Author: News Staff

Are you looking for something to do in the area this weekend? The Museum of the Middle Appalachians in Saltville, Virginia will hold a Grand Reopening Celebration to commemorate its…

A CARTER COUNTY MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER LAST YEAR HAS FILED A MOTION TO FIRE HIS ATTORNEY. ROBERT MILLER WAS CONVICTED OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER FOR RAPING AND KILLING 22…

WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA LAW ENFORCMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO ROUND UP NUMEROUS PEOPLE FACING DRUG CHARGES OFF THE STREETS. IT’S DUBBED “OPERATION FOOLS,” AND AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING FOR A TOTAL OF…

A MOTHER AND DAUGTHER INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A FORMER SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA STATE PRISON INMATE HAVE ADMITTED TO THE CRIME. 43 YEAR OLD ALICE FOSTER PLED GUILTY TO…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF ROBBING A CITY PHARMACY AND LEADING POLICE ON A CHASE INTO VIRGINIA IS NOW BEHIND BARS. JEFFREY JESSEE IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ROBBERY, AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING,…

Virginia regulators are giving Dominion the green light for a new coal-fired power plant to be built in Wise County. The State Corporation Commission took the action yesterday. The state…

THE CAUSE OF A CHEMICAL SPILL IN RICHLANDS VIRGINIA IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE SPILL OCCURRED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT BJ CHEMICAL SERVICES ON CHESTNUT STREET. POLICE SAID 150 GALLONS OF HYDROCHLORIC…

TWO CARTER COUNTY WOMEN ACCUSED OF DUCT TAPING A CHILD TO A POTTY CHAIR OVERNIGHT HAVE HAD THEIR BONDS LOWERED. 41 YEAR OLD TINA WOODS AND 35 YEAR OLD TOINETTE…

A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN SCOTT COUNTY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A POUND VIRGINIA MAN. ACCORDING TO THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE, 30 YEAR OLD BLAINE JASON REED WAS KILLED…

Alpha Natural Resources Chief Executive Michael Quillen took a slight pay cut last year, even though the company’s stock more than doubled. Not that Quillen is hurting…The Abingdon based coal…

THE NUMBERS ARE IN. THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION’S CRIME STATISTICS UNIT HAS RELEASED IT ANNUAL “CRIME ON CAMPUS” REPORT. THE REPORT SHOWS A 12.6 PERCENT DECREASE IN THE NUMBER…

A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT NEAR ROGERSVILLE OVER THE WEEKEND HAS CLAIMED THE LIVES OF THREE HAWKINS COUNTY PEOPLE. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, 41 YEAR OLD RALPH DODSON, 38…

A SECOND PERSON ACCUSED OF ASSISTING IN A FIRE THAT WAS SET AT AN HISTORIC LANDMARK IN WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS PLED NOT GUILTY IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN ABINGDON.…

THE SEARCH IS CONTINUING FOR A WYTHE COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND WOUNDING A VIRGINIA STATE POLICE TROOPER NEAR GILES COUNTY. TROOPERS WERE ATTEMPTING TO SERVE TWO ARREST…

An accused Kingsport child rapist facing more than 50 felony charges has been arraigned and will go to trial later this year in Sullivan County Criminal court. A judge set…

THE GREENEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO BROKE INTO A HOME OVER THE WEEKEND WITH PEOPLE INSIDE. 76 YEAR OLD HERBERT DYER TOLD POLICE A WHITE MALE…

CONSOL’S BUCHANAN NUMBER ONE MINE IN MAVISDALE VIRGINIA IS UP AND RUNNING AT FULL PRODUCTION. THE MINE HAS BEEN IDLE FOR NEARLY EIGHT MONTHS AFTER TWO ROOF FALLS OCCURRED IN…

THE COALFIELDS EXPRESSWAY PROJECT IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA IS BACK ON TRACK. 9TH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN RICK BOUCHER SAID CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO RESTART SOMETIME THIS YEAR. THE SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION PROVISION ALLOWS…

ELIZABETHTON POLICE HAVE FILED CHARGES AGAINST AN OHIO MAN FOLLOWING A CRASH THAT LEFT TWO YOUNG TEENS DEAD. 27 YEAR OLD JACK SCHIDLOWSKI WAS SERVED WITH WARRANTS CHARGING HIM WITH…

A SPECIAL GRAND JURY IN WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA IS EXPECTED TO ISSUE A REPORT NEXT MONTH CONCERNING AN INVESTIGATION INTO TOWN MATTERS IN ST. PAUL. THE 11 MEMBER PANEL MET…

MINERS EXCHANGE BANK WHICH HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 25 YEARS HAS ANNOUNCED THE OPENING OF A NEW BRANCH IN LYNN GARDEN. THIS IS THEIR SECOND TENNESSEE BRANCH. MINERS EXCHANGE…

A MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN SULLIVAN COUNTY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A PINEY FLATS MAN. ACCORDING TO THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, 28 YEAR OLD PATRICK WHITAKER WAS TRAVELING ON…