Category: Local News

SEVERAL LEADS ARE BEING FOLLOWED BY JOHNSON CITY POLICE FOLLOWING A SHOOTING INCIDENT THAT SENT A CITY MAN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. 34 YEAR OLD ANTHONY FRIDLEY WAS SHOT ONE…

A SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA HAVEN FOR ABUSED WOMEN AND CHILDREN COULD CLOSE ITS DOORS SOON IF MONETARY HELP DOESN’T COME SOON. RECENT FEDERAL AND STATE BUDGET CUTS COULD FORCE HOPE…

THE OWNER OF A SMALL SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA RADIO STATION IS BEHIND BARS TODAY. THE COMMONWEATLH ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAID 45 YEAR OLD JEFF RAYNOR OF GLADE SPRING IS CHARGED WITH ONE…

THE U.S. ARMY HAS AGREED TO INVEST 90 MILLION DOLLARS TO FUND THE BENEFITS OF HOLSTON DEFENSE CORPORATION RETIREES, FORMER EMPLOYEES, AND SURVIVORS. THE ARMY SAID YESTERDAY THEY ARE COMMITTED…

From left: Robert Neely, Justin Phillips TWO MEN ACCUSED OF HAVING DRUGS IN THEIR VEHICLE DURING A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP ARE BEHIND BARS IN ABINGDON VIRGINIA. 28 YEAR OLD ROBERT…

Eastman CEO Brian Ferguson talks with Governor Bredesen A BIG ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENT FROM A TRI CITIES COMPANY. TENNESSEE GOVERNOR PHIL BREDSEN WAS IN KINGSPORT AS OFFICIALS WITH EASTMAN SAY THEY…

TWO JOHNSON CITY MEN ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING ANOTHER MAN AND HOLDING HIM AGAINST HIS WILL BE IN COURT LATER TODAY. 20 YEAR OLD MARQUIS JONES AND 26 YEAR OLD LAMONT…

PINK SLIPS ARE IN THE WORKS FOR WORKERS AT A TRI CITIES AREA COMPANY. M.P.I. INTERNATIONAL IN GREENEVILLE, WHICH EMPLOYS 170 WORKERS, WILL SHUTDOWN OPERATIONS ON SEPTEMBER 30TH. M.P.I OPERATES…

Hawkins County Sheriff Roger Christian says his department has filed aggravated animal cruelty charges against two teenage boys in the fireworks killing of a kitten. Dana Campbell discovered her pet…

IT DIDN’T TAKE A SULLIVAN COUNTY JURY LONG TO FIND A FORMER NEW JERSEY MAN GUILTY OF SHOOTING ANOTHER MAN AND TAKING HIS MONEY. 22 YEAR OLD DONOVAN MUNROE WAS…

JOHNSON CITY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT HAS LEFT ONE PERSON INJURED. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED LAST NIGHT ON SIDNEY STREET. THE VICTIM’S NAME ISN’T BEING RELEASED AT THIS TIME.…

AN EXTENSIVE RETAIL MARKET STUDY SHOWS THAT KINGSPORT IS RAPIDLY RECAPTURING BUSINESS ONCE LOST TO OTHER REGIONS. ACCORDING TO A STUDY BY A MARYLAND FIRM, THE MODEL CITY JUST WASN’T…

CONGRADULATIONS TO THE KINGSPORT INDIANS 11 AND UNDER CAL RIPKEN TEAM FOR WINNING THAT STATE TOURNAMENT THIS PAST MONDAY. THE TEAM WILL REPRESENT THE STATE OF TENNESSEE IN FLORIDA AT…

JOHNSON CITY LEADERS ARE EXPECTED TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO PURCHASE A RETIRED RAIL LINE FOR NEARLY TWO MILLION DOLLARS. TEN MILES OF RAILROAD LINKING JOHNSON CITY AND ELIZABETHTON…

IN AN EFFORT TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP IN RIDDING WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE OF UNSITELY ILLEGAL DUMP SITES, LOCAL OFFICIALS HAVE STARTED A NEW PROGRAM. OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS, CREWS…

IT DIDN’T TAKE A SULLIVAN COUNTY JURY LONG TO FIND A FORMER NEW JERSEY MAN GUILTY OF SHOOTING ANOTHER MAN AND TAKING HIS MONEY. 22 YEAR OLD DONOVAN MUNROE WAS…

DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL JOHN EDWARDS PAID A VISIT TO WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA DURING HIS NATIONAL POVERTY TOUR. EMOTIONS WERE MIXED ABOUT HIS VISIT YESTERDAY. THEY DON’T WANT THEIR AREA TO…

Children at an Abingdon Virginia day-care center were Accidentally sprayed with herbicide when a train sprayed the chemical on weeds along a track near the facility. Four kids were playing…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN WITH A PAST THAT INCLUDES ILLEGALLY HAVING EXPLOSIVES HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED ON NEW CHARGES IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. ERNEST CANIPE IS CHARGED WITH BEING…

A FIRE AT A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MOTEL IS BEING BLAMED ON A MOTEL GUEST FALLING ASLEEP WHILE SMOKING IN BED. THE BLAZE BROKEOUT AROUND FOUR O’CLOCK YESTERDAY MORNING AT BRISTOL…

A Southwest Virginia dentist has pled not guilty to defrauding Medicaid by performing unnecessary dental work on children and the poor. Roy Silas Shelburne of Pennington Gap initially was charged…

IT DIDN’T TAKE A SULLIVAN COUNTY JURY LONG TO FIND A FORMER NEW JERSEY MAN GUILTY OF SHOOTING ANOTHER MAN AND TAKING HIS MONEY. 22 YEAR OLD DONOVAN MUNROE WAS…