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A TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPER WHO WAS FIRED FOR OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT HAS LOST HIS ATTEMPT TO KEEP HIS JOB. KYLE CANTWELL’S LAST DAY ON THE JOB IS SET FOR MARCH…

Virginia Tech President Charles Steger says the university has spent more than $10 million to increase security since the killing of 32 students and faculty by a deranged student last…

SULLIVAN COUNTY MAYOR STEVE GODSEY HAS ELIMINATED THE COUNTY’S TOURISM DIRECTOR POSITION. THE SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMISSION VOTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO CREATE THE POST TO PROMOTE TOURISM IN THE COUNTY.…

A DRUG STING IN KINGSPORT HAS LEFT 16 PEOPLE FACING VARIOUS DRUG CHARGES. SO FAR, 13 OF THE 16 ARE BEHIND BARS. THE STING IS A RESULT OF THE DEPARTMENTS…

THE JOHNSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR THE PRESIDENT OF MOUNTAIN CITY BURLEY TOBACCO WAREHOUSE THAT’S ACCUSED OF WRITING NEARLY A HALF-A-MILLION DOLLARS IN BAD CHECKS. JESSEE RAY FAULKNER…

A Greene County man has been indicted on bank robbery charges out of Unicoi County. 40 year old Jeffrey Melton of Bulls Gap was arrested at a Timber Ridge Road…

A CHURCH HILL MAIL CARRIER ACCUSED OF OPENING LETTERS AND STEALING A GIFT CARD HAS BEEN GRANTED DIVERSION. 39 YEAR OLD CAROLYN DERRICK WAS CHARGED WITH THEFT UNDER 500 DOLLARS.…

A Greene County man has been indicted on bank robbery charges out of Unicoi County. 40 year old Jeffrey T. Melton of Bulls Gap was arrested at a Timber Ridge…

A PRELIMINARY HEARING FOR AN EIDSON TENNESSEE MAN ACCUSED OF CAUSING HAVOC AT A KINGSPORT NIGHTCLUB IN JANUARY HAS BEEN RESET. 23 YEAR OLD MICHAL SCOTT LYONS IS CHARGED WITH…

A study concludes Virginia is lacking beds needed to treat mentally ill patients. The study by the Treatment Advocacy Center says there is a national shortage of nearly 100,000 impatient…

A college student in Wise County, Virginia has been charged with making death threats over the internet. Mountain Empire Community College student Allen Leon Sammons appeared yesterday in U.S. District…

BRISTOL VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES SAY A MAN ACCUSED OF HAVING INAPPROPRIATE CONTACT WITH A MINOR IS EXPECTED TO BE BACK IN BRISTOL THIS WEEK. 50 YEAR OLD ROBERT CARL SATTERFIELD WAIVED…

ONE OF TWO HURLEY VIRGINIA PEOPLE WHO PLED GUILTY EARLIER IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN ABINGDON TO COMING UP WITH SEVERAL FRADULENT SCHEMES, HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND…

CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST THE DIRECTOR OF A BRISTOL VIRGINIA CHRISTMAS PROGRAM WHO ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED TO TAKING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM THE CHARITY. 33 YEAR OLD JIMMIE CLARK, THE…

A WELLKNOWN RAPPER AND HIS ENTOURAGE WHO WERE ARRESTED LAST YEAR ON MARIJUANA CHARGES DURING A TRAFFIC STOP OF THEIR TOUR BUS HAS HAD HIS CASE CONTINUED. BRYAN “BIRDMAN” WILLIAMS…

A TRI CITIES AREA WOMAN HAS BEEN SCAMMED – IN A BIG WAY. A 76 YEAR OLD GREENEVILLE RESIDENT TOLD POLICE SHE WAS CONTACTED IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR AND…

GAS PRICES CONTINUE TO CLIMB IN VIRGINIA. TRIPLE A REPORTS THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON OF SELF-SERVE REGULAR HAS HIT A RECORD HIGH FOR THE SEVENTH TIME IN SEVEN…

AN AUDITING FIRM CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION INTO UNICOI COUNTY’S FINANCES AND HAS CONCLUDED THE COUNTY MAYOR DIDN’T COMMIT ANY FRAUD. FORMER RECORDER CONNIE MULLINS FILED A LAWSUIT IN UNICOI COUNTY…

AN ABINGDON VIRGINIA MAN FACING MULTIPLE CHILD MOLESTATION CHARGES HAS BEEN CAPTURED IN OHIO. 50 YEAR OLD ROBERT SATTERFIELD IS CHARGED WITH AT LEAST 21 FELONY CHILD MOLESTATION CHARGES OF…

THE DIRECTOR OF A BRISTOL VIRGINIA CHRISTMAS PROGRAM FOR NEEDY CHILDREN HAS ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED TO TAKING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM THE CHARITY. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE VOLUNTEER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF…

A GROUP OF KING COLLEGE STUDENTS WILL HOLD A PEACE VIGIL THIS WEEK TO MARK THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF U.S PARTICIPATION IN THE WAR IN IRAQ. THE VIGIL WILL BE…

JOHNSON CITY’S PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR HAS BEEN FIRED. TOM ALEXANDER HAS HELD THE JOB FOR NEARLY A DECADE UNTIL HE WAS DISMISSED FROM HIS POST LAST WEEK. CITY MANAGER…