Month: September 2007

The governor’s marijuana task force has made an early harvest in Cocke County. A crop estimated to be worth a half-(m)-million dollars was burned at the county highway garage. A…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER ALLEGEDLY CAUGHT ON VIDEO TAPE SHOVING A STUDENT LAST MONTH WILL APPEAR IN COURT SOON. 62 YEAR OLD CARL JENKINS IS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT.…

A DOWNTOWN BUILDING FIRE IN JOHNSON CITY IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO A BUILDING ON WEST WATAUGA AVENUE YESTERDAY WHERE A CLOSET INSIDE ONE OF THE ABANDONDED APARTMENTS…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN ACCUSED IN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING AT A CITY HOME HAS BEEN INICTED BY A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY. 19 YEAR OLD PRESTON JOHNSON IS CHARGED WITH…

A PINEY FLATS WOMAN ACCUSED OF NOT CARING FOR HER TEN MONTH OLD DAUGHTER IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN COURT LATER TODAY. AUTHORITIES FOUND THE CHILD NAKED AND LYING ON…

Kelly Nichole Paige A SULLIVAN COUNTY MOTHER IS BEHIND BARS AFTER AUTHORITIES FOUND HER INFANT DAUGHTER NAKED AND LYING ON A CONCRETE DRIVEWAY. POLICE RESPONDED TO A CALL OF CHILD…

AS MOTORISTS HAVE OBVIOUSLY NOTICED, GAS PRICES ARE, ON AVERAGE, ABOUT SIX CENTS A GALLON HIGHER THIS WEEK THAN LAST WEEK IN VIRGINIA. CRUDE OIL PRICES ARE ALSO RISING AND…

Mark Warner Democrat Mark Warner’s supporters will be the first to know whether he’s running for governor or for the Senate. The former governor will make his plans known in…

Daryl Holton A Gulf War veteran was executed early today for murdering four children—three of them his own—after telling them they were going Christmas shopping. Daryl Holton was put to…

A federal appeals court has upheld the convictions of two Newport police officers in the shakedown of an illegal immigrant for cash during a traffic stop. Sergeant James Roach Jr.…

JOHNSON CITY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A ROBBERY THAT OCCURRED AT A CITY INTERSECTION. 23 YEAR OLD JOSEPH DICKERSON TOLD POLICE HE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT ON WEST MAIN STREET…

THERE’S A RECORD NUMBER OF STUDENTS ATTENDING EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY IN JOHNSON CITY. THIS YEAR MARKS THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF RECORD ENROLLMENT, SURPASSING THE 13-THOUSAND MARK FOR THE…

Hamblen County authorities say one of seven inmates who escaped from the Hamblen County Jail by overpowering a jailer is back in jail. Paul E. Long has been returned to…

A FEW MORE DETAILS ARE BEING RELEASED INTO THAT PLANE CRASH IN CARTER COUNTY OVER THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF FIVE JEHOVAH WITNESS MINISTERS. A PRELIMINARY…

A Gulf War veteran was executed early today for murdering four children—three of them his own—after telling them they were going Christmas shopping. Daryl Holton was put to death in…

THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION HAS RELEASED TWO MORE NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES’ PERFORMANCE REVIEWS. ONE REVIEW COVERS A PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER 2006 AND SHOWS A NEED FOR CORRECTIVE MEASURES…

AN ERWIN WOMAN WHO PROVIDED METHADONE TO TWO MEN WHO DIED FROM OVERDOSES IN 2005 HAS BEEN DENIED PROBATION AND ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS. A JUDGE ORDERED 45…

A HAWKINS COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING ANOTHER MAN LAST WEEK HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED IN SESSIONS COURT. 25 YEAR OLD BENJAMIN BROOKS IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN…

WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES HAVE ARRESTED A KINGSPORT MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A SERIES OF RAPES THAT ALLEGEDLY OCCURRED IN GRAY. 21 YEAR OLD JOSHUA HARLOW IS CHARGED WITH…

MORE THAN 200 JOBS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO JOHNSON CITY. CALIFORNIA BASED BORLA PERFORMANCE INDUSTRIES HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO BUY THE EPIC TECHNOLOGIES BUILDING AND LEASE SOME SPACE BACK…

AFTER TWO QUARTERS OF STRONG GROWTH, RETAIL PERFORMANCE IN THE TRI CITIES HAS HIT A BUMP IN THE SPRING MONTHS. FOR EXAMPLE, KINGSPORT LOST A MAJOR RETAIL OUTLET AND RETAIL…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED IN THE BEATING AND STABBING DEATH OF ANOTHER MAN WILL STAND TRIAL LATER THIS YEAR IN CRIMINAL COURT. 37 YEAR OLD PONCHO JUAN DELGADO IS…