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WITH THE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT AT MORE THAN 300 TRI CITIES WORKERS WILL BE LAID OFF FROM THEIR JOBS AT AGC THE CITY OF KINGSPORT AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ARE…

A MAGITUDE 5.4 EARTHQUAKE NEAR THE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TOWN OF WEST SALEM WAS REPORTEDLY FELT AS FAR AWAY AS THE TRI CITIES. OFFICIALS WITH THE TENNESSEE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY SAY…

A JUDGE HAS RULED THAT A MAN CHARGED IN THE DEATHS OF TWO GEORGIA NEWLYWEDS IN 2002 HAS NO RIGHT RIGHT TO ANOTHER ATTORNEY, AND WILL BE HIS OWN ATTORNEY…

A JUDGE HAS DENIED A NEW TRIAL FOR ONE OF THE TWO MEN CONVICTED OF VEHICULAR HOMICIDE IN A SEPTEMBER 2005 DRAG RACE THAT LED TO THE DEATH OF ONE…

THE SEARCH HAS ENDED FOR A MISSING SMYTH COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN WHO NEVER SHOWED UP FOR HIS WORK AT A LOCAL FACTORY OVER A WEEK AGO. GRAYSON COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY…

FOURTEEN TENNESSEE AIRPORTS WILL SHARE IN OVER 791-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN AERONAUTICAL GRANTS. THE GRANTS ARE AWARDED THROUGH THE TENNESSEE DEPARMENT OF TRANSPORTATION’S AERONAUTICS DIVISION. JULIE OAKS WITH TDOT SAYS TRI…

A STABBING AT A LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. ACCORDING TO THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE A 15 YEAR OLD THOMAS WALKER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WAS STABBED…

A FORMER HAWKINS COUNTY TEACHER AND COACH ACCUSED OF POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. MICHAEL NOEL OF KINGSPORT PLED GUILTY TO…

JURY DELIBERATIONS WILL RESUME THIS MORNING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT IN THE TRIAL OF AN ELIZABETHTON MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING AN ELDERLY JOHNSON CITY MAN NEARLY TWO YEARS…

THE TRIAL OF A KINGSPORT WOMAN ACCUSED IN THE NEGLIGENT DEATH OF HER TWO YEAR OLD SON HAS ENDED IN A MISTRIAL IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. SHANNON GIBSON WAS…

A GATE CITY VIRGINIA DENTIST ACCUSED OF CAUSING A BOATING ACCIDENT IN SULLIVAN COUNTY THAT LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD AND ANOTHER INJURED NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO HAS HAD HIS TRIAL…

AGC FLAT GLASS, FORMERLY AFG INDUSTRIES, HAS ANNOUNCED IT WILL BE CUTTING NEARLY 350 JOBS LOCALLY. COMPANY LEADERS SAID THEY ARE CUTTING BUSINESS BY ROUGHTLY 40 PERCENT AS PART OF…

BRISTOL TENNESSEE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR FOUR PEOPLE WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING INCIDENT AT A CITY BUSINESS. TWO WOMEN AND TWO MEN REPORTEDLY CAME INTO THE WALMART ON…

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says total crime grew slightly statewide in 2007, but there were fewer murders reported than in the year before. The statistics released Wednesday were in…

THE WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE COMMISSION’S BUDGET COMMITTEE HAS PROPOSED A TEN CENT PROPERTY TAX INCREASE IN THE 2008-2009 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET. THIS WOULD RAISE TAXES FROM 2.35 CENTS PER 100…

THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO A SHOOTING AT A KINGSPORT BUSINESS THAT LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD. THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAID 31 YEAR OLD JAMES GUINN OF ELIZABETHTON WAS SHOT…

A JOHNSON CITY MOTHER ACCUSED OF LETTING HER TODDLER WANDER AWAY FROM HOME IS BEHIND BARS. JUDY KISER IS CHARGED WITH CHILD NEGLECT. SHE ALLEGEDLY FELL ASLEEP AND LET HER…

THE STATE IS EXPECTED TO WRAP UP ITS CASE TODAY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT IN THE TRIAL OF AN ELIZABETHTON MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING AN ELDERLY JOHNSON CITY…

THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR A NEW JAIL IN CARTER COUNTY APPEARS TO BE CLOSER TO REALITY. A FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERED THE COUNTY TO HAVE A NEW FACILITY BUILT BY JUNE OF…

THE KINGSPORT BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMAN HAS APPROVED FUNDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE KINGSPORT CENTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. LAST NIGHT, THE BMA, APPROVED JUST OVER 11 MILLION DOLLARS…

TWO MEN ACCUSED OF HOLDING TWO TEENS AT GUNPOINT IN SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA ARE FACING CHARGES. 48 YEAR OLD TERRY GLENN PEAK AND 40 YEAR OLD LEWIS SCOTT SUMMEY ARE…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE COUPLE ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A 12 YEAR OLD CHILD HAVE HAD THEIR CASE BOUND OVER TO A GRAND JURY. 34 YEAR OLD CHARLES JAMES WALLACE AND…