Author: News Staff

THE CORRUPTION SCANDAL THAT WAS DUBBED “OPERATION BIG COON DOG” IS BACK IN THE NEWS. SIX YEARS AFTER A DISASTROUS FLOOD, BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA IS SEEKING TO RECOVER FROM ITS…

SUPPORTERS OF DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BARACK OBAMA WILL ATTEND A TOWN HALL MEETING AT BRISTOL VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL AROUND NOON TODAY. FORMER VIRGINIA GOVERNOR AND DEMOCRATIC SENATE HOPEFUL MARK WARNER…

AN ANNOUNCEMENT DATE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF MURDER. 33 YEAR OLD HARVEY BOWMAN IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATH OF WAYLAND MANIS.…

DOWNTOWN KINGSPORT WILL BE AN EXCITING PLACE TO BE ON THE FOURTH OF JULY. THE DOWNTOWN KINGSPORT ASSOCIATION HAS ANNOUNCED THE LINEUP OF ACTIVITIES FOR THIS YEAR’S CELEBRATION. DOWNTOWN KINGSPORT…

A GREENEVILLE MAN ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO RUN OVER A ROGERSVILLE POLICE OFFICER DURING A CHASE HAS HAD HIS TRIAL DATE CONTINUED FROM THIS WEEK UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR IN…

THERE ARE A LOT OF WEB SITES ON THE INTERNET THAT OFFER CONSUMERS HEALTH INFORMATION ON PRACTICALLY EVERY DISEASE AND CONDITION. BUT WE CAN’T ALWAYS BE SURE THAT THESE SITES…

DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL BARACK OBAMA WILL BE MAKING A STOP IN TRI CITIES. HE’S SCHEDULED TO HOST A TOWN HALL MEETING AT VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL IN BRISTOL AT 11:45 TOMORROW…

THERE WILL BE NO RECALL SEEKING TO OUST THREE MEMBERS OF THE BLUFF CITY BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMAN ON THE AUGUST BALLOT. MONDAY WAS THE DEADLINE FOR RECALL PROPONENTS…

ONE OF TWO MEN ACCUSED OF KILLING A JOHNSON CITY MAN NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT. LELAND NAPIER PLED GUILTY…

GREENEVILLE HAS A NEW MAYOR TODAY. 1ST WARD ALDERMAN LARAINE KING GARNERED ENOUGH VOTES TO BEAT OUT INCUMBENT MAYOR DARRELL BRYAN YESTERDAY IN THE MUNCIPAL ELECTION. KING WILL BECOME THE…

THE HAWKINS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR A BANDIT THAT HELDUP A BULLS GAP PHARMACY. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED YESTERDAY AROUND NOON AT CUNNINGHAM DRUGS ON HIGHWAY 11E. AN ARMED…

A FORMER CARTER COUNTY TEACHER’S AID ACCUSED OF SOLICITING A 15 YEAR OLD STUDENT HAS BEEN GIVEN DIVERSION. PATTY SINGLETON WAS CHARGED WITH SOLICITATION OF A MINOR. SHE RECEIVED TWO…

THE BRISTOL TENNESSEE CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A 95 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008-2009. THIS WILL MEAN AN 8 CENT PROPERTY TAX INCREASE FOR BRISTOL TENNESSEE RESIDENTS. THE…

THE DISCOVERY OF ASBESTOS HAS STALLED CONSTRUCTION OF A SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA PRISON. CONSTRUCTION ON THE MEDIUM-SECURITY FACILITY NEAR INDEPENDENCE VIRGINIA WAS HALTED AFTER WORKERS FOUND ASBESTOS IN ROCK THERE. THE…

Police in Tusculum say a man’s attempt to drive off without paying for gasoline escalated into a host of charges before he was caught. Arrest warrants for William Curtis Myers…

BRISTOL TENNESSEE POLICE SAY AN ACCIDENT LAST MONTH IN THE CITY MAY BE BLAMED ON THE DEATH OF AN UNBORN CHILD. POLICE SAID KATIE ARNOLD WAS FIVE MONTHS PREGNANT WHEN…

GREENEVILLE VOTERS WILL BE HEADING TO THE POLLS TODAY. THE MAYOR WILL BE CHOSEN FROM A FIELD OF THREE CANDIDATES. THEY ARE INCUMBENT DARRELL BRYAN, LARAINE KING AND EDDIE O’BRIEN.…

EIGHT PEOPLE IN SULLIVAN COUNTY ARE BEING TREATED FOR RABIES AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO A UNTAMED CAT IN KINGSPORT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE DISEASE. SULLIVAN COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT’S…

The Cocke County government has been ordered not to use public money to pay for the defense of a local judge accused of misconduct. The Tennessee Court of the Judiciary…

IT’S GOING TO COST BLUFF CITY MORE MONEY TO FIX WATER LEAKS IN THE SMALL TOWN. CITY OFFICIALS HAVE SPENT NEARLY 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER THE PAST YEAR AND COULD SPEND…

WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE INVESTIGATORS HAVE RELEASED PRELIMINARY AUTOPSY RESULTS IN THE DEATH OF A SMALL CHILD. THE THREE MONTH OLD BOY WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE A MOBILE HOME IN CHUCKEY…

A KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE MAN CAUGHT DRIVING A STOLEN HUMMER TO APPLY FOR WELFARE BENEFITS IN LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A COUNTY GRAND JURY. 52 YEAR OLD WILLIAM…