SULLIVAN COUNTY TAXES COULD GO UP
COULD SULLIVAN COUNTY PROPERTY OWNERS PAY MORE NEXT YEAR IN TAXES? WELL, A CURRENT SHORTFALL BETWEEN PROJECTED REVENUES AND REQUESTED SPENDING MAY END UP FORCING A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE AFTER…
ELIZABETHON HEALTH FACILITY IN TROUBLE (AP)
THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS LEVIED FINES AND BARRED AN ELIZABETHTON NURSING HOME FROM TAKING NEW PATIENTS. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY STAFF MEMBERS AT THE HERMITAGE HEALTH CENTER DIDN’T FOLLOW…
CORRECTIONS OFFICER ARRAIGNED
A FEMALE CORRECTIONS OFFICER AT RED ONION STATE PRISON IN WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA ACCUSED OF GUNNING DOWN A FORMER INMATE AT HER HOME HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED. 44 YEAR OLD ALICE…
DOUBLE MURDER TRIAL CONTINUED
A NEW YORK MAN ACCUSED OF HIS PART IN A DOUBLE HOMICIDE IN KINGSPORT NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO HAS HAD HIS TRIAL CONTINUED UNTIL NEXT YEAR. CLYDE GREEN IS ONE…
EASTMAN EARNINGS REPORT
THE SECOND QUARTER RESULTS AT EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY SHOWED A WEAKING PERFORMANCE IN THE COMPANY’S POLYMERS AND FIBERS SEGMENTS. THE KINGSPORT BASED COMPANY REPORTED EARNINGS OF 1.34 CENTS A SHARE…
KAINE LOOKING AT ABUSIVE FEES
GOVERNOR TIM KAINES IS STILL GETTING AN EARFUL FROM VIRGINIANS UPSET ABOUT THE COSTLY NEW ABUSIVE DRIVER FEES, BUT HE’S STICKING BY THEM. THE GOVERNOR SAID LAWMAKERS HAVE GOTTEN THE…
MULLINS AND PHILLIPS HAVE SENTENCING CONTINUED
THE SENTENCING HEARING FOR TWO JOHNSON CITY MEN CONVICTED IN THE DRAG RACING DEATH OF A TELFORD TEENAGER HAS BEEN DELAYED UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR. 19 YEAR OLD BRADLEY MULLINS…
ROGERS HAS CASE BOUND OVER
A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE MAN ACCUSED OF HITTING HIS WIFE IN THE HEAD WITH A ROCK HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO A GRAND JURY. 53 YEAR OLD ALLEN…
FORMER POLICE CHIEF BACK IN COURT
A FORMER DAMASCUS VIRGINIA POLICE CHIEF ACCUSED OF SELLING DRUGS MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA GENERAL DISTRICT COURT. TONY RICHARDSON IS CHARGED WITH SELLING METHAMPHETAMINE AND PRESCRIPTION…
RADIO STATION OWNER CONTINUES TO BE HELD
A SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA RADIO STATION OWNER AND THE STATION HE OPERATED ARE BOTH STILL OUT OF COMMISSION. 45 YEAR OLD JEFF RAYNOR, OWNER OF WXMY-AM RADIO IN SALTVILLE,IS BEING HELD…
KINGSPORT DRUG BUST
TWO MEN ARE ACCUSED OF RUNNING A DRUG OPERATION OUT OF A KINGSPORT APARTMENT COMPLEX ARE BEHIND BARS. 26 YEAR OLD AL COCKREL OF CUMBERLAND, KENTUCKY ALLEGEDLY PURCHASED MARIJUANA FROM…
POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE IN HAWKINS COUNTY
HAWKINS COUNTY RESIDENTS COULD BE PAYING MORE TAXES SOON. COUNTY LEADERS HAVE PROPOSED A 34 CENT PROPERTY TAX RATE HIKE TO HELP FUND A 210 THOUSAND DOLLAR DEFECIT IN THE…
CONKIN PLEADS GUILTY TO HUSBANDS MURDER
A KINGSPORT WOMAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HER HUSBAND NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. 49 YEAR OLD ROMONA CONKIN PLED GUILTY TO…
BRISTOL STABBING LEAVES TWO INJURED
A BRISTOL VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING ANOTHER MAN IS BEHIND BARS. 36 YEAR OLD CECIL FYFFE IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED MALICIOUS WOUNDING AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE WITH FORCE. HE’S…
FORMER POLICE CHIEF BACK IN COURT
Former Damascus Police Chief Tony Richardson A NEW COURT DATE FOR A FORMER SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA POLICE CHIEF ACCUSED OF SELLING DRUGS HAS BEEN DELAYED. FORMER DAMASCUS VIRGINIA POLICE CHIEF TONY…
KINGSPORT WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY
A KINGSPORT WOMAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HER HUSBAND HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. 49 YEAR OLD RAMONA GAIL CONKIN PLED GUILTY TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER…
ABINGDON MAN ARRESTED
Anthony David Brewster THE POPULARITY OF HARRY POTTER HAS GOTTEN AN ABINGDON VIRGINIA MAN IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW. IT AL BEGAN WHEN ABINGDON POLICE WERE CALLED TO INVESTIGATE A…
VIRGINIA AEP CUSTOMERS TO GET REFUNDS
REFUNDS ARE COMING TO SOME VIRGINIA CUSTOMERS OF APPALACHIAN ELECTRIC POWER. THE REFUNDS WERE ORDERED BY THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION BACK IN MAY DUE TO A 25-PERCENT BASE RATE INCREASE…
BRISTOL WOMAN INDICTED IN SHOOTING
A BRISTOL VIRGINIA WOMAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING TWO MEN IN BRISTOL TENNESSEE HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY. 22 YEAR OLD KEESHA ROBBINS IS CHARGED WITH TWO…
BRISTOL MAN INDICTED IN TRAFFIC FATALITY
A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN ACCUSED IN THE TRAFFIC DEATH OF A WOMAN LAST YEAR HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY. 35 YEAR OLD WILLIAM SMITH IS CHARGED…
MINOR ACCIDENT LEADS TO FIGHT
THE GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT IS SEARCHING FOR THREE MEN ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING ANOTHER MAN FOLLOWING A MINOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. KENNETH FELTON TOLD AUTHORITIES HIS VEHICLE WAS STRUCK IN THE…
WELLMONT AND NORTHEAST STATE JOIN FORCES
WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM AND NORTHEAST STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN BLOUNTVILLE ARE TEAMING UP TO ESTABLISH A NEW NURSING SCHOOL THAT WILL HOPEFULLY ADDRESS A SHORTAGE PROBLEM. WELLMONT HAS COMMITTED…