KITTEN KILLING UNDER INVESTIGATION
Hawkins County investigators are interviewing three men in the death of a kitten killed by fireworks on Sunday. Dana Campbell said she adopted three kittens that had been dumped near…
ELIZABETHTON’S MAN CONVICTION UPHELD
THE TENNESSEE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS IN KNOXVILLE HAS UPHELD THE CONVICTION OF AN ELIZABETHTON MAN IN THE KILLING OF A STORE CLERK. WILLIAM MATNEY PUTNAM WAS CONVICTED OF FIRST…
ONE PLEADS GUILTY IN GAMBLING CASE
ONE OF TEN DEFENDANTS IN THE APPALACHIA GAMBLING PROBE HAS PLED GUILTY IN WISE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT. 70 YEAR OLD BOBBY BOLLING ADMITTED TO OPERATING AN ILLEGAL GAMBLING ENTERPRISE. HE…
FORMER DUFFIELD FUNERAL HOME OWNER SOUGHT
A DUFFIELD VIRGINIA FUNERAL HOME HAS SHUT ITS DOORS AFTER THE FORMER OWNER WAS RECENTLY INDICTED BY SCOTT COUNTY GRAND JURY ON FRAUD CHARGES. ANTHONY CARSON ROBBINS FACES 51 COUNTS…
WISE ART TEACHER ADMITS TO WRONG
A WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA ART TEACHER HAS ADMITTED TO CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR. 26 YEAR OLD NAOMI MIRANDA PETERS OF GATE CITY, ENTERED A GUILTY PLEA YESTERDAY…
SW VIRGINIA SOLDIERS TO DEPLOY
\ MORE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA SOLDIERS WILL BE DEPLOYED OVERSEES SOON. A TOTAL OF 22 SOLDIERS WILL LEAVE THE NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY IN RICHLANDS ON THURSDAY MORNING. THEY WILL BE LEAVING…
BUTLER WOMAN IS CHARGED
Quincey Childers ELIZABETHTON POLICE SAY A BUTLER TENNESSEE WOMAN IS BEHIND BARS FOR NUMEROUS COUNTS OF ALLEGEDLY PICKING UP FRAUDULENT PRESCRIPTIONS AT SEVERAL AREA PHARMACIES. 23 YEAR OLD QUINCEY CHILDERS…
GOVERNOR KAINE SET FOR PRE-K
VIRGINIA GOVERNOR TIM KAINE SAYS HE STILL PLANS TO OFFER UNIVERSAL, BUT NOT MANDATORY, PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM IN THE COMMONWEALTH WITHOUT RAISING TAXES. HE SAYS THE PROGRAM FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS…
MAN ON MOST WANTED LIST CAPTURED
Jonathan Wells IT DIDN’T TAKE AUTHORITIES LONG TO DOWNSIZE THEIR LIST OF MOST WANTED PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE. AN ANONYMOUS TIP LED DEPUTIES TO JONATHAN WELLS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HE…
TENTATIVE TRIAL DATE IS SET
A TENTATIVE TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR ONE OF THE MEN ACCUSED IN A 2005 KINGSPORT CANDLE SHOP MURDER. LESLIE ALLEN WARE IS FACING CHARGES OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER…
BUCHANAN COUNTY TEEN HAS MURDER CASE BOUND OVER
A BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA TEEN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS FATHER HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO A GRAND JURY. 19 YEAR OLD ADAM CHAPMAN IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE…
NO CHARGES AS RESULT OF BOATING FATALITY
A HAMBLEN COUNTY TENNESSEE GRAND JURY HAS DECIDED NOT TO INDICT ANYONE IN A BOATING ACCIDENT LAST YEAR THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A GREENEVILLE MAN AND LEFT HIS FATHER…
SCOTT COUNTY SCHOOL SECRETARY INDICTED
A SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A FORMER SECRETARY AT A COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. CAROLYN BURKE IS CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF EMBEZZLEMENT AFTER ALLEGEDLY TAKING THOUSANDS OF…
DAVIS HAS PRELIMINARY CONTINUED
THE FORMER BIDDER OF JOHNSON CITY’S DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE IN COURT AFTER ALLEGEDLY STEALING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM CITY COFFERS. DANNY LYNN DAVIS…
BRISTOL ROBBERY UNDER INVESTIGATION
BRISTOL TENNESSEE POLICE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP IN LOCATING A BANDIT THAT HELDUP THE SHELL GAS STATION ON VOLUNTEER PARKWAY. AUTHORITIES SAY A BLACK MALE ENTERED THE BUSINESS BRANDISHING…
CAMPER FIRE IN HAWKINS COUNTY CLAIMS ONE
A CAMPER FIRE IN HAWKINS COUNTY HAS CLAIMED ONE MAN’S LIFE. AUTHORITIES SAID 57 YEAR OLD CLINT COLLIN DIED AS A RESULT OF THE BLAZE THAT STARTED LATE MONDAY. OFFICIALS…
BUCHANAN COUNTY COAL MINE UPDATE
A BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA COAL MINE REMAINS CLOSED TODAY AS CONSOL ENERGY OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO MONITOR GAS READINGS AT THE BUCHANAN NUMBER ONE MINE NEAR OAKWOOD. OFFICIALS DON’T BELIEVE A…
DRUGS AND GUNS SEZIED
Howard Lewis Cleek SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES HAVE SEIZED VARIOUS DRUGS AND GUNS AFTER RESPONDING TO A COUNTY RESIDENCE IN REGARD TO A DOMESTIC ASSAULT. INVESTIGATORS HAVE CHARGED HOWARD LEWIS…
ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGES FILED
A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER ANIMAL CONTROL DEPUTIES RECEIVED AN ANONYMOUS COMPLAINT ABOUT SEVERAL HORSES IN EXTREMELY POOR CONDITION. 64 YEAR OLD C.A. WORLEY OF SALTVILLE…
HOLIDAY FATALITIES IN VIRGINIA
VIRGINIA STATE POLICE SAY THAT 16 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN TRAFFIC CRASHES IN THE STATE DURING THE FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY.THAT’S ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY NUMBERS OVER THE HOLIDAY PERIOD. TWENTY…
PHARMACY ROBBER PLEADS GUILTY
Susong Pharmacy Photo courtesy of WGRV Radio THE SUSPECT ACCUSED OF ROBBING THE SAME GREENEVILLE PHARMACY ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIMES IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN…
TWO MORE BUSINESSES JOIN PAVILION
TWO MORE BUSINESSES ARE JOINING THE GROWING LINEUP AT THE NEW KINGSPORT PAVILION SHOPPING CENTER ON EAST STONE DRIVE. MICHAELS WAS ISSUED A BUILDING PERMIT VALUED AT JUST OVER 1.9…