Month: October 2007

THE CLERK AT A TRUCK STOP IN RURAL RETREAT VIRGINIA THAT WAS SHOT IN THE FACE DURING A ROBBERY, IS CONTINUING TO RECOVER IN A BRISTOL HOSPITAL. 35 YEAR OLD…

THREE SUSPICIOUS FIRES THAT OCCURRED WITHIN A 24-HOUR PERIOD ARE BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINA SHERIFF’S OFFICE. ACCORDING TO SHERIFF FRED NEWMAN, THE FIRES ALL HAPPENED IN THE…

A KINGSPORT MAN WHO WAS SHOT SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE WEEKEND AT A CITY NIGHTCLUB REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL. POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR 21 YEAR…

IT WILL BE LATER THIS MONTH BEFORE A WEBER CITY VIRGINIA SENIOR CITIZEN ARRESTED ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES APPEARS IN COURT AGAIN. 63 YEAR OLD NANCY ANN STAPLETON IS IN…

A 19 YEAR OLD GLADE SPRING VIRGINIA TEEN IS ACCUSED OF FIRING A PAINTBALL GUN AT THE HOME OF A SHERIFF’S DEPUTY OVER THE WEEKEND. LEVI CODY THOMAS IS CHARGED…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF CHILD RAPE IS NOW REPORTEDLY ON HIS WAY BACK TO THE TRI CITIES FROM BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. DONALD LYNCH HAS BEEN ON THE RUN FOR SEVERAL…

THE BIG QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THE TRIAL FOR A JOHNSON CITY NATIVE WILL START THIS MORNING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT AFTER NEARLY FIVE YEARS OF POSTPONEMENTS.…

A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED TWO KINGSPORT MEN ON ROBBERY CHARGES. 19 YEAR OLD JONATHON SCOTT LEMAY AND 19 YEAR OLD JAMES HOWARD DUNCUN ARE ACCUSED OF HOLDING…

Derek Evan Fisher A 35 YEAR OLD RURAL RETREAT VIRGINIA MAN AND A 14 YEAR OLD MALE JUVENILE ARE IN CUSTODY AFTER ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING A SMYTH COUNTY STORE CLERK IN…

East Tennessee State University officials suspect two fires in a dormitory were caused by arson. The fires occurred about 1:30 Monday morning and 3:10 Tuesday morning at Lucille Clement Hall.…

A TROUTDALE VIRGINIA MAN IS FACING CHARGES AS THE RESULT OF THE THEFT OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF METAL FROM A LOCAL BUSINESS. ACCORDING TO WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF FRED NEWMAN,…

A MIDDLE TENNESSEE ACCIDENT HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A TRI CITIES WOMAN. POLICE SAY 65 YEAR OLD SYBLE FLYTHE OF CHURCH HILL DIED FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN AN ACCIDENT…

A 14 YEAR OLD HAWKINS COUNTY STUDENT ACCUSED OF BRINGING KNIVES AND A LIGHTER TO SCHOOL WILL SOON APEAR IN HAWKINS COUNTY JUVENILE COURT. THE ST. CLAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT…

VIRGINIA GOVERNOR TIM KAINE IS URGING FOLKS IN THE COMMONWEALTH TO CONSERVE WATER DUE TO THE DROUGHT AND AN EXPECTED DRIER-THAN-NORMAL WINTER. APPALACHIA VIRGINIA IS ALREADY EXPERIENCING A SHORTAGE OF…

A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN CARTER COUNTY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE MAN AND LEFT A NORTH CAROLINA MAN INJURED. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL,…

THE BRISTOL HERALD COURIER NEWSPAPER IS REPORTING THIS MORNING THAT A 14 YEAR OLD BOY ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A SMYTH COUNTY STORE CLERK LAST WEEK IN THE FACE HAD BEEN…

A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A GATE CITY MAN. ACCORDING TO THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE, 51 YEAR OLD TIMOTHY HALL WAS TRAVELING…

AN INVESTIGATION INTO A TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER’S PURSUIT OF A KINGSPORT TEEN THAT WAS KILLED AFTER HIS MOTORCYCLE STRUCK A GUARDRAIL, HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND IS GOING TO THE…

VIRGINIA INTERMONT COLLEGE OFFICIALS HAVE RECEIVED SOME GOOD NEWS THAT WILL HELP THEM DEAL WITH THEIR RECENT FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. ACCORDING TO SCHOOL PRESIDENT DR. MICHAEL PUGLISI, THE INSTITUTION WILL BENEFIT…

JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT THE TRIAL FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO TEENAGERS AND HIS STEPFATHER WOULD ACTUALLY GET UNDERWAY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT, ANOTHER SNAFU HAS…

A BRISTOL VIRGINIA MINISTER ACCUSED OF EXPOSING HIMSELF TO CHILDREN AT A JOHNSON CITY CAR WASH AND THEN OFFERING POLICE SEXUAL FAVORS HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN GENERAL SESSIONS…

SOME MIGHT WANT TO THINK OF IT AS IRONIC, BUT AFTER WAITING NEARLY FIVE YEARS FOR THE TRIAL TO BEGIN – THE HOWARD HAWK WILLIS MURDER CASE IN JONESBORO HAS…