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A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF FIRING A GUN INTO AN OCCUPIED VEHICLE AND NARROWLY MISSING A SMALL CHILD HAS A PLEA DEADLINE SET IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT.…

THE WISE COUNTY, VIRGINIA SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS SCHEDULED A PRESS CONFERENCE LATER TODAY CONCERNING THE RECENT DEATH OF A COUNTY RESIDENT. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF DONALD…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN WHO WAS RECENTLY INDICTED IN THE ROBBERY OF A CITY CONVENIENCE STORE HAS A TRIAL DATE SET IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT. JOHNNY LOPEZ IS…

JOHNSON CITY POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO MEN THAT HELD UP A CITY TOBACCO STORE. THE CLERK TOLD POLICE TWO MEN ENTERED TOBACCO DEPOT ON WEST MARKET STREET LAST NIGHT…

A GREENEVILLE COMPANY IS EXPANDING ITS OPERATIONS. GREENE COUNTY MAYOR ALAN BROYLES ANNOUNCED DURING A COMMISSION MEETING EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT JOHN DEERE WILL BE INCREASING ITS LOCAL OPERATIONS AND…

THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ARRESTED A TRI CITIES MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A STRING OF BURGLARIES THAT OCCURRED NEAR KINGSPORT. 22 YEAR OLD JOSHUA WAYNE MORELOCK IS CHARGED…

KINGSPORT BASED EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY HAS ANNOUNCED THAT RETIREES WILL BE FACING SOME CHANGES IN THEIR HEALTH CARE COVERAGE. BENEFITS ARE NOT BEING CUT. INSTEAD, EASTMAN HAS CONTRACTED WITH A…

A CHUCKEY WOMAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A MAN EARLIER THIS YEAR WILL BE ARRAIGNED MONDAY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT. 39 YEAR OLD BRENDA BOLTON IS CHARGED WITH FIRST…

A ONE-MILLION BOND HAS BEEN SET FOR A RICHLANDS VIRGINIA DOCTOR ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. DR. ROY GOMEZ IS CHARGED WITH FORCIBLE RAPE. FEDERAL AGENTS ARE ALSO REPORTEDLY INVESTIGATING GOMEZ…

DAY THREE IN THE SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT TRIAL IN THE JUNE 2002 MURDER OF 51 YEAR OLD TERRY RHYMER OF BRISTOL TENNESSEE IS SET TO BEGIN THIS MORNING. JOEY…

A ONE-MILLION BOND HAS BEEN SET FOR A RICHLANDS VIRGINIA DOCTOR ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. DR. ROY GOMEZ IS CHARGED WITH FORCIBLE RAPE. POLICE WERE AT HIS HOME ON LINWOOD…

SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS USED RESERVES TO HELP BALANCE AN OVER 164 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR THAT BEGAN JULY 1ST. THE SPENDING PLAN WAS BASED ON LAST YEAR’S…

THE SECOND QUARTER TRI CITIES RETAIL SALES REPORT SHOWS THAT KINGSPORT EXPERIENCED THE LARGEST JUMP IN RETAIL ACTIVITY AMONG THE THREE LARGEST CITIES. THAT ACCORDING TO DR. STEB HIPPLE WITH…

THINGS ARE BACK TO NORMAL AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE OF DOMINION’S WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT AFTER 14 PROTESTORS WHO LOCKED THEMSELVES TO STEEL DRUMS WERE ARRESTED. WISE COUNTY…

ONE OF TWO BROTHERS ACCUSED IN THE STABBING DEATH OF A BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A LESSER CHARGE IN CIRCUIT COURT. CARLOS PECK WAS CHARGED WITH…

TENESSEE’S DIVISION OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 500 COMPLAINTS ABOUT GASOLINE PRICE GOUGING AND THE PHONE CALLS AND E-MAILS ARE STILL COMING IN. STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND…

A MARINE CORP RESERVISTS CLAIMS HE WAS CARJACKED BY TWO MEN AND A WOMAN IN ELIZABETHTON. 19 YEAR OLD JOSHUA GANIOUS TOLD POLICE THAT ONE OF HIS ABDUCTORS HAD A…

AN OHIO WOMAN ACCUSED IN THE DEATH OF A PENNINGTON GAP VIRGINIA MAN HAS BEEN DENIED BOND. 25 YEAR OLD AMBER MARIE NASH IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN…

A KINGSPORT MAN WHO PLED GUILTY EARLIER IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE TO POSSESSING DRUGS HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS. 42 YEAR OLD ELLIOTT LOPEZ PLED…

TWO OF VIRGINIA’S TOP EVENTS FOR YOUNG WOMEN WILL BE RETURNING TO BRISTOL NEXT MONTH AFTER BEING GONE FOR TWO YEARS. THE 2009 MISS VIRGINIA TEEN USA AND MISS VIRGINIA…

THE AMERICAN RED CROSS HAS OPENED ITS NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER FOR DISASTER VICTIMS IN THE TRI CITIES. IN AN EFFORT TO ASSIST HURRICANE IKE VICTIMS, THE NATIONAL RED CROSS HAS…

THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION’S PROBE INTO MISSING MONEY IN THE UNICOI COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT CLERK’S OFFICE HAS FINALLY BEEN COMPLETED. THE FINDINGS FROM THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN TURNED OVER…