LOCAL WOMAN CHARGED WITH TENNCARE FRAUD
Tina Shelleby A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE WOMAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TENNCARE FRAUD FOR USING HER BENEFITS TO PAY FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS SHE PLANNED TO SELL. 37 YEAR OLD TINA…
LIGHTENING STRIKES GHOST TOWN CHAIRLIFT
Lightning disabled a chair lift at Ghost Town in the Sky in Maggie Valley North Carolina, leaving nearly 40 riders stranded for about two hours. Sales and marketing manager David…
KINGSPORT WOMAN FACING CHARGES
A KINGSPORT MOTHER ACCUSED OF LEAVING HER BABY HOME ALONE IS FREE ON BOND. 20 YEAR OLD JESSICA WHITE IS CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, UNDERAGE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND…
GREENE COUNTY WOMAN ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLEMENT
A GREENE COUNTY WOMAN ACCUSED OF BILKING 48-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM HER FORMER EMPLOYER IS BEHIND BARS. 35 YEAR OLD SHONA MICHAEL IS CHARGED WITH THEFT OVER 10-THOUSAND DOLLARS. SHE’S ACCUSED…
ELIZABETHTON MAN FIRED FROM BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB JOB
AN EMPLOYEE OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ELIZABETHTON HAS LOST HIS JOB. 39 YEAR OLD DOUGLAS JONES WAS ALLEGEDLY SHOWING INAPPROPRIATE PHOTOS TO SEVERAL TEENS. ONE OF THE…
MAN CHARGED IN FIVE YEAR OLD MURDER
Charles Theodore Stiltner A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED IN THE NEARLY FIVE YEAR OLD MURDER OF A BRISTOL VIRGINIA WOMAN. 45 YEAR OLD CHARLES THEODORE STILTNER IS…
KINGSPORT WOMAN FACING CHARGES
Ruth Sumner A KINGSPORT WOMAN IS FACING DRUG-RELATED CHARGES AFTER CITY POLICE RECEIVED INFORMATION IMPLICATING HER. KINGSPORT POLICE VICE DETECTIVES WENT TO THE MULL STREET RESIDENCE OF 46 YEAR OLD…
KAINE ANNOUNCES SAFETY FUNDING
GOVERNOR TIM KAINE HAS ANNOUNCED 13-MILLION DOLLARS IN SAFETY GRANTS ARE COMING TO VARIOUS LOCAL, STATE, AND NON-PROFIT PROGRAMS IN VIRGINIA LOCALITIES THAT SUPPORT TRANSPORTATION SAFETY. THE MAINLY FEDERALLY-FUNDED GRANTS…
KINGSPORT POLICE LOOKING FOR SUSPECT
KINGSPORT POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR A HISPANIC MALE WHO FLED THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT LAST WEEK THAT LEFT TWO CITY TEENS HOSPITALIZED. AN 18 YEAR OLD SUFFERED…
GREENEVILLE FIRE CAPTAIN LOSSES APPEAL
THE GREENEVILLE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD HAS UPHELD AN EARLIER SUSPENSION OF GREENEVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT SUPERVISORY CAPTAIN JACK TILSON. THE DECISION CAME AFTER IT WAS DETERMINED THERE WAS NO POLITICAL REASONS…
SCOTT COUNTY DOCTOR SEEKS DIVERSION
A SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA DENTIST WON’T FIND OUT IF HE’S GRANTED PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR. DR. WRAY CHAFFIN IS CHARGED WITH CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE, NEGLIGENT BOATING AND FAILURE…
FORMER BOOKKEEPER FACES THEFT CHARGES
A FORMER BOOKKEEPER AT AN ELIZABETHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS ACCUSED OF TAKING MONEY. 46 YEAR OLD CAROL PRITCHARD WAS INDICTED ON A CHARGE OF THEFT OVER ONE THOUSAND. SHE’S ALLEGED…
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COAL MINE MONITORING
MONITORING IS CONTINUING IN BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA AT ONE OF VIRGINIA’S LARGEST UNDERGROUND COAL MINES. CONSOL ENERGY’S BUCHANAN MINE NEAR OAKWOOD CONTINUES TO SHOW IMPROVEMENT AFTER A SERIES OF ROOF…
BRISTOL PREACHER IN TROUBLE
Thomas Dale Tester A BRISTOL VIRGINIA PREACHER AND EMPLOYEE OF AN AREA CHRISTIAN RADIO STATION IS ACCUSED OF OFFERING JOHNSON CITY OFFICERS SEXUAL FAVORS. 58 YEAR OLD THOMAS DALE TESTER…
WASHINGTON COUNTY INMATE DIES
AN INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING INTO THE WEEKEND DEATH OF A 19 YEAR OLD INMATE AT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE DETENTION CENTER. JOSHUA ROBERT TURNER WAS BOOKED IN THE JAIL FRIDAY…
ACCIDENT IN GREENE COUNTY CLAIMS ONE
A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND IN GREENE COUNTY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A GREENEVILLE MAN. 29 YEAR OLD SHANNON CARTER WAS KILLED FRIDAY NIGHT ON PIGEON CREEK…
MAN DECLARED LEGALLY BLIND FACES CHARGES
A JOHNSON CITY MAN WHO WAS FIRST CLEARED OF ANY WRONGDOING IN THE VEHICULAR DEATH OF A CITY WOMAN IS BEHIND BARS TODAY AFTER POLICE UNCOVERED NEW INFORMATION. 56 YEAR…
CHUCKEY MAN IN TROUBLE WITH LAW
David Hite A CHUCKEY MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER BEING CAUGHT WITH A LARGE QUANTITY OF UNTAXED ALCOHOL AND A MARIJUANA-GROWING OPERATION AT HIS RESIDENCE. AFTER RECEIVING COMPLAINTS FROM NEIGHBORS…
EASTMAN CHEMICAL TO PLAY A KEY ROLE
EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY HAS ANNOUNCED TODAY KEY ROLES IT WILL PLAY IN THEY TWO INDUSTRIAL GASIFICATION PROJECTS IN THE U.S. GULF COAST. THE COMPANY WILL BE THE DEVELOPER, CO-INVESTOR AND…
BRISTOL VIRGINIA STABBING
Cecil Fyffe BRISTOL VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED A SUSPECT IN CONNECTION WITH THE STABBING OF ANOTHER MAN. 36 YEAR OLD CECIL FYFFE IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED MALICIOUS WOUNDING AND OBSTRUCTION…
HAWKINS COUNTY WOMAN ACCUSED OF COOKING METH (AP)
Sheriff’s authorities in Rogersville say when they knocked on the door of a suspected meth lab, a woman came to the door with her two-year-old child. Hawkins County deputies say…
COAL MINE CITED IN DEATHS OF TWO WORKERS (AP)
Federal regulators have cited the operator of a West Virginia coal mine for safety violations that resulted in the deaths of two workers, in a roof fall. In a report…