Month: August 2007

TESTIMONY WILL RESUME THIS MORNING IN THE TRIAL OF A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF GUNNING DOWN ANOTHER MAN NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO. 22 YEAR OLD DANNY GREENE IS CHARGED…

A JOHNSON CITY WOMAN ACCUSED OF DOING A HOME INVASION APPARENTLY DECIDED TO BRING HER YOUNG CHILD ALONG FOR THE EXPERIENCE. 32 YEAR OLD BILLIE STEELE IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED…

Russell Mathis JOHNSON CITY POLICE FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE CAPTURED THE TREE STREET FLASHER. RUSSELL MATHIS IS CHARGED WITH INDECENT EXPOSURE AND TRESPASSING AFTER ALLEGEDLY HAUNTING THE AREA FOR SEVERAL…

WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE LEADERS SAY A PROPERTY TAX IS NEEDED TO BALANCE THE 2007-2008 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET AFTER A 50 CENT WHEEL TAX FAILED TO MAKE IT. A PROPOSED 21-CENT…

TESTIMONY WILL RESUME THIS MORNING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT IN THE CASE OF ONE OF TWO MEN ACCUSED OF KILLING A JOHNSON CITY MAN NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO.…

A FLORIDA MAN ACCUSED IN THE STABBING DEATH OF A CLINTWOOD VIRGINIA MAN HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO A DICKENSON COUNTY GRAND JURY. ANTHONY GIBSON IS CHARGED WITH…

BLOUNTVILLE BASED APPALACHIAN OIL COMPANY HAS BEEN SOLD TO A TEXAS BASED COMPANY IN A DEAL WORTH 30-MILLION DOLLARS. APPCO HAS BEEN PURCHASED BY TITAN GLOBAL HOLDINGS INC. BASED IN…

A “FOR SALE” SIGN COULD APPEAR AT NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES OF ERWIN. VERY FEW DETAILS ARE BEING RELEASED AT THIS TIME, BUT NFS SPOKESMAN TONY TREADWAY CONFIRMED THE COMPANY IS…

A CARTER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEUPTY IS RECOVERING FROM INJURIES HE SUSTAINED IN CRASH AS HE TRIED TO STOP AN ERATIC DRIVER FROM CRASHING INTO RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IN JOHNSON CITY.…

TESTMONY IS UNDERWAY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT IN THE TRIAL FOR ONE OF TWO JOHNSON CITY MEN CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATH OF BRIAN RICKER. 20…

SOME MORE GOOD NEWS FOR TRI CITIES MOTORISTS. THE AVERAGE PRICE OF GASOLINE HAS DROPPED NEARLY SIX CENTS A GALLON IN THE PAST WEEK. GREGG LASKOSKI WITH EAST TENNESSEE TRIPLE…

THE GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING A ROADSIDE ROBBERY. AUTHORITIES SAID THREE INDIVIDUALS WERE TRAVELING IN A TRUCK ON OTTWAY ROAD SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN A CAR WITH TWO MALES…

A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A DAMASCUS MAN ON ADDITIONAL EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES. 32 YEAR OLD CHARLES FREEMAN BARR, WHO ALREADY FACED AN EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE, IS NOW FACING…

No charges will be filed against an 80-year-old retired Morristown judge who drove through a work zone and hit a utility worker emerging from a manhole. District Attorney General Berkeley…

THE JOHNSON CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS VOTED TO CONTINUE RANDOM DRUG TESTING FOR SCIENCE HILL HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES. THE SCHOOL BEGAN TESTING ATHLETES LAST SCHOOL YEAR, BUT IN JULY,…

A charred area of downtown Spruce Pine, North Carolina, will be closed until at least tomorrow as authorities investigate whether two weekend fires were intentionally set. The mayor declared a…

OFFICIALS WITH THE TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES AGENCY CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE A BOATING ACCIDENT IN THE TRI CITIES THIS PAST WEEKEND THAT LEFT ONE PERSON INJURED. THE TWRA SAYS 18 YEAR…

IN A SURPRISE MOVE, A SULLIVAN COUNTY JUDGE HAS ORDERED THE MURDER TRIAL OF TWO JOHNSON CITY MEN, BE SEPARATED. 20 YEAR OLD DANNY GREENE AND 24 YEAR OLD JASON…

FIRE OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THE CIRCUMSTANCES BEHIND A WEEKEND MOBILE HOME FIRE THAT CLAIMED ONE LIFE. WHEN FIREFIGHTERS EXTINGUISHED A BLAZE AT A TRAILER ON WEST VALLEY DRIVE IN…

ELIZABETHTON POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING INCIDENT THAT LED TO THE ARREST OF A SEVERAL PEOPLE. JASON BLACKWELL IS CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND POSSESSION OF A…

A DAMASCUS VIRGINIA MAN IS FACING ADDITIONAL EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES AFTER BEING INDICTED BY A WASHINGTON COUNTY GRAND JURY. 32 YEAR OLD CHARLES FREEMAN BARR, WHO HAD ALREADY BEEN CHARGED WITH…

OUR DRY SUMMER IN TENNESSEE COULD PUSH YOU ELECTRIC BILLS HIGHER. TENNESSEAN’S BILLS MAY BE GOING UP THIS FALL UNLESS MORE RAIN STARTS SOAKING THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES., RELIEVING THE DROUGHT…