Month: August 2007

A Tennessee Health Department investigation revealed that a 91-year-old patient at Johnson City nursing home had maggots in her ear because of a hygiene problem at the facility. Records show…

JOHNSON CITY POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO GUNMEN WHO ATTEMPTED TO ROB TWO OTHER PEOPLE AT A CITY APARTMENT. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED EARLY THIS MORNING OFF SOUTH ROAN STREET AT…

THE BODY OF A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN HAS BEEN FOUND IN SOUTH HOLSTON LAKE OVER THE WEEKEND. 26 YEAR OLD JOHN ALLEN CROSS HAD BEEN SWIMMING WITH SOME FRIENDS LAST…

HAWKINS COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING INTO REPORTED ROBBERIES AT TWO COUNTY PHARMACIES IN THE PAST WEEK. OXYCONTIN WAS THE TARGET OF THE BREAKINS AT CUNNINGHAMS DRUG STORE IN BULLS GAP,…

Photo courtesy of Johnson City Press THE PRESS SECRETARY WHO ALTERED FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN DAVID DAVIS’ INFORMATION ON WIKIPEDIA WILL ATTEND CLASSES ON APPROPRIATE CONDUCT. THIS COMING IN LIGHT OF…

A TRI CITIES TEACHER HAS LOST HIS TEACHING LICENSE. FORMER CARTER COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER JONATHAN MCCLAIN WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TEACH IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE FOR THE…

WITH RACE WEEK IN BRISTOL THIS WEEK, YOU WILL NOTICE TROOPERS WITH THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL OUT IN LARGER THAN NORMAL NUMBERS. THEY WILL BE OUT IF FULL FORCE WORKING…

FACULTY AT EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY COULD SEE MERIT PAY IN THEIR FUTURE. THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ARE LOOKING TO THE FACULTY FOR SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT WOULD CONSTITUTE MERIT IN VARIOUS…

A PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX HIKE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE HAS SPARKED CONCERN OVER THE FUTURE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTY. THE COMMITTEE FOR FAIR TAXATION IS ENCOURAGING A $50 WHEEL…

CLASSES ARE BACK IN SESSION AT EMORY AND HENRY COLLEGE IN EMORY VIRGINIA. THE SCHOOL HAS MADE SOME CHANGES TO ADDRESS STUDENT AND FACULTY SAFETY. A NEW ALERT SYSTEM CAN…

Barter Theatre A FORMER MEMBER OF THE RESIDENT ACTING COMPANY AT BARTER THEATRE IN ABINGDON VIRGINIA HAS MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF IN HOLLYWOOD. WILL BIGHAM WON FOX’S REALITY TELEVISION…

FACULTY AT EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY COULD SEE MERIT PAY IN THEIR FUTURE. THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ARE LOOKING TO THE FACULTY FOR SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT WOULD CONSTITUTE MERIT IN VARIOUS…

A FORMER JOHNSON CITY EMPLOYEE ACCUSED OF LAUNDERING MONEY FROM THE CITY WON’T BE IN COURT FOR AWHILE LONGER. 54 YEAR OLD DANNY DAVIS IS CHARGED WITH MONEY LAUNDERING, THEFT…

A KINGSPORT WOMAN ACCUSED OF STABBING HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND HAS HAD HER PRELIMINARY HEARING RESET IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. 57 YEAR OLD VIRGINIA RUTH JONES IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND…

THE TRIAL FOR A BIG STONE GAP VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING ANOTHER MAN NEARLY 21 YEARS AGO HAS BEEN CONTINUED, YET AGAIN. 38 YEAR OLD JOHN TERRY IS CHARGED…

A TRAIN ACCIDENT IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A GLADE SPRING WOMAN. ACCORDING TO VIRGINIA STATE POLICE, NATASHA LAWSON WAS STRUCK NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MAPLE STREET…

THE SPILL OF 2-THOUSAND GALLONS OF GASOLINE IN JOHNSON CITY ON TUESDAY KEPT LOCAL EMERGENCY PERSONNEL BUSY MUCH OF THE DAY WHEN A PUNCTURED TANK DUMPED THE FUEL INTO A…

THE SEPTEMBER 4TH TRIAL IN FEDERAL COURT FOR A FORMER WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATOR ACCUSED OF 1.4 MILLION DOLLARS IN MEDICAID FRAUD HAS BEEN DELAYED. BILLIE ANDERSON, THE…

FINANCIALLY-STRAPPED VIRGINIA INTERMONT COLLEGE IN BRISTOL HAS RECEIVED A SHOT IN THE ARM THANKS TO A GENEROUS DONATION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE SCHOOL. THANKS TO THE DONATION BY CHARLES…

AN APPARENT ALTERCATION BETWEEN TWO KINGSPORT ACQUAINTANCES HAS RESULTED IN ONE OF THEM BEING KILLED. SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICER ANSWERED A CALL ON BROOKSIDE DRIVE IN REPORTS OF A BURGLARY…

A LATE NIGHT TRAFFIC ACCIDENT HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A BULLS GAP MAN. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, 46 YEAR OLD DWAYNE HUGHES LOST HIS LIFE IN THE…

THE KINGSPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE FROM ANYONE WHO WAS IN THE AREA OF INTERSTATE 26 NEAR MEADOWVIEW PARKWAY AND SAW A PURPLE OR BLACK FORD MUSTANG EAST…