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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…

THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS IN BRISTOL VIRGINIA HAS DECIDED TO HANG UP HIS EDUCATIONAL ROBE. DOUG ARNOLD HAS SUBMITTED HIS LETTER OF RETIREMENT TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WHICH HAS…

THE LEADER OF A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA METHAMPHETAMINE RING HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO TIME BEHIND BARS IN U.S. DISTRICT IN ABINGDON. 57 YEAR OLD LONNIE EDWARD MALONE OF ABINGDON WAS…

A KINGSPORT HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN NAMED IN THE TOP FIVE PERCENT OF PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS BY A NATIONAL MAGAZINE. IN THE MAY 19TH EDITION OF NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE, DOBYNS BENNETT…

WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO HELD UP AN ABINGDON GROCERY STORE. POLICE SAID A MAN ENTERED THE FOOD COUNTRY OFF ROUTE 19 LAST NIGHT AND…

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…

THE TENNESSEE SUPREME COURT HAS DISBARRED A GREENEVILLE ATTORNEY. ACCORDING TO THE BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, LAWRENCE WELCH JR. IS ACCUSED OF MISUSING HIS MOTHER’S AND DECEASED FATHER’S CREDIT CARDS…

A FORMER TRI CITIES INSURANCE AGENT ACCUSED OF STEALING OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. MICKEY KENDRICK PLED GUILTY TO EMBEZZLING…

THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD HAS CHOSEN A NEW LEADER FOR IT’S SCHOOLS. CURRENT DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS, GLENN ARWOOD, WILL RETIRE JUNE 30TH AFTER 49 YEARS IN THE SYSTEM. THE…

AN AUGUST COURT DATE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR A FORMER JOHNSON CITY EMPLOYEE ACCUSED OF LAUNDERING MONEY FROM THE CITY, 55 YEAR OLD DANNY DAVIS IS CHARGED WITH MONEY LAUNDERING,…

JOHNSON CITY POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A WOMAN WHO ATTEMPTED TO ROB TWO LOCAL BUSINESSES OVER THE WEEKEND. POLICE SAID THE WOMAN TRIED TO HOLDUP THE MOVIE GALLERY ON SOUTH…

THE GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT IN A SHOOTING OVER THE WEEKEND. 29 YEAR OLD JAMES BROBECK RECEIVED A GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS RIGHT FOOT DURING…

A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT INVOLVING A GREENE COUNTY SCHOOL BUS HAS LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, 29 YEAR OLD PAUL HAMMITT OF AFTON WAS KILLED…

Governor Phil Bredesen has signed into law a bill to create statewide TV cable franchising in Tennessee. The measure pushed by AT&T Inc. was the result of two years of…

THE TRI CITIES AIRPORT COMMISSION HAS COME TO A TENTATIVE CONCLUSION CONCERNING PLANS TO ESTABLISH AN AIRPORT AUTHORITY. SIX AREA MUNICIPALITIES JOINTLY OWN THE AIRPORT. THEY ARE BRISTOL TENNESSEE/VIRGINIA, KINGSPORT,…

FOUR SULLIVAN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE FACING CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY BREAKING INTO THE FACILITY AND VANDALIZING THE BUILDING. SEVERAL LOCKERS AND WALLS WERE SPRAY PAINTED WITH VARIOUS MESSAGES AS…

A MAN ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO ABDUCT A KINGSPORT RESTAURANT EMPLOYEE IS BEHIND BARS. 41 YEAR OLD RONALD HUDSON IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. A FEMALE EMPLOYEE OF WAFFLE…

The Mount Carmel traffic cameras don’t blink at initiating speeding citations. Offenders cited so far include one warning and two tickets to state troopers. The new system has also caused…

MOUNTAIN STATES HEALTH ALLIANCE OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED A CASE OF LEGIONNAIRES’ DISEASE. THE PATIENT, AT NORTH SIDE HOSPITAL, HAS BEEN MOVED FROM INTENSIVE CARE TO A REGULAR ROOM. LEGIONNAIRES DISEASE…

JOHNSON CITY WATER AND SEWER CUSTOMERS COULD TO HAVE TO SHELL OUT MORE MONEY SOON. THE CITY COMMISSION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THE RATES IN ORDER TO PAY FOR FUTURE…

THE CITY OF WATAUGA HAS DECIDED IT WILL PROVIDE FOR IT’S OWN POLICE PROTECTION. THE SMALL TOWN DECIDED SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO ALLOW THE CARTER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE TO PROVIDE…

A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN HAWKINS COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND HAS CLAIMED THE LIVES OF TWO COUNTY MEN. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, 23 YEAR OLD JOHNNY WAGNER OF…