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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,…

TWO MEN HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW IN CARTER COUNTY FOLLOWING A TRAFFIC STOP THAT LED TO DRUGS AND MONEY BEING SEIZED. 27 YEAR OLD…

KINGSPORT HAS HIRED A SPORTS CONSULTANT TO DECIDE IF EVERYTHING IS OK OR IF MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE. THE PRESIDENT OF SPORTS MARKETING MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING, DON SHUMACHER…

A JURY HAS AWARDED BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA A HALF-A-MILLION DOLLARS IN A CIVIL SUIT FOR MONEY IT SPENT IN FLOOD RELIEF WORK AFTER FEDERAL MONEY FOR THE PROJECT WAS USED…

AN 11 YEAR OLD BRISTOL VIRGINIA GIRL HAS HIT THE BIG TIME. AMBER DIXON WILL GET A CHANCE TO PERFORM HER TALENTS ON THE REALITY TELEVISION SHOW “THE NEXT CHILD…

CARTER COUNTY EMERGENCY CREWS WERE ABLE TO RESCUE A WOMAN FROM THE WATERS OF THE BLUE HOLE RECREATION AREA. THE UNNAMED WOMAN SLIPPED AT THE TOP OF THE WATERFALL AND…

AN INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING IN GREENE COUNTY IN THE APPARENT MURDER/SUICIDE OF A COUNTY COUPLE OVER THE WEEKEND. THE BODIES OF 45 YEAR OLD ROGER GOSNELL AND 41 YEAR OLD…

A CHURCH HILL MAN ACCUSED OF CHOKING A YOUNG BOY IS BEHIND BARS. 39 YEAR OLD BERTUS MINER IS CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE, DOMESTIC ASSAULT, AND PUBLIC INTOXICATION. HE’S ACCUSED…

A FUN TIME IN THE WATER HAS TURNED DEADLY FOR A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA TEEN. ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, 18 YEAR OLD JACOB BOWERS WAS SWIMMING IN THE NORTH…

KINGSPORT POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A BANDIT THAT HELDUP A LOCAL PHARMACY. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT WALGREENS ON WEST STONE DRIVE. A WHITE MALE ENTERED THE BUSINESS, WENT…

A HAWKINS COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF SHOCKING HIS SISTER SEVERAL TIMES WITH A STUN GUN IS BEHIND BARS. 47 YEAR OLD THOMAS PATRICK OF ROGERSVILLE IS CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,…

Health officials in northeast Tennessee have not yet determined the cause of an outbreak of hepatitis A. State Health Department official Judith Holden says her office has received thousands of…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF HIS PART IN THE KILLING OF ANOTHER MAN HAS PLED GUILTY TO A LESSER CHARGE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT. 25 YEAR OLD…

A LARGE CROWD OF PEOPLE GATHERED AT BRISTOL VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL TO HEAR DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BARACK OBAMA DURING A TOWN HALL MEETING. THIS WAS HIS FIRST STOP SINCE GETTING…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF ROBBING A HAWKINS COUNTY HOMEOWNER AT GUNPOINT HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY. 21 YEAR OLD JARVIS SHIVERS IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ROBBERY IN…

A RECENT SPRING WRITING ASSESSMENT OF EIGHTH GRADERS IN ROGERSVILLE HAS YIELDED HIGH SCORES. 52 OUT OF 77 STUDENTS TESTED FOR WRITING SKILLS HAVE BEEN RATED ON A STRONG OR…

A MAN ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO ABDUCT A KINGSPORT RESTAURANT EMPLOYEE HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO A HAWKINS COUNTY GRAND JURY. 41 YEAR OLD RONALD HUDSON IS CHARGED…

ONE OF THE TWO MEN ACCUSED OF KILLING A JOHNSON CITY MAN NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO WILL APPEAR IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT TODAY FOR A PLEA HEARING. T.J.…