDING…

TESTIMONY IS EXPECTED TO GET UNDERWAY THIS MORNING IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT IN THE TRIAL OF A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF MORE THAN 50 SEXUAL CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN. 67…

A FORMER VETERANS AFFAIRS NURSE WHO ADMITTED TO DIVERTING DRUGS HAS BEEN SENTENCED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. 30 YEAR OLD KAREN WHITAKER OF BIG STONE GAP VIRGINIA PLED…

LIGHTENING HAS DESTROYED AN ERWIN CHURCH THAT HAS STOOD FOR MORE THAN A HALF CENTURY. DURING SEVERE WEATHER YESTERDAY, LIGHTNING STRUCK THE STEEPLE OF THE CHURCH OF THE BRETHEREN ON…

A KINGSPORT CLOTHING STORE WILL SOON CLOSE ITS DOORS FOR GOOD. GOODY’S FAMILY CLOTHING INCORPORATED HAS FILED FOR CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION AND WILL SHUTDOWN 69 STORES INCLUDING IT’S KINGSPORT…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING ANOTHER MAN IS FREE ON BOND. 19 YEAR OLD MITCHELL CALL IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. POLICE SAID CALL ALLEGEDLY STABBED 20 YEAR…

A FORMER VETERANS AFFAIRS NURSE WHO ADMITTED TO DIVERTING DRUGS HAS BEEN SENTENCED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. 30 YEAR OLD KAREN WHITAKER OF BIG STONE GAP VIRGINIA PLED…

Records from East Tennessee State University highlight a shoddy accounting system that allowed administrators to overdraw by nearly $230,000 for concerts by Carrie Underwood and the GooGoo Dolls. The records,…