NEW HOME FOR KINGSPORT WOMAN
THANKS TO HOLSTON HABITAT FOR HUMANITY VOLUNTEERS, EASTMAN EMPLOYEES AND EASTMAN RETIREES , A KINGSPORT WOMAN WILL BE GETTING THE KEYS TO A NEW HOME THIS WEEKEND. JENNIFER GREENE WILL…
REMINDER: CHANGE YOUR BATTERIES
TWO THINGS TO REMEMBER THIS WEEKEND – CHANGE YOUR CLOCKS AND CHANGE YOUR BATTERIES. WHEN YOU SET YOUR CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR, THE KINGSPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT REMINDS YOU TO REMEMBER…
VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION URGED
BRISTOL VIRGINIA UTILITIES IS IS ENDORSING VIRGINA GOVERNOR TIM KAINE’S CALL FOR VOLUNTARY CONSERVATIONS EFFORTS TO REDUCE WATER USAGE. WES ROSENBALM, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF BRISTOL VIRGINIA UTILITIES, SAYS FOR…
KINGSPORT WOMAN FACES CHARGES
A KINGSPORT WOMAN IS FACING EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES AFTER JOHNSON CITY POLICE SAY SHE STOLE MONEY FROM HER EMPLOYER. 40 YEAR OLD ANDREA JOHNSON WAS CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT OF OVER 70-THOUSAND…
MOUNT CARMEL VOLUNTEER FIRE TO GET MONEY
THE MOUNT CARMEL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IS GETTING SOME MUCH NEEDED FUNDING FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. CONGRESSMAN DAVID DAVIS ANNOUNCED THE DEPARTMENT WILL RECEIVED OVER 261-THOUSAND DOLLARS…
DOUBLE KWIK STORES TO BE SOLD
A VIRGINIA COMPANY IS PLANNING ON PURCHASING 57 DOUBLE KWIK MARKETS THAT ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. GPM INVESTMENTS, BASED IN MECHANICSVILLE VIRGINIA, WANTS TO PURCHASE THE ENTIRE DOUBLE KWIK…
CARTER COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF FIRING GUN AT CAR
A CARTER COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF FIRING A SHOTGUN AT A CAR IN WHICH TWO PEOPLE WERE INSIDE, WILL APPEAR IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT SOON. 22 YEAR OLD JONATHAN ARNETT…
BRISTOL WOMAN CLEARED OF CHARGES
A BRISTOL TENNESSEE WOMAN ACCUSED OF BURGLARY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BEATING DEATH OF A MORRISTOWN MAN IN DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA HAS BEEN CLEARED OF ANY WRONGDOING. 26 YEAR OLD…
BEVIL IS SEEKING TO SET ASIDE HIS PLEA
A KINGSPORT MAN, WHO WAS ORDERED TO SPEND 27 YEARS IN A FEDERAL PRISON ON CHILD PORN CHARGES, IS CLAIMING HE WAS TRICKED INTO TAKING A PLEA AGREEMENT BY HIS…
WHEEL TAX SIGNATURES CERTIFIED
THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE ELECTION OFFICE HAS ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO CERTIFY A WHEEL TAX. IT’S NOW UP TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION TO IMPLEMENT IT. ADMINISTRATOR CONNIE SINKS…
WISE COUNTY OBSERVATION TOWER DESTROYED BY FIRE
A TREASURED LANDMARK IN WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY ARSONISTS. THE HIGH KNOB OBSERVATION TOWER IN THE JEFFERSON NATIONAL FOREST WENT UP IN FLAMES HALLOWEEN DAY. ARSONISTS ARE…
KINGSPORT MAN HAS CASE BOUND OVER
A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF SEVERLY BEATING HIS WIFE AND HOLDING HER AGAINST HER WILL HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY. HAROLD TUCKER IS…
THREE SUSPICIOUS FIRES IN WASHINGTON COUNTY
THE WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THREE SUSPICIOUS FIRES THAT OCCURRED WITHIN A 24-HOUR PERIOD. THE FIRES ALL HAPPENED IN THE MEADOWVIEW AREA STARTING WITH 15 LARGE BALES…
FEDEX BREAKS GROUND FOR NEW DISTRIBUTION CENTER
GROUND HAS BEEN BROKEN FOR A NEW FEDEX DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN KINGSPORT. FEDEX IS PUTTING AN EIGHT MILLION DOLLAR FACILITY ON MORE THAN 13 ACRES AT GATEWAY COMMERCE PARK. THE…