FARM SERVICE AGENCY COULD CLOSE TWO OFFICES
There are hearings next week about whether to close two northeast Tennessee offices of the Farm Service Agency. The local FSA offices distribute federal funds to farmers in commodity support…
TRIAL FOR HENSON UNDERWAY
TESTIMONY GOT UNDERWAY ON TUESDAYAFTERNOON IN THE TRIAL OF ONE OF FOUR PEOPLE CHARGED IN THE 2006 BEATING DEATH OF A CITY MAN IN AN OVERGROWN SECTION OF THE CITY…
UNITED WAY REACHING ITS GOAL
FOUR WEEKS INTO THE UNITED WAY OF GREATER KINGSPORT’S COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN, OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE REACH 71 PERCENT OF THEIR GOAL OF 3.45 MILLION DOLLARS. WITH ONLY FOUR WEEKS LEFT…
TAZEWELL COUNTY DRUG ROUNDUP
A DRUG ROUNDUP IN TAZEWELL COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS LEFT MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE FACING CHARGES. A GRAND JURY HANDED DOWN INDICTMENTS FOR SIXTEEN PEOPLE ACCUSED OF DRUG ACTIVITIES. THE…
KINGSPORT ANNEXATION PROPOSAL COMES UNDER FIRE
SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANNOUNCED OPPOSITION TO KINGSPORT’S PLAN TO ANNEX ANY PORTION OF WARRIOR’S PATH STATE PARK. IN RESPONSE TO A PROPERTY OWNER’S REQUESTED ANNEXATION, KINGSPORT CITY PLANNERS ARE…
HENRY SENTENCED IN GAMBLING PROBE
A MAN WHO ADMITTED TO HIS PART IN THE APPALACHIA VIRGINIA GAMBLING PROBE HAS BEEN SENTENCED IN WISE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT. 47 YEAR OLD RONNIE DALE HENRY PLED GUILTY TO…
ESCAPED INMATE STILL BEING SOUGHT
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR AN INMATE WHO ESCAPED FROM THE JOHNSON COUNTY JAIL OVER THE WEEKEND. 49 YEAR OLD ROBERT DELUCA OF BOONE MADE HIS GETAWAY…
LYNCH REQUESTS IDENTITY HEARING
A MAN ARRESTED IN MEXICO OVER THE WEEKEND CLAIMS HE’S NOT THE ONE KINGSPORT POLICE HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. NOW, AUTHORITIES WILL HAVE TO PROVE THE…
TWO WOMEN PLED TO PART IN MURDER
TWO WOMEN ACCUSED ALONG WITH TWO MEN IN THE DEATH OF A BRISTOL VIRGINIA MAN LAST YEAR, HAVE ADMITTED TO LESSER CHARGES. 37 YEAR OLD ANGELA DILLARD PLED GUILTY TO…
NEW JOHNSON CITY HOSPITAL HAS NEW NAME
OFFICIALS WITH MOUNTAIN STATES HEALTH ALLIANCE HAVE REVEALED THE ARCHITECTURAL PLANS FOR A NEW HOSPITAL IN THE MED TECH PARK IN JOHNSON CITY. THE NEW FACILITY WILL BE CALLED THE…
JOHNSON CITY CRASH CLAIMS ONE
A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH OVER THE WEEKEND IN JOHNSON CITY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A CITY TEEN. ACCORDING TO POLICE, 17 YEAR OLD JESSICA JOHNSON WAS KILLED EARLY SATURDAY…
DENTIST PLEADS NOT GUILTY
A GATE CITY VIRGINIA DENTIST ACCUSED OF CRASHING INTO A PONTOON BOAT ON BOONE LAKE LAST JUNE THAT LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD AND ANOTHER INJURED, HAS PLED NOT GUILTY IN…
RAPE REPORT COULD HAVE BEEN FALSE
A 22 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO CLAIMED SHE WAS RAPED ALONG A HAWKINS COUNTY HIGHWAY BY A MAN POSING TO BE A POLICE OFFICER HAS STOPPED CO-OPERATING WITH AUTHORITIES. THE…
LYNCH CAPTURED IN MEXICO
A Kingsport fugitive wanted on multiple counts of child rape and exploitation has been captured over the weekend near Matamoros, Mexico, and jailed in southern Texas. Donald Edward Lynch, was…
THOMPSON PAYS VISIT TO TRI CITIES
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL FRED THOMPSON MADE A PRIVATE VISIT TO THE TRI CITIES TO RAISE MONEY FOR HIS CAMPAIGN. HE HELD A FUNDRAISING EVENT AT AN UNKNOWN LOCATION IN WASHINGTON…
FORMER DB TEACHER ENTERS PLEA
A FORMER KINGSPORT CITY SCHOOL TEACHER ACCUSED OF HAVING AN INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME. 33 YEAR OLD GABE SANCHEZ PLED GUILTY…
AREA INTERSTATE GOES HIGH TECH
OFFICIALS WITH THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE PUTTING THE FINAL TOUCHES ON SOME HIGH-TECH EQUIPMENT DESIGNED TO MAKE TRAVELING IN THE TRI CITIES EASIER. TWO ELECTRONIC BOARDS ARE STATIONED…
LEBANON STUDENT SUSPENDED FOR THREATS
A STUDENT AT A LEBANON VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL ACCUSED OF MAKING THREATS AGAINST OTHER STUDENTS HAS BEEN SUSPENDED. THE MALE STUDENT AT LEBANON HIGH WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE A HIT…
ELIZABETHTON CITY COUNCIL FIRES CITY MANAGER
Russell Treadway Photo courtesy of Johnson City Press ELIZABETHTON WILL NEED TO FIND A NEW CITY MANAGER AFTER CITY COUNCIL UNEXPECTEDLY FIRED CURRENT CITY MANAGER RUSSELL TREADWAY. A MOTION TO…
SULLIVAN COUNTY ALCOHOLIC STING
AN UNDERCOVER ALCOHOL STING OPERATION IN SULLIVAN COUNTY ENDS WITH SEVERAL BUSINESSES BEING CITED. AUTHORITIES SAY TEN PEOPLE AT EIGHT COUNTY BUSINESSES SOLD ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO AN UNDERAGE POLICE OPERATIVE.…
SEVEN YEAR OLD CHILD HANGING UPDATE
A SEVEN YEAR OLD WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE BOY WHO ACCIDENTALLY HANGED HIMSELF IS IN STABLE CONDITION. THE CHILD HAD ALLEGEDLY BEEN PLAYING WITH A ROPE ON THE BACK DECK OF…
BURNING BAN ISSUED FOR KINGSPORT
IF YOU PLAN ON BURNING IN KINGSPORT ANYTME SOON, YOU’D BETTER THINK TWICE. A CITY-WIDE BURNING BAN IS IN EFFECT AS OF TODAY. ACCORDING TO FIRE MARSHALL ROBERT SLUSS, IT…