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A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO GEORGIA TEENS IN JOHNSON CITY IN 2002 HAS NOW FILED A NEW MOTION IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT. HOWARD HAWK WILLIS CLAIMS HE…

A Weber City chiropractor and three of his employees have been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Abingdon for their roles in a health care fraud scheme in Virginia and…

A KINGSPORT BRICK PLANT HAS TEMPORARILY LAID OFF 48 PEOPLE. JOHNSON CITY BASED SHALE BRICK HALTED PRODUCTION AT IT’S KINGSPORT PLANT FOR THE TIME BEING LEAVING WORKERS TEMPORARILY WITHOUT A…

A KINGSPORT NIGHTCLUB HAS HAD IT’S BEER LICENSE SUSPENDED. THE KINGSPORT BEER BOARD DECIDED TO REVOKE THE BEER LICENSES FOR HOG WILD SALOON ON STONE DRIVE, FOR 20 DAYS. THE…

A GREENE COUNTY MAN ACCUSED IN A FATAL CAR CRASH LAST DECEMBER IS NOW FACING CHARGES. 36 YEAR OLD TODD ANDREW MATHES IS CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR HOMICIDE IN THE DEATH…

A FIVE MONTH BOIL WATER NOTICE IN DUNGANNON VIRGINIA HAS BEEN LIFTED. WATER CREWS HAVE REPAIRED 16 LEAKS IN SUPPLY LINES, INCLUDING A SIGNIFICANT LEAK THAT WAS DISCOVERED ALMOST A…

A CARTER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES FOLLOWING A PURSUIT OF A VEHICLE TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. DEPUTY BRIAN DURHAM CLOCKED THE VEHICLE TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON…

The attorney for a man accused in the 2004 stabbing death of college student Bristol Tennessee-native Johnia Berry said his client has been found dead in his jail cell. Taylor…

KINGSPORT POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN THE THEFT OF APPROXIMATELY 500 PLASTIC TOTES STOLEN FROM A TRI CITIES GROCERY STORE LAST WEEK. 27 YEAR OLD ANTHONY LEROY HICKS OF…

THE WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO PROBE A SHOOTING INCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND IN WHICH A MAN WAS KILLED AFTER TRYING TO…

A LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA JURY HAS FAILED TO CONVICT A MAN IN THE KILLING OF ANOTHER MAN LAST YEAR IN THE KEOKEE AREA. THE JURY FOUND 47 YEAR OLD BERLIE…

THE KINGSPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT IS RUNNING OUT OF ROOM. POLICE CHIEF GALE OSBORNE HAS PRESENTED A PROPOSAL TO CITY LEADERS TO EXPAND THE EXISTING JUSTICE CENTER WHICH HOUSES COURTROOMS, THE…

The accomplishments of a Johnson City wheelchair racer have landed him a spot on breakfast tables. Fain Gogg, who won six gold medals competing in the National Veterans Wheelchair Games,…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN IS ACCUSED OF TRYING TO KILL HIS ROOMMATE OVER THE WEEKEND. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED FRIDAY NIGHT AT A HOME ON NARROW LANE. 52 YEAR OLD CHARLES…

GUN-RELATED BILLS SPONSORED IN THE TENNESSEE STATE LEGISLATURE HAVE NOT HAD MUCH LUCK THIS YEAR. A NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION-BACKED BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW SOMEONE WHO VOLUNTARILY SEEKS MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITALIZATION…

A STABBING IN ROGERSVILLE HAS LEFT ONE MAN CRITICALLY INJURED. POLICE SAID 50 YEAR OLD RANDALL STEWART WAS STABBED IN THE NECK EARLY YESTERDAY AT HIS HILLCREST ROAD HOME. POLICE…

THE VIRGINIA AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD HAS DECIDED IT WILL MAKE A RULING ON WHETHER DOMINION VIRGINIA POWER RECEIVES A PERMIT TO BUILD A PROPOSED $1.8 BILLION DOLLAR COAL FIRED…

WELL, WHAT STARTED OFF AS A GAS DRIVE OFF TURNED INTO A STANDOFF BETWEEN POLICE AND THE SUSPECT. VIRGINIA STATE POLICE SAID JACKIE ELIJAH MAYO HELD AUTHORITIES AT BAY FOR…

NEARLY 100 WORKERS AT A LEBANON VIRGINIA AUTOMOBILE PARTS MANUFACTURING PLANT HAVE TEMPORARILY LOST THEIR JOBS AS THE RESULT OF A STRIKE. OFFICIALS AT INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS HAD LAID OFF…

A HAWKINS COUNTY ATTORNEY HAS BEEN PLACED ON PROBATION. THE TENNESSEE SUPREME COURT DECIDED ON THE DISCIPLINE OF JOHN S. ANDERSON. THE PROBATION IS IN EFFECT FOR AT LEAST TWO…

A MULTI MILLION DOLLAR FEDERAL GRANT WILL SOON BRING PUBLIC WATER TO NEARLY 700 RESIDENTS IN BRISTOL TENNESSEE. CURRENTLY, THOSE PEOPLE LIVING IN DENTON VALLEY ARE HAVING TO RELY ON…

APPALACHIA VIRGINIA TOWN LEADERS HAVE SENT A STRONG MESSAGE TO THE WISE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AND THAT IS TO KEEP ITS HIGH SCHOOL OPEN. IF SCHOOL OFFICIALS ARE DETERMINED TO…