RASH OF THEFTS IN BRISTOL VIRGINIA
BRISTOL VIRGINIA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A RASH OF THEFTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED AT A PARKING LOT IN THE 200 BLOCK OF BOB MORRISON BOULEVARD. THE PARKING LOT IS ADJACENT TO…
OWENS TRIAL CONTINUED IN FEDERAL COURT
THE TRIAL FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF SETTING A FIRE THAT DESTROYED AN HISTORIC LANDMARK IN WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS HAD HIS TRIAL IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN ABINGDON, CONTINUED.…
NEWPORT JUDGE STRIKES DEAL
A judge in Newport has struck a deal to get ethics charges against him dropped. In an order filed Tuesday, Cocke County General Sessions Court Judge John Bell agreed to…
MAN ACCUSED IN CARTER COUNTY SHOOTING HAS CASE BOUND OVER
A CARTER COUNTY MAN ACCUSED IN A FATAL SHOOTING THIS PAST SUMMER HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO A GRAND JURY. 21 YEAR OLD CASEY REED OF ELIZABETHTON IS…
JUDGE UPSET OVER WOMAN GIVEN SICK TIME
UNBELIEVABLE. THAT’S HOW JUDGE ROBERT CUPP REACTED WHEN HE DISCOVERED A WOMAN WHO PLED GUILTY TO STEALING NEARLY 300-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM HER EMPLOYER WAS PAID APPROXIMATELY 7-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR HER…
TENNESSEE WATCHDOG GROUP UPSET OVER RED LIGHT CAMERAS
A TENNESSEE WATCHDOG GROUP IS CALLING FOR THE REMOVAL OF RED LIGHT CAMERAS ACROSS THE STATE INCLUDING THE ONES IN KINGSPORT. A NEW REPORT BY THE TENNESSEE CENTER FOR POLICY…
BRISTOL TENNESSEE LOOKING FOR NEW SCHOOLS DIRECTOR
BRISTOL TENNESSEE’S DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS IS STEPPING DOWN FROM HIS POSITION. 57 YEAR OLD DR. STEVE DIXON HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL RETIRE AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR. DIXON…
COALFIELD EXPRESSWAY UNDERGOING FINAL PHASE
OFFICIALS WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES ARE PREDICTING, THE FIRST SECTION OF THE PROPOSED COALFIELDS EXPRESSWAY COULD BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT TWO YEARS. THE TWO…
NORTHEAST TENNESSEE COUNTIES TO GET ASSISTANCE
GOVERNOR PHIL BREDESEN HAS REQUESTED A FEDERAL DESIGNATION OF AGRICULTURAL DISASTER FOR 28 TENNESSEE COUNTIES INCLUDING THE TRI CITES BECAUSE OF CROP AND LIVESTOCK LOSSES RESULTING FROM DROUGHT. AMONG THE…
CLINTWOOD, VA. MAN FOUND GUILTY
A SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT JURY HAS FOUND A CLINTWOOD VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF HOLDING UP A KINGSPORT DRUG STORE NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO GUILTY. 31 YEAR OLD SAMMY STILNER…
SEARCHING FOR ASSAULT SUSPECTS
ELIZABETHTON POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO MALE SUSPECTS WHO ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED A WOMAN WHO WAS RUNNING NEAR THE WALKING TRAIL OF SYCAMORE SHOALS STATE PARK.THE SUSPECTS WERE DESCRIBED AS WHITE…
COUNTIES ASKING FOR FEDERAL HELP
GOVERNOR PHIL BREDESEN HAS REQUESTED A FEDERAL DESIGNATION OF AGRICULTURAL DISASTER FOR 28 TENNESSEE COUNTIES INCLUDING THE TRI CITES BECAUSE OF CROP AND LIVESTOCK LOSSES RESULTING FROM DROUGHT. AMONG THE…
LOCAL STUDENT HAS CONTRACTED MENINGITIS
A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA STUDENT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH MENINGITIS. THE CHILD, WHOSE NAME IS NOT BEING RELEASED, HAS HAD HER CASE REPORTED TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. ACCORDING…
TOSHA STILL INVESTIGATING DEATHS
THE TENNESSEE OCCUPATION SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION IS CONTINUING TO PROBE THE DEATHS OF TWO MOSHEIM TOWN EMPLOYEES KILLED ON THE JOB IN JULY. 21 YEAR OLD JEREMY GOFORTH AND…
THINGS BACK TO NORMAL AT KINGSPORT MALL
THINGS ARE BACK TO NORMAL AT THE KINGSPORT TOWN CENTER AFTER A PARTIAL POWER OUTAGE AND SUSPECTED ELECTRICAL FIRE FORCED THE FORMER FORT HENRY MALL TO BE EVACUATED AND CLOSED…
KINGSPORT ANIMAL SHELTER IN TROUBLE
WITH A TIGHT ECONOMY AND DONORS CONTRIBUTING LESS THESE DAYS, THE KINGSPORT ANIMAL SHELTER IS FACING A FUNDING DEFICIT WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME CHANGES AT THE FACILITY. THE SHELTER…
JOHNSON CITY MAN CHARGED WITH ROBBERY
A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF ROBBING AND ASSAULTING ANOTHER MAN AT A CITY HOME LAST WEEK WILL BE ARRAIGNED TODAY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. 23 YEAR…
HAWKINS COUNTY LEADERS VOTE NOT TO CUT FUNDING
THE HAWKINS COUNTY COMMISSION HAS VOTED TO RESTORE FUNDING TO COUNTY EMERGENCY WORKERS. COUNTY LEADERS HAD DECIDED EARLIER TO CUT TEN PERCENT FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES, BUT LAST NIGHT, THEY CHANGED…
GREENE COUNTY FIRE SUSPICIOUS
GREENE COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING A HOUSE FIRE OVER THE WEEKEND AS SUSPICIOUS AFTER JUST A WEEK BEFORE, A YOUNG BOY WAS WOUNDED IN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING AT THE SAME…
GIBSON TRIAL UNDERWAY IN TAZEWELL COUNTY
TESTIMONY WILL RESUME THIS MORNING IN TAZEWELL COUNTY VIRGINIA CIRCUIT COURT IN THE TRIAL OF A FLORIDA MAN ACCUSED OF FATALLY STABBING A CLINTWOOD MAN LAST YEAR. ANTHONY GIBSON IS…
TWO WISE COUNTY WOMEN INDICTED
A WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED TWO FORMER EMPLOYEES OF THE WISE SKILLS CENTER ON EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES. FORMER SKILLS DIRECTOR BRIDGET LIVESAY IS CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF…
FORMER EMPLOYEES INDICTED
A WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED TWO FORMER EMPLOYEES OF THE WISE SKILLS CENTER ON EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES. FORMER SKILLS DIRECTOR BRIDGET LIVESAY IS CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF…