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A ROGERSVILLE MAN ACCUSED OF VIOLENTLY SHAKING HIS FOUR MONTH OLD DAUGHTER LAST YEAR HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF THE CRIME. IT TOOK A HAWKINS COUNTY JURY LESS THAN AN…

A HAWKINS COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF DRAGGING A MULE BEHIND HIS TRUCK IS FREE ON BOND. 28 YEAR OLD HARRY RICHMOND IS CHARGED WITH DUI FOURTH OFFENSE, DRIVING ON REVOKED…

FUNDS TO REBUILD A SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA LANDMARK DESTROYED BY FIRE COULD BE ON THE HORIZON. THE LENOWISCO PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION HAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO ASK THE COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD TO…

EARLY VOTING GETS UNDERWAY TODAY IN TENNESSEE. PEOPLE WILL HEAD TO THE POLLS TO ELECT A U.S. PRESIDENT, U.S. CONGRESSMAN, AND U.S. SENATOR. ALSO, STATE HOUSE AND SENATE ELECTIONS ARE…

A BODY FOUND IN AN ABANDONED HOME NEAR ABINGDON VIRGINIA EARLIER THIS WEEK COULD POSSIBILY MATCH ONE OF THREE LOCAL MISSING PERSONS. TWO DISAPPEARED LAST YEAR AND ONE WAS LAST…

FORMER VIRGINIA GOVERNOR JIM GILMORE, A CANDIDATE FOR THE VIRGINIA U.S. SENATE SEAT DISCUSSED THE RECENT BAILOUT OF WALL STREET. THE REPUBLICAN SIGNED FREEDOM WORK’S “NO EARMARK PLEDGE” AS A…

A FEDERAL JURY IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN ABINGDON HAS CONVICTED TWO MEMBERS OF A COCAINE AND CRACK COCAINE TRAFFICKING RING FOLLOWING A TWO YEAR INVESTIGATION. A JURY FOUND 46…

If you plan to vote on November 4th, be careful what you wear to the polls. The State Board of Elections on Tuesday adopted a ban on clothing, hats, buttons…

FORMER U.S.SENATE MAJORITY LEADER DR. BILL FRIST WILL BE PAYING A VISIT TO ROGERSVILLE THIS WEEK. HE’LL BE APPEARING TOMORROW NIGHT AS A SPECIAL GUEST AT A FUNDRAISER IN SUPPORT…

BRISTOL TENNESSEE BASED KING PHARMACEUTICALS HAS EXTENDED ITS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TENDER OFFER FOR ALL OUTSTANDING SHARES OF ALPHARMA INCORPORATED. THE OFFER WILL LAST THROUGH 5 P.M. ON NOVEMBER 21ST. ON…

A WELL KNOWN KINGSPORT BUSINESS HAS ANNOUNCED IT WILL BE CLOSING IT’S DOORS SOON. HOLSTON BUILDERS SUPPLY HAS ANNOUNCED IT WILL SHUTDOWN FOR GOOD AND LAY OFF IT’S REMAINING 16…

THE GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR A BANDIT THAT HELD UP A LOCAL CONVENIENCE STORE. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE VALERO MARKET ON HIGHWAY…

Mine operator Alpha Natural Resources has sold its stake in a lime manufacturer and a block of eastern Kentucky coal reserves. Abingdon, Va.-based Alpha said Monday the deals should result…

A LARGE SCALE DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN BROKEN UP IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE. THE ONE DAY INVESTIGATION BEGAN WITH A TRAFFIC STOP BY A COUNTY DEPUTY AFTER OBSERVING ONE…

THE WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE DISCOVERY OF A BODY FOUND IN AN ABANDONED HOUSE. ACCORDING TO SHERIFF FRED NEWMAN, THE BODY WAS DISCOVERED…

A HAWKINS COUNTY TEEN HAS ADMITTED TO SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A FIVE YEAR OLD GIRL. 19 YEAR OLD DANIEL ROBERT MCCLELLAN JR. PLED GUILTY TO ATTEMPTED RAPE OF A CHILD. A…

A GRAY TENNESSEE MAN CONVICTED IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF ANOTHER MAN IN SULLIVAN COUNTY HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS. 31 YEAR OLD BRYAN KEITH GOOD WAS…

A COCKE COUNTY MAN IS DEAD TODAY AFTER THE ULTRALITE AIRCRAFT HE WAS PILOTING CRASHED ON TAKEOFF IN GREENE COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND. AUTHORITIES HAVE IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM AS 46…

Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s campaign has ousted a prominent Southwest Virginia GOP figure after he wrote a racially offensive newspaper column mocking a potential Obama administration. A McCain spokeswoman…

A BLUFF CITY MAN IS BEHIND BARS IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY GOT INTO AN ALTERCATION WITH A WOMAN. A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE WARRANT WAS SERVED ON 29 YEAR…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN CONVICTED IN THE DEATH OF ANOTHER MAN AT A CITY MOTEL HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SERVE TIME BEHIND BARS. JASON AUSTIN WAS FOUND GUILTY OF SECOND…

A BLUFF CITY MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY GOT INTO AN ALTERCATION WITH A WOMAN NEAR BLUFF CITY. ACCORDING TO THE VICTIM, 29 YEAR OLD BRANDON JONES GOT…