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FOUR PEOPLE WILL BE ARRAIGNED TODAY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT FOR THEIR PART IN THE RECENT HOLDUP AT A JOHNSON CITY BANK. 27 YEAR OLD DANIEL ROUSE OF…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING ANOTHER MAN NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO WILL SOON KNOW THE STATUS OF HIS CASE. 41 YEAR OLD PONCHO JUAN DELGADO IS CHARGED WITH…

Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen says an unspecified number of state employees will be laid off because of a tight budget. Bredesen said Wednesday the state work force needs to be…

THE BODY OF A MAN FOUND DEAD 26 YEARS AGO UNDER A BUSH HOG ON HIS PROPERTY IN UNICOI COUNTY HAS BEEN EXHUMED. RICHARD TAPP’S BODY WAS TAKEN TO THE…

A GRAINGER COUNTY MURDER SUSPECT ACCUSED OF SHOOTING, STABBING, AND BITING FOUR FAMILY MEMBERS IS IN POLICE CUSTODY. 34 YEAR OLD WILLIAM RANDALL CRAWFORD IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE…

A SUMMER TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR A BRISTOL VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF HAVING INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL CONTACT WITH TEENAGE GIRLS. 40 YEAR OLD ROBERT TIMOTHY DUTTON IS CHARGED WITH…

A FORMER ELIZABETHTON BUSINESSMAN CONVICTED ON CHARGES OF METHAMPHETAMINE HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS IN FEDERAL PRISON. JOE COFFMAN WAS FOUND GUILTY LAST AUGUST IN U.S. DISTRICT…

ONE OF SEVERAL SUSPECTS IN A NEARLY THREE YEAR OLD MURDER CASE HAS ADMITTED TO HIS PART IN THE CRIME IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. CLYDE GREEN REACHED A DEAL…

AN ERWIN MAN CONVICTED IN A FATAL ACCIDENT TWO YEARS AGO HAS BEEN SENTENCED IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT. 37 YEAR OLD CLIFFORD FALK PLED GUILTY TO VEHICULAR HOMICIDE…

CONSOL ENERGY WILL INCREASE MINING CAPACITY AT IT’S BUCHANAN MINE IN BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA. COMPANY OFFICIALS SAID MINING CAPACITY WILL INCREASE BY NEARLY ONE MILLION TONS OF COAL PER YEAR.…

A NEW JAIL IN CARTER COUNTY COULD COST TAXPAYERS MORE MONEY IN PROPERTY TAXES. THE COUNTY BUDGET COMMITTEE IS WORKING ON THE 2008-2009 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET AND SAID IT WILL…

A CARTER COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF FORCING HIS WAY INTO A NEIGHBOR’S HOME IS BEHIND BARS. 24 YEAR OLD DEREK BRANDON WARD IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND…

THE MANHUNT CONTINUES BY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FOR A MAN WHO HELD UP A JOHNSON CITY BANK EARLIER THIS WEEK. AUTHORITIES SAID A BANDIT ENTERED THE REGIONS BANK AT…

THE CITY OF KINGSPORT HAS WON NATIONAL AWARD FOR MEETING ITS CHALLENGES. THE MODEL CITY WAS CHOSEN AS ONE OF ONLY THREE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION TO RECEIVE THE INAUGURAL…

GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONIES WERE HELD TODAY AT EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY IN JOHNSON CITY FOR ITS PHASE TWO APARTMENT COMPLEX. THE FACILITY IS PART OF A PLANNED RESIDENCE COMPLEX THAT BEGAN…

THREE TEENS ACCUSED IN A RECENT HOMICIDE IN KINGSPORT HAVE BEEN ARRAIGNED IN SESSIONS COURT. 18 YEAR OLD ALDEAN BOWMAN, 19 YEAR OLD ASHTON PHILLIPS, BOTH OF KINGSPORT AND 18…

A FORMER CHURCH HILL MAN CONVICTED OF PHYSICALLY AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A JOHNSON CITY WOMAN NEARLY SEVEN YEARS AGO HAS BEEN SENTENCED IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. A JURY FOUND…

UNICOI COUNTY AUTHORITIES WILL EXHUME THE BODY OF A MAN FOUND DEAD 26 YEARS AGO UNDER A BUSH HOG ON HIS PROPERTY.34 YEAR OLD RICHARD TAPP DIED IN AN ALLEGED…

AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A MAN WHO HELD UP A JOHNSON CITY BANK. AUTHORITIES SAID A BANDIT ENTERED THE REGIONS BANK AT THE CORNER OF…

A MAN ACCUSED OF ROBBING THE SAME JOHNSON CITY PHARMACY TWICE HAS BEEN SENTENCED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. 24 YEAR OLD MATTHEW RYAN NEAL PLED GUILTY TO TWO…

THE CITY OF KINGSPORT IS ONLY ONE OF THREE CITIES IN THE NATION SELECTED TO RECEIVE AN AWARD FOR IT’S EFFORTS TO FACE IT’S CHALLENGES HEADON FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THE…

THE WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF A MAN WHO DIED IN A MOBILE HOME FIRE LAST WEEK. 46 YEAR OLD JOHN ANTHONY SIMMS WAS FOUND…