Author: News Staff

CHANGES ARE IN THE WORKS FOR THE KINGSPORT AREA TRANSIT SERVICE. A FIFTH ROUTE IS BEING ADDED SO THE BUSES CAN MAKE SERVICE RUNS EVERY 30 MINUTES. IN ADDITION, SHELTERS…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF LETTING HIS TODDLER WANDER AROUND IN THE STREET UNATTENDED WHILE HE SLEPT WILL BE ARRAIGNED TODAY. 38 YEAR OLD JONATHAN BULLA IS CHARGED WITH…

A FORMER SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA SUPERVISOR CONVICTED OF SENDING INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL VIDEO CONTENT TO AN UNDERCOVER AGENT POSING AS A YOUNG TEEN GIRL IS SCHEDULED TO BE SENTENCED NEXT MONTH.…

A COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR A NEW FEDEX FREIGHT FACILITY IN SULLIVAN COUNTY HAS GAINED THE APPROVAL OF THE COUNTY’S REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION. A SITE PLAN FOR THE NEW FREIGHT…

A SULLIVAN COUNTY MAN HAS DIED OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND FROM AN EQUIPMENT ACCIDENT AT HIS HOUSE. ACCORDING TO THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, 70 YEAR OLD HERSHAL HUFF WAS…

A BOATING ACCIDENT ON CHEROKEE LAKE OVER THE WEEKEND HAS LEFT A HAMBLEN COUNTY MAN INJURED. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES AGENCY, 40 YEAR OLD MICHAEL SHAWN BANDY OF…

A GREENE COUNTY WOMAN HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD IN HER HOME. ACCORDING TO THE GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, 49 YEAR OLD KATHY LYNN WALKER WAS FOUND DEAD ON A COUCH…

EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY’S COLLEGE OF PHARMACY HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN NAMED. DURING A CEREMONY YESTERDAY, THE SCHOOL WAS NAMED AFTER LOCAL AUTO DEALER, BILL GATTON. GATTON DONATED TWO MILLION DOLLARS…

Five Washington County teenagers must serve 15 years on probation and pay $105,500 in restitution to the owners of properties they set on fire. Jordan Beckett, Spencer Nelson, Samuel Mousolf…

MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT TO SEE PLENTY OF STATE TROOPERS ON THE ROADWAYS THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL WILL BE OUT IN FULL FORCE LOOKING FOR DRIVERS WHO…

KINGSPORT POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF HOLDING UP A CITY CONVENIENCE STORE EARLY THIS MORNING. POLICE SAID A WHITE MALE ENTERED THE ROADRUNNER MARKET ON SOUTH JOHN…

A JOHNSON CITY WOMAN WHO PLED GUILTY TO KILLING HER FRIEND WHILE DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE TWO YEARS AGO HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME IN PRISON. 24 YEAR OLD…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE IN MAY OF LAST YEAR HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY. 50 YEAR OLD JOSEPH ADKINS IS CHARGED…

THE TRIAL FOR THE FORMER POLICE CHIEF OF DAMASCUS VIRGINIA HAS BEEN DELAYED. TONY RICHARDSON IS CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF DRUG DISTRIBUTION, TWO COUNTS OF IMITATION SCHEDULE II DISTRIBUTION,…

A federal grant will enable Virginia Tech scientists to increase their research on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from burning coal. Ninth District Congressman Rick Boucher said that the Department of…

LEVELS OF SEVERAL BLOOD TYPES IN THE TRI CITIES ARE DANGEROUSLY LOW. ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, THERE IS LESS THAN A 24-HOUR SUPPLY OF TYPE “O” NEGATIVE AND…

A MAN ACCUSED IN A DOUBLE MURDER IN JOHNSON CITY IS ONCE AGAIN ATTEMPTING TO DELAY HIS TRIAL. 57 YEAR OLD HOWARD HAWK WILLIS IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF…

A TAZEWELL COUNTY VIRGINIA TEEN ACCUSED OF MAKING A BOMB THREAT TO A COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL LAST MONTH IS FACING CHARGES. THE UNNAMED BOY IS CHARGED WITH A FELONY IN…

A BRISTOL VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A WOMAN OVER FIVE YEARS AGO HAS HAD HIS TRIAL CONTINUED IN WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA CIRCUIT COURT. 45 YEAR OLD CHARLES STILTNER IS…

A SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA JUDGE HAS PLED GUILTY TO LESSER CHARGES AFTER BEING ARRESTED RECENTLY FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. JUDGE MICHAEL KEITH BLANKENSHIP ADMITTED TO RECKLESS DRIVING AND REFUSING A…

THE MANAGER OF A TRI CITIES CONVENIENCE MARKET HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION INTO MISSING MONEY AT THE STORE WHERE HE WORKED. ELIZABETHTON POLICE SAY OFFICIALS DISCOVERED MONEY HAD…

A HURLEY VIRGINIA MAN THAT FAKED BEING A QUADRAPLEGIC IN ORDER TO GET BENEFITS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE TO SPEND TIME IN A FEDERAL PRISON. 31 YEAR OLD…