OCTOBER FIRE PREVENTION MONTH
OCTOBER IS FIRE PREVENTION MONTH AND FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IS OCTOBER 7TH THROUGH THE 13TH. AREA FIRE DEPARTMENTS WANT TO REMIND LOCAL RESIDENTS TO BE PREPARED IN THE EVENT OF…
FIVE FIRES DESTROY BARNS AND ABANDONED HOUSES
WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE AUTHORITIES BELIEVE SEVERAL STRUCTURE FIRES WERE PURPOSELY SET. THREE BARNS AND TWO ABANDONED HOUSES WENT UP IN FLAMES EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING ON NOFATTIE, CLYDE MILLER, ROY GREEN…
ALERMAN VOWS NOT TO RESIGN POST
AN ERWIN ALDERMAN FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES HAS SAID HE WILL NOT RESIGN FROM HIS POST. EDD BOLTON IS CHARGED WITH SECOND OFFENSE DUI, VIOLATION OF THE IMPLIED CONSENT AND FINANCIAL…
CARTER COUNTY WOMAN FALLS
A CARTER COUNTY WOMAN WHO FELL FROM AN EMBANKMENT AND HIT HER HEAD OVER THE WEEKEND IS RECOVERING FROM HER INJURIES. 67 YEAR OLD HELEN SHELL FELL OFF FRIDAY AND…
MOST WANTED FUGITIVE ARRESTED
A NORTON VIRGINIA MAN WHO WAS FEATURED ON THE POPULAR TELEVISION SHOW “AMERICA’S MOST WANTED” IS BEHIND BARS IN WISE COUNTY. 47 YEAR OLD LANDON LUEPKES WAS WANTED OUT OF…
40 ARRESTED IN STING OPERATION
THE JOHNSON CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS INCREASED PATROLS AT CITY PARKS THAT HAS LED TO DOZENS OF ARRESTS. THE UNDERCOVER STING OPERATION DEALT WITH MEN INVOLVED IN INDECENT BEHAVIOR AT…
MAN FALLS 150 FEET AND IS NOT INJURED
A MAN WHO FELL 150 FEET FROM AN EMBANKMENT ALONG INTERSTATE 26 IS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. THE VICTIM’S NAME ISN’T CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. ACCORDING TO THE UNICOI COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE,…
SHOOTING VICTIMS NAME RELEASED
JOHNSON CITY POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE NAME OF A PERSON WHO WAS SHOT OVER THE WEEKEND AT A CITY APARTMENT COMPLEX. 21 YEAR OLD JAMIE RUSH SUSTAINED A GUNSHOT WOUND…
JOHNSON CITY SHOOTING INVESTIGATION
JOHNSON CITY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING OVER THE WEEKEND THAT LEFT A MAN INJURED. THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE AT A PARKING LOT ON SEMINOLE DRIVE SATURDAY. THE UNNAMED MALE…
FOSSIL SITE SHORT ON MONEY
MORE MONEY WILL HAVE TO BECOME AVAILABLE BEFORE ADDITIONAL EXPLORATION WORK IS DONE AT THE GRAY FOSSIL SITE. GRANT FUNDING FOR THE EXCAVATIONS EXPIRED YESTERDAY. DIGS AT THE SITE FOR…
BRISTOL SHOOTING SENDS ONE TO JAIL
A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN ACCUSED OF FIRING SHOTS AT RELATIVES OVER THE WEEKEND IS BEING HELD IN THE SULLIVAN COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. 55 YEAR OLD GARY CLARK IS CHARGED WITH…
BRISTOL COUPLE SENTENCED IN CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
A BRISTOL TENNESSEE COUPLE ACCUSED OF HAVING SEX WITH AN UNDERAGE GIRL AND TAPING IT HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS. 24 YEAR OLD RICK DEMAY AND 22…
LEE COUNTY FATALITY
A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A PENNINGTON GAP MAN. ACCORDING TO THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE, 20 YEAR OLD JARED REID LONGMIRE WAS…
CAR FIRE CLAIMS ONE
A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN DICKENSON COUNTY VIRIGNIA HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A COUNTY MAN. THE VICTIM’S IDENTITY HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. ACCORDING TO VIRGINIA STATE POLICE, THE VICTIM…