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A FALL BRANCH MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER SULLIVAN COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY HE WAS INVOLVED IN A DOMESTIC ALTERCATION WITH HIS WIFE AT THEIR HOME ON BRANCH ROAD NEAR KINGSPORT.…

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has added to its most wanted list a man accused of shooting or stabbing four family members in Grainger County Tennessee this past weekend. Authorities…

A FALL BRANCH MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER SULLIVAN COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY HE WAS INVOLVED IN A DOMESTIC ALTERCATION WITH HIS WIFE AT THEIR HOME ON BRANCH ROAD NEAR KINGSPORT.…

A FORMER KINGSPORT MAN HAS PLED GUILTY IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN ABINGDON TO A BANK ROBBERY HE COMMITTED NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO. 45 YEAR OLD SAMUEL JACOB WEBB ADMITTED…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN IS FACING SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGES FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER EARLIER THIS MONTH. BRISTOL POLICE RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF A SHOOTING AT AN…

JOHNSON CITY POLICE SAY JAMES RIDDICK WAS GOING 16 MILES OVER THE SPEED LIMIT, THEN WHEN THEY TRIED TO PULL HIM OVER, HE DROVE THE WRONG WAY DOWN A ONE-WAY…

PASSENGER TRAVEL AT TRI-CITIES REGIONAL AIRPORT IS UP. THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS AT THE TRI ROSE EIGHT PERCENT DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST…

A HOUSE FIRE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE HAS LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, THE FIRE BROKEOUT AT A MOBILE HOME ON MOSIER ROAD IN THE WATAUGA COMMUNITY AROUND…

SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT ARE PROPOSING TO BUILD A MEMORIAL TO HONOR FALLEN OFFICERS. THE GRANITE MEMORIAL WOULD BE BUILT JUST OUTSIDE THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. THE…

OFFICIALS AT EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY HAVE SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT TODAY AFTER EARNINGS WERE REPORTED UP IN THE FIRST QUARTER. THE KINGSPORT BASED COMPANY POSTED NET EARNINGS OF 133 MILLION…

SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE OFFICIALS ARE INTERVIEWING INMATES IN THE DETENTION CENTER FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF AN INMATE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. 47 YEAR OLD BRIAN SCOTT STANLEY OF BLOUNTVILLE WAS…

State documents show the owner of a southwest Virginia coal mine where a worked was killed Tuesday had been cited 48 times for safety violations since 2005. The Richmond Times-Dispatch…

A METH LAB HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN A DOWNTOWN ERWIN HOME. 34 YEAR OLD JOEY AMBROSE IS CHARGED WITH MANUFACTURE OF SCHEDULE 2 DRUGS, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, POSSESSION OF DRUG…

A new study doesn’t bode well for women in the deep South and Appalachia. The study — based on federal data — finds that the life expectancy for women in…

ONE OF THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS TOP TEN MOST WANTED CRIMINALS HAS TURNED THEMSELVES IN. 23 YEAR OLD TOMIKA SCOTT OF NASHVILLE IS CHARGED IN COCKE COUNTY WITH ESPECIALLY…

OFFICIALS WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE A ROOF FALL THAT CLAIMED THE…

A METH LAB HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN A DOWNTOWN ERWIN HOME. 34 YEAR OLD JOEY AMBROSE IS CHARGED WITH MANUFACTURE OF SCHEDULE 2 DRUGS, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, POSSESSION OF DRUG…

A WOMAN WHO IS ACCUSED OF HOLDING UP A CONVENIENCE STORE IN BRISTOL TENNESSEE HAS FAILED TO SHOW UP FOR HER TRIAL IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. WHITNEY MAYNARD IS…

AS AN ERWIN MAN FOUND OUT – IT’S NEVER A GOOD THING TO FALL ASLEEP ON THE JOB, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU’RE COMMITING A BURGLARY. WASHINGTON COUNTY AUTHORITIES WERE DISPATCHED TO…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF OBTAINING NEARLY A HALF-A-MILLION DOLLARS FROM PEOPLE BY DEFRAUDING THEM HAS A TRIAL DATE SET IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT. 71 YEAR OLD…

FOR NOW, A NEW TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SET IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING ANOTHER MAN NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO. PONCHO JUAN DELGADO…

AN ABINGDON VIRGINIA MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER LEADING LOCAL AUTHORITIES ON A CHASE THAT RESULTED IN HIS EVENTUAL CAPTURE. AN OFF-DUTY ABINGDON POLICE OFFICER SPOTTED 51 YEAR OLD MICHAEL…