MORE CHARGES EXPECTED FOR FORMER FUNERAL DIRECTOR
A FORMER FUNERAL HOME DIRECTOR IN DUFFIELD VIRGINIA FACES MORE FRAUD CHARGES AFTER MORE VICTIMS HAVE COME FORWARD. ANTHONY ROBBINS, THE OWNER OF DUFFIELD FUNERAL HOME ALLEGEDLY SOLD 15 PEOPLE…
JOHNSON CITY TRAIN ACCIDENT KILLS ONE
A JOHNSON CITY WOMAN HAS BEEN KILLED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A TRAIN OVER THE WEEKEND. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON TRACKS NEAR MCKINLEY ROAD SATURDAY NIGHT. THE VICTIM’S NAME WON’T…
SCOTT COUNTY WASTE CLEANUP
CLEANUP OF WASTE AT A FORMER RECYCLING BUSINESS IN HILTONS VIRGINIA IS FINISHED. MORE THAN 500 BARRELS, LADEN WITH OIL AND USED FILTERS ALONG WITH 60 TONS OF OIL DRENCHED…
JOHNSON CITY FIRE INVESTIGATION
JOHNSON CITY FIRE OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF A FIRE AT A CITY BUSINESS. A BLAZE BROKE OUT AT THE SNAP-ON TOOLS PLANT ON WATAUGA ROAD EARLY…
HAWKINS COUNTY COACH FIRED
A HAWKINS COUNTY COACH ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING TWO OF HIS PLAYERS HAS BEEN FIRED. 36 YEAR OLD MIKE NOEL IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED SEXUAL BATTERY, SEXUAL BATTERY BY AN…
FORMER BUSINESS OWNER DENIED REDUCED SENTENCE
A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS REFUSED TO VACATE THE SENTENCE OF A FORMER BUSINESS OWNER CONVICTED OF DEFRAUDING MEDICARE OF MORE THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS. MAILEE LODGE WAS CONVICTED OF HEALTH…
RIMILLER SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS
A COEBURN VIRGINIA MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED FOR HIS ROLE IN A DOUBLE SLAYING. 24 YEAR OLD DANIEL RIMILLER WILL SPEND THE NEXT SIX YEARS IN PRISON FOR HIS PART…
TRUCK/PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT CLAIMS ONE
A VEHICLE/PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT AT AN ABINGDON VIRGINIA CONVENIENCE STORE HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF THE STORE CLERK. THE NAME OF THE 47 YEAR OLD VICTIM IS BEING WITHHELD AT THIS…
WASHINGTON CO. IN THE RUNNING
An auto assembly plant at a Magna location Photo courtesy of Magna ONE THOUSAND MORE JOBS COULD POTENTIALLY BE COMING TO WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA. MANGA INTERNATIONAL, A CANADIAN BASED COMPANY…
FLUCTUATING GASOLINE PRICES
IN THE PAST WEEK, GASOLINE PRICES HAVE BOUNCED UP AND DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTRY. FOR EXAMPLE, BRISTOL RESIDENTS HAVE SEEN GAS PRICES INCREASE BY 12.4 CENTS PER GALLON OF UNLEADED…
GIBBS CASE SENT TO GRAND JURY
THE CASE OF A GREENE COUNTY YOUTH CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR HOMICIDE HAS BEEN BOUND OVER TO THE GRAND JURY. 23 YEAR OLD DAVID MICHAEL GIBBS IS CHARGED WITH CONNECTION WITH…
BOWMAN HAS CASE BOUND OVER
A CARTER COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HIS WIFE HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO A GRAND JURY. 48 YEAR OLD DANA BOWMAN IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE…
SCOTT COUNTY TO GET NEW JOBS
SOME GREAT ECONOMIC NEWS FOR SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA. ROGERS FOAM CORPORATION, A FABRICATOR OF ENGINEERED FOAM PRODUCTS, WILL INVEST 1.4 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE FACILITY. 50 NEW JOBS WILL BE…
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…