CARTER COUNTY TAXES TO INCREASE
CARTER COUNTY RESIDENTS WILL LIKELY SEE THEIR PROPERTY TAXES GO UP. THE COUNTY’S BUDGET COMMITTEE SAID THE TAX RATE IS CERTAIN TO INCREASE AT LEAST 12 CENTS IN ORDER TO…
BANK ROBBERY SUSPECT BEHIND BARS
A NORTH CAROLINA WOMAN ACCUSED OF ROBBING A JOHNSON CITY BANK WILL BE ARRAIGNED TODAY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. 20 YEAR OLD BRITTANY HILL OF RALEIGH IS…
MULLINS HAS TRIAL DATE SET
A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED IN THE ABUSE DEATH OF HIS GIRLFRIEND’S TWO YEAR OLD SON JUST OVER TWO YEARS AGO HAS A TRIAL DATE SET FOR LATER THIS YEAR IN…
KINGSPORT MAN BEHIND BARS
A KINGSPORT MAN IS BEHIND BARS AS THE RESULT OF AN APPARENT DOMESTIC ALTERCATION. WITNESSES SAID THAT 44 YEAR OLD MARK ANTHONY HUTSON HAD BEEN DRINKING AND ACTING RECKLESSLY. POLICE…
WELLMONT DECIDES AGAINST HELO SERVICE IN WISE
A PROPOSAL TO BRING EMERGENCY HELICOPTER SERVICES TO WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY A KINGSPORT TENNESSEE BASED HOSPITAL SYSTEM. WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM WITHDREW ITS REQUEST FOR THE MEDEVAC…
WARNER MAKES STOP IN ABINGDON
Democrat Mark Warner opened his Senate campaign over the weekend in Abingdon Virginia pledging not to forget rural areas and taking his harshest shots yet at his potential Republican rival.…
TWO MORE CHILD ABUSE CHARGES FILED
A ROGERSVILLE MAN WHO WAS INDICTED LAST YEAR IN A CHILD ABUSE CASE IS NOW FACING ADDITIONAL CHARGES. 23 YEAR OLD RICHARD TREHERN WAS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED CHILD ABUSE AS…
SCOTT COUNTY ACCIDENT CLAIMS ONE
A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA OVER THE WEEKEND HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A NORTH TAZEWELL MAN. ACCORDING TO THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE 47 YEAR OLD EDWARD…
GREENEVILLE MOBILE HOME FIRE LEAVES TWO HURT
AN INVESTIGATION INTO A MOBILE HOME FIRE IN GREENE COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND THAT LEFT TWO PEOPLE INJURED IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE FIRE BROKEOUT AROUND THREE THIRTY SATURDAY MORNING…
KINGSPORT SHOOTING SENDS ONE TO JAIL
A SHOOTING INCIDENT IN KINGSPORT OVER THE WEEKEND HAS SENT ONE PERSON TO JAIL. 56 YEAR OLD ROGER LYNN WARD IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, RECKLESS…
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS BANNED AT UVA WISE
Mixed martial arts events are out at the University of Virginia-Wise after several people were injured recently in a cage fight. One person was sent to a hospital, but no…
TRAFFIC DEATH LEADS TO PLEA AGREEMENT
A SURGOINSVILLE MAN ACCUSED IN THE TRAFFIC DEATH OF A ROGERSVILLE TEEN TWO YEARS AGO HAS BEEN SENTENCED. 21 YEAR OLD JONATHAN MALLORY PLED GUILTY AS PART OF A PLEA…
AUTOPSY RESULTS ARE IN
THE AUTOPSY RESULTS ARE IN ON A BODY EXHUMED THIS WEEK IN UNICOI COUNTY. A FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST HAS REVEALED THAT RICHARD TAPP’S DEATH 26 YEARS AGO WAS NOT CAUSED BY…
SURGOINSVILLE MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN TRAFFIC DEATH
A SURGOINSVILLE MAN ACCUSED IN THE TRAFFIC DEATH OF A ROGERSVILLE TEEN TWO YEARS AGO HAS BEEN SENTENCED. 21 YEAR OLD JONATHAN MALLORY PLED GUILTY AS PART OF A PLEA…
SOLDIER LAWSUIT JUST GETS BIGGER
A Greeneville couple whose soldier son was killed in Iraq want to expand their lawsuit against an Arizona online merchant of anti-war T-shirts to cover thousands of casualties and seek…
FOUR CHARGED WITH VOTER FRAUD IN ST. PAUL VIRGINIA
FOUR PEOPLE IN ST. PAUL VIRGINIA ARE ACCUSED OF VOTER FRAUD. AUTHORITIES ALLEGE ROGER TACKETT, BILLY JOE STEFFEY SR., DONNA GREEAR AND AMANDA HONAKER FALSELY SUBMITTED TACKETT’S ADDRESS TO REGISTER…
WOMAN FAKES ROBBERY
A JOHNSON CITY WOMAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER ALLEGEDLY LYING TO POLICE ABOUT A ROBBERY. 30 YEAR OLD MELISSA GAIL MILHORN IS CHARGED WITH FILING A FALSE POLICE REPORT AFTER…
AUTOPSY COMPLETE ON EXHUMED BODY
THE AUTOPSY RESULTS ARE IN ON A BODY EXHUMED THIS WEEK IN UNICOI COUNTY. A FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST HAS REVEALED THAT RICHARD TAPP’S DEATH 26 YEARS AGO WAS NOT CAUSED BY…
ALLEGED BANK ROBBERS ARRAIGNED
THE FOUR PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR THEIR PART IN THE RECENT HOLDUP AT A JOHNSON CITY BANK EARLIER THIS WEEK HAVE BEEN ARRAIGNED IN SESSIONS COURT. 27 YEAR OLD DANIEL ROUSE…
DRUG BUST NETS FOUR ARRESTS
A DRUG BUST IN WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS LANDED FOUR PEOPLE BEHIND BARS. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND THE ABINGDON POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED INFORMATION CONCERNING AN INDIVIDUAL BRINGING ILLEGAL DRUGS INTO…
30 ARRESTED IN SHAKEDOWN
FEDERAL AUTHORITIES SAY A YEAR AND A HALF LONG CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION HAS YIELDED ONE OF THE LARGEST TAKE-DOWNS OF A CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION IN NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND THE…
GAS COMPANY HEADED TO DICKENSON COUNTY
EQUITABLE RESOURCES, ONE OF THE NATIONS LARGEST NATURAL GAS COMPANIES, HAS BROKEN GROUND ON A NEW HEADQUARTERS IN DICKENSON COUNTY VIRGINIA. THE NEW FACILITY WILL BE THE HOME BASED OFFICE…