Day: August 15, 2007

Charles Tipton ONE OF THE TWO CARTER COUNTY INMATE WHO WALKED AWAY FROM A WORK DETAIL EARLIER THIS WEEK IS BACK IN POLICE CUSTODY. 44 YEAR OLD CHARLES TIPTON WAS…

A CARTER COUNTY SCHOOL IS CHANGING THE WAY IT DOES BUSINESS AFTER A FORMER BOOKKEEPER WAS INDICTED. A GRAND JURY INDICTED CAROL PRITCHARD ON CHARGES OF THEFT OF PROPERTY IN…

A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE JURY WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING, DECIDING THE FATE OF A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF HIS PART IN THE KILLING OF A JONESBOROUGH MAN NEARLY TWO…

HOT TEMPERATURES ARE CAUSING SEVERAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA TO CLOSE. CLASSES FOR DICKENSON COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL BE SUSPENDED BEGINNING TODAY AT 12:30 AND WILL RESUME MONDAY. MEANWHILE, WISE…

A NINE YEAR OLD GIRL ACCUSED OF MAKING A BOMB THREAT TO A CITY AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIP IS EXPECTED TO APPEAR SOON IN COURT. POLICE SAID THE GIRL IS CHARGED WITH…

A POSSIBLE CASE OF MENINGITIS HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER IN A VIRGINIA NATIONAL GUARD COMPANY WITH TIES TO THE TRI-CITIES. THE MILITARY IS RELEASING FEW DETAILS. THEY…

AN ERWIN MAN IS IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW AFTER ALLEGEDLY BEING INVOLVED IN A DOMESTIC INCIDENT ON BILL JONES ROAD IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE. 30 YEAR OLD DWIGHT WILLIAMS…

SOME POSITIVE ECONOMIC NEWS FOR THE TRI CITIES. EAST TENNESSEEE STATE UNIVERSITY ECONOMIST DR. STEB HIPPLE SAYS RECENT JOB GROWTH CONTINUED INTO THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE YEAR FOR THE…

STUDENTS AND FACULTY AT A TRI CITIES SCHOOL ARE MOURNING THE LOSS OF ONE OF THEIR OWN. AN EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY SPOKESPERSON SAID KIMBERLY ROBERTS, WHO TAUGHT 7TH GRADE…

A CARTER COUNTY MAN INJURED IN A BOAT EXPLOSION LAST WEEK HAS DIED. 72 YEAR OLD RODNEY OAKES DIED AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER LAST NIGHT. HE SUFFERED BURNS TO…

A JOHNSON CITY MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION IS LOOKING INTO ALLEGATIONS THAT SURFACED CONCERNING MEDICATION THEFTS AT THE DAWN OF HOPE ON EAST…