WIFE SENTENCED FOR FATAL STABBING
A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE WOMAN WHO STABBED HER HUSBAND TO DEATH ON A DARE HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS. 48 YEAR OLD SHERRY CLAWSON CONVICTED OF VOLUNTARY…
NEW WASTE WATER EXPANSION PROJECT
KINGSPORT OFFICIALS HAVE BROKEN GROUND ON A 21-MILLION DOLLAR, 3-YEAR WASTE WATER TREATMENT EXPANSION PROJECT. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT ARE DESIGNED TO ENSURE THE CITY MAINTAINS REGULATORY…
COCAINE AMONG ITEMS CONFISCATED
A QUANTITY OF COCAINE, ALMOST 2-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH, AND A HANDGUN ARE AMONG THE ITEMS CONFISCATED BY THE BRISTOL VIRGINIA VICE-NARCOTICS UNIT AFTER DETECTIVES EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT…
STATE SUSPENDS HIGHWAY WORK
The state will halt all construction work requiring lane closures on Tennessee interstates and state highways beginning at noon on Wednesday. The move is to help traffic flow during the…
CONSOL HOPES TO REOPEN IDLE MINE
Officials at Consol Energy have told employees the company is expected to reopen its idled Buchanan County Coal Mine near Mavisdale by January, but it’s still waiting for regulators to…
HOLSTON VALLEY HOSPITAL RECEIVES TOP HONOR
WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM’S HOLSTON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER IN KINGSPORT HAS BEEN NAMED ONE OF AMERICA’S 100 BEST HEART HOSPITALS IN THE NATION. THIS MARKS THE SECOND TIME IN THREE YEARS…
HARR NAMED TO HIS FATHER’S OLD SEAT
THE SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMISSION HAS APPOINTED A NEW INTERIM DISTRICT THREE COMMISSIONER. JON HARR WAS NAMED TO THE SEAT, WHICH WAS FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY HIS FATHER RALPH HARR. THE ELDER…
CRITICAL NEED FOR BLOOD
OFFICIALS WITH WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM’S MARSH REGIONAL BLOOD CENTER SAY THEY ARE IN CRITICAL NEED OF O-NEGATIVE BLOOD. WITH THE HOLIDAY SEASON APPROACHING, BLOOD CENTER OFFICIALS HAVE ISSUED AN EMERGENCY…
CARTER COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING GIRLFRIEND
A CARTER COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING HIS GIRLFRIEND AT GUNPOINT IS BEHIND BARS. 24 YEAR OLD MICHAEL DUGGER OF THE POGA COMMUNITY, IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT,…
DAVE LIGHT TO RETIRE
THE CITY OF KINGSPORT WILL SOON HAVE TO SEARCH FOR A NEW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. THIS AFTER DAVE LIGHT ANNOUNCED HE HAS DECIDED TO RETIRE. LIGHT HAS SERVED THE CITY…
FOUR ACCUSED IN HOME INVASION
BRISTOL VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES HAVE CHARGED THREE ADULTS AND A JUVENILE IN CONNECTION WITH A HOME INVASION ROBBERY IN THE CITY. 20 YEAR OLD JASON OLIVER, 21 YEAR OLD MALISA KENNEY,…
HAWKINS COUNTY FIRE CLAIMS ONE
A FIRE IN HAWKINS COUNTY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF ONE PERSON. THE BLAZE BROKE OUT AT A MOBILE HOME ON RICHARDS ROAD IN SURGOINSVILLE SATURDAY. AUTHORITIES SAID 24 YEAR…
SMYTH CO. SEX OFFENDER ARRESTED
A SALTVILLE VIRGINIA REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER HAS BEEN ARRESTED. THE SMYTH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS 43 YEAR OLD DOYLE WILLIE FRYE WAS WANTED FOR VIOLATING HIS PROBATION. THE ARREST CULMINATED…
PAIR CHARGED IN MARKET HOLDUP
BRISTOL VIRGINIA POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE TWO SUSPECTS WHO ALLEGEDLY HELD UP A CONVENIENCE MARKET OVER THE WEEKEND. POLICE RESPONDED TO A ROBBERY ALARM AT THE AAPCO #12 MARKET…
TENNESSEE TAX COLLECTIONS DOWN (AP)
Tennessee’s tax collections came in $100 million below expectations in October. Officials say the shortfall is mostly due to an unusual number of tax refunds requested by businesses that paid…
SULLIVAN COUNTY INMATE DIES
AN INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING INTO THE DEATH OF A SULLIVAN COUNTY JAIL INMATE WHO COLLAPSED IN HIS CELL. 46 YEAR OLD RUSSEL LLOYD KISER WAS GIVEN MEDICATION FRIDAY MORNING AFTER…
COCKE COUNTY MAN FACES STATE AND FEDERAL CHARGES (AP)
A Cocke County Tennessee man who was arrested for watching a cockfight is facing charges in both state and federal court. Michael Webb wanted to contest the charges in state…
WELLMONT FILES CON
ITS NOW UP TO THE TENNESSEE HEALTH SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY AS TO WHETHER A CERTIFICATE OF NEED IS GRANTED TO WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM. WELLMONT FILED THE PAPERS CONCERNING A…
BERRY INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
WAS A SECOND MAN INVOLVED IN THE DEATH OF A FORMER BRISTOL TENNESSEE NATIVE WHO WAS FOUND STABBED TO DEATH OUTSIDE HER KNOXVILLE APARTMENT? WELL, THE PARENTS OF JOHNIA BERRY…
GREENE COUNTY SHOOTING
A WEEKEND SHOOTING IN GREENE COUNTY HAS LEFT ONE PERSON INJURED. THE GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WAS CALLED TO A HOME ON NORTH MOHAWK ROAD EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. 20 YEAR…
SULLIVAN COUNTY PRISONER DIES
SULLIVAN COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A PRISONER AT THE COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN BLOUNTVILLE. CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE FACILITY AFTER AN INMATE, 46 YEAR OLD RUSSELL…
ETSU DEDICATES RAILROAD MUSEUM
CELEBRATING “NATIONAL TAKE A MODEL TRAIN TO WORK DAY” EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY IN JOHNSON CITY HAS DEDICATED THE GEORGE L. CARTER RAILROAD MUSEUM TO HONOR THE LATE RAILROAD MAGNATE…