Month: August 2007

JURY SELECTION IS EXPECTED TO GET UNDERWAY TODAY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT IN THE TRIAL OF TWO MEN ACCUSED OF KILLING A JOHNSON CITY MAN NEARLY TWO YEARS…

FIVE PEOPLE ACCUSED IN AN OXYCODONE DISTRIBUTION RING OUT OF LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAVE ADMITTED TO THEIR CRIMES IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN ABINGDON. 39 YEAR OLD TERESA “BIG MAMA”…

THE DOG WAS IN THE TRI CITIES THIS WEEKEND. I’M TALKING ABOUT DUANE “THE DOG” CHAPMAN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER. CHAPMAN VISITED FOUNTAIN OF LIFE BIBLE CHURCH…

A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN HAWKINS COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A GATE CITY VIRGINIA WOMAN. ACCORDING TO MOUNT CARMEL POLICE, 72 YEAR OLD FRANCES TAYLOR…

A HOUSE FIRE IN SULLIVAN COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A COUNTY MAN. AUTHORITIES SAID 60 YEAR OLD JOHNNY T. RILEY DIED AS A RESULT OF…

Congressman David Davis THERE’S A LOT OF TALK THESE DAYS ABOUT REFORMING OUR TAX SYSTEM AND THE WAY WE ARE TAXED. FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN DAVID DAVIS OF JOHNSON CITY FAVORS…

A WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF HAVING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PHOTOS OF UNDERAGE CHILDREN ON HIS COMPUTER IS BEHIND BARS TODAY. 55 YEAR OLD DONALD CRUMLEY IS CHARGED WITH POSSESION…

TWO GREENE COUNTY PEOPLE ACCUSED OF PULLING A 13 YEAR OLD BOY ON A WOODEN SLED BEHIND A CAR ON A PUBLIC ROAD WILL APPEAR IN COURT SOON. THE DRIVER…

A FORMER PASTOR AT A KINGSPORT CHURCH ACCUSED OF HAVING SEX WITH A 16 YEAR OLD BOY HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. HERBERT POWERS PLED…

A PLANT CLOSING IN ERWIN WILL FORCE 87 PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR JOBS. HOOVER PRECISION PRODUCTS, WHICH MANUFACTURES STEEL BALLS AND BEARINGS, NOTIFIED ALL THE EMPLOYEES WEDNESDAY, SAYING THE FACILITY…

TWO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA HOSPITALS HAVE BECOME PART OF WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM. MOUNTAIN VIEW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN NORTON AND LEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN PENNINGTON GAP MADE THE TRANSITION THIS…

TWO FORMER SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA POLICE CHIEFS ARE CONTINUING TO FIND THEMSELVES ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW. A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED FORMER DAMASCUS POLICE CHIEF…

Anthony Richardson Dwayne Sheffield TWO FORMER SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA POLICE CHIEFS AND TWO OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON DRUGS, WEAPONS, CONSPIRACY, AND CHILD NEGLECT CHARGES AS THE RESULT OF THE…

Kirk Royston A JOHNSON CITY MAN WHO WAS RECENTLY INDICTED BY A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE GRAND JURY FOR ALLEGEDLY DEFRAUDING TENNCARE IS FREE ON BOND. KIRK ROYSTON IS CHARGED WITH…

A VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SPOKESWOMAN SAYS THERE’S NO REASON FOR ALARM ABOUT VIRGINIA BRIDGES IN THE WAKE OF THE MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA TRAGEDY. V-DOT SPOKESWOMAN DONNA PURCELL MAYES SAID THAT…

A KINGSPORT-AREA LOCKSMITH SAYS HE MIGHT BE STUCK PAYING A SPEEDING TICKET HE GOT WHILE DOING WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A GOOD DEED. LOCKSMITH RANDY PRICE ACKNOWLEDGES HE WAS SPEEDING,…

TO COINCIDE WITH TAX FREE WEEKEND WHICH BEGINS ON FRIDAY, MOUNTAIN STATES HEALTH ALLIANCE AND LAUGHLIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN GREENEVILLE WILL PROVIDE COVER KIDS INFORMATION AND THE CHANGE TO SIGN…

THE IDEA OF A WHEEL TAX IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE IS APPARENTLY NOT A DEAD ISSUE, AT LEAST NOT YET. SO A WHEEL TAX COMMITTEE HAS BEEN FORMED TO TALK…

A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE WOMAN ACCUSED OF DEFRAUDING TENNCARE HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A COUNTY GRAND JURY. 37 YEAR OLD TINA SHELLEBY IS ACCUSED OF USING HER TENNCARE BENEFITS TO…

THE UNICOI COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS TRYING TO DETERMINE THE IDENTITY OF A 14 YEAR OLD GIRL AND A 17 YEAR OLD BOY CAUGHT IN A COMPROMISING SITUATION. 23 YEAR…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared all 95 Tennessee counties eligible for low-interest emergency farm loans because of the extreme drought and high heat since the beginning of the…

GREENEVILLE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO ROBBED A CITY CONVENIENCE STORE AT KNIFEPOINT. AUTHORITIES SAY THE BANDIT ENTERED THE BP QUICKSTOP MARKET #17 NEAR BERNARD AVENUE INTERSECTION, BRANDISHED…