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A FORMER PASTOR AT A KINGSPORT CHURCH ACCUSED OF HAVING SEX WITH A 16 YEAR OLD BOY HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. HERBERT POWERS PLED…

A PLANT CLOSING IN ERWIN WILL FORCE 87 PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR JOBS. HOOVER PRECISION PRODUCTS, WHICH MANUFACTURES STEEL BALLS AND BEARINGS, NOTIFIED ALL THE EMPLOYEES WEDNESDAY, SAYING THE FACILITY…

TWO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA HOSPITALS HAVE BECOME PART OF WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM. MOUNTAIN VIEW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN NORTON AND LEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN PENNINGTON GAP MADE THE TRANSITION THIS…

TWO FORMER SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA POLICE CHIEFS ARE CONTINUING TO FIND THEMSELVES ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW. A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED FORMER DAMASCUS POLICE CHIEF…

Anthony Richardson Dwayne Sheffield TWO FORMER SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA POLICE CHIEFS AND TWO OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON DRUGS, WEAPONS, CONSPIRACY, AND CHILD NEGLECT CHARGES AS THE RESULT OF THE…

Kirk Royston A JOHNSON CITY MAN WHO WAS RECENTLY INDICTED BY A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE GRAND JURY FOR ALLEGEDLY DEFRAUDING TENNCARE IS FREE ON BOND. KIRK ROYSTON IS CHARGED WITH…

A VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SPOKESWOMAN SAYS THERE’S NO REASON FOR ALARM ABOUT VIRGINIA BRIDGES IN THE WAKE OF THE MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA TRAGEDY. V-DOT SPOKESWOMAN DONNA PURCELL MAYES SAID THAT…

A KINGSPORT-AREA LOCKSMITH SAYS HE MIGHT BE STUCK PAYING A SPEEDING TICKET HE GOT WHILE DOING WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A GOOD DEED. LOCKSMITH RANDY PRICE ACKNOWLEDGES HE WAS SPEEDING,…

TO COINCIDE WITH TAX FREE WEEKEND WHICH BEGINS ON FRIDAY, MOUNTAIN STATES HEALTH ALLIANCE AND LAUGHLIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN GREENEVILLE WILL PROVIDE COVER KIDS INFORMATION AND THE CHANGE TO SIGN…

THE IDEA OF A WHEEL TAX IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE IS APPARENTLY NOT A DEAD ISSUE, AT LEAST NOT YET. SO A WHEEL TAX COMMITTEE HAS BEEN FORMED TO TALK…

A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE WOMAN ACCUSED OF DEFRAUDING TENNCARE HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A COUNTY GRAND JURY. 37 YEAR OLD TINA SHELLEBY IS ACCUSED OF USING HER TENNCARE BENEFITS TO…

THE UNICOI COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS TRYING TO DETERMINE THE IDENTITY OF A 14 YEAR OLD GIRL AND A 17 YEAR OLD BOY CAUGHT IN A COMPROMISING SITUATION. 23 YEAR…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared all 95 Tennessee counties eligible for low-interest emergency farm loans because of the extreme drought and high heat since the beginning of the…

GREENEVILLE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO ROBBED A CITY CONVENIENCE STORE AT KNIFEPOINT. AUTHORITIES SAY THE BANDIT ENTERED THE BP QUICKSTOP MARKET #17 NEAR BERNARD AVENUE INTERSECTION, BRANDISHED…

Kimberly Witten Barnett THE MOTHER OF DALLAS COWBOYS TIGHT END JASON WITTEN HAS HAD HER THEFT AND FORGERY CASE BOUND OVER TO A CARTER COUNTY GRAND JURY. 48 YEAR OLD…

A SOLDIER FROM ELIZABETHTON HAS BEEN KILLED WHILE SERVING IN IRAQ. 41 YEAR OLD SEARGENT STEVEN MADDIES SERVED WITH TROOP F FROM BRISTOL DURING THE 278TH’S DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ IN…

GAS PRICES DON’T USUALLY DROP DURING THE PEAK OF SUMMER DRIVING SEASON. HOWEVER, VIRGINIANS ARE RECEIVING A WELCOMED BREAK AT THE PUMPS. TRIPLE-A MID ATLANTIC OFFICIALS SAY THE AVERAGE PRICE…

RESIDENTS IN BIG STONE GAP VIRGINIA WILL FIND OUT IN A FEW DAYS WHETHER A WISE COUNTY FUNERAL HOME WILL RECEIVE THE GREEN LIGHT TO OPERATE A PROPOSED CREMATORIUM. GILLIAM…

A SULLIVAN COUNTY WOMAN ACCUSED OF NEGLECTING HER HORSES HAS HAD HER CASE POSTPONED IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT IN BRISTOL. 47 YEAR OLD KAREN HARLAN IS CHARGED WITH 15 COUNTS…

THE FORMER MAYOR OF APPALACHIA VIRGINIA WHO WAS CONVICTED OF VOTER FRAUD WAS ALLOWED TO LEAVE HIS JAIL CELL TO ATTEND HIS MOTHER’S 90TH BIRTHDAY PARTY. BEN COOPER PLED GUILTY…

A HOUSE FIRE IN ELIZABETHTON IS BEING TREATED AS ARSON. AUTHORITIES SAID THE BLAZE BROKE OUT EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING AT A HOME ON LEE AVENUE. THE DWELLING WAS UNOCCUPIED AT…

AUTHORITIES SAY VIOLENT WEATHER ATTRIBUTED TO THE DEATH OF A GLADE SPRING VIRGINIA MAN. ACCORDING TO POLICE, 19 YEAR OLD MICHAEL HESS WAS SITTING IN HIS CAR WHEN A DOWNBURST…