Month: December 2007

Anthony Gibson Photo courtesy of Bristol Herald Courier THE FIRST DEGREE MURDER TRIAL OF A CLINTWOOD VIRGINIA MAN HAS ENDED IN A HUNG JURY. THE JURY ON SATURDAY COULD NOT…

A WEEKEND SHOOTING IN JOHNSON CITY HAS LEFT ONE MAN INJURED. POLICE WERE CALLED OUT TO VITO’S LOUNGE ON NORTH ROAN STREET EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THEY FOUND A MAN WITH…

HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED IN BRISTOL TENNESSEE. ACCORDING TO POLICE, TWO CHILDREN AND THEIR GRANDFATHER FOUND THE REMAINS IN A REMOTE AREA OF THE CITY IN A WOODED…

A three vehicle crash over the weekend in Carter county has claimed the life of a county man. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 72 year old Gerald Kerr of…

STARTING JANUARY FIRST, TENNESSEANS WON’T HAVE TO DIG AS DEEP IN THEIR POCKETS FOR GROCERIES. THE STATE’S GROCERY TAX WILL DECREASE BY HALF A PERCENT TO FIVE AND A HALF…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING HIS WIFE WHILE ON PROBATION FOR THE SAME CRIME IS FREE ON BOND. 38 YEAR OLD RANDALL RHOTON IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. HE’S…

A sharp increase in fatal motorcycle crashes appears certain to put Virginia’s highway death toll at more than 1,000 for the first time since 1990. State police say the toll…

KINGSPORT POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR FOUR MEN ACCUSED OF BEATING A MAN WITH A BASEBALL BAT ON CHRISTMAS EVE. POLICE SAID A WOMAN ANSWERED THE DOOR OF HER MODEL CITY…

THE HAWKINS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND SURGOINSVILLE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A COUPLE ACCUSED OF ROBBING A SURGOINSVILLE MARKET. POLICE SAID THE MAN ENTERED THE QUICK STOP MARKET ON HIGHWAY…

MOUNTAIN STATES HEALTH ALLIANCE HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO EXPAND IT’S FLEET AND MOVE IT’S BASE OPERATIONS. THE RESCUE SERVICE IS ADDING A FOURTH HELICOPTER TO IT’S CURRENT FLEET THAT WILL…

A STABBING IN GREENE COUNTY HAS LEFT ONE MAN INJURED. ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY SHERRIF’S OFFICE, 48 YEAR OLD JODY CHOATE TOLD DEPUTIES THAT HE HAD BEEN STABBED BY HIS…

A man is recovering after falling nearly 20 feet from the Sky Lift in Gatlinburg. Police said the 26-year-old tourist was traveling down the lift near River Road when he…

A COUPLE WHO ATTEMPTED TO SAVE A PET PIG FROM A HOUSE FIRE IN SULLIVAN COUNTY HAVE NAMED THE COUNTY AND THREE OF ITS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN A MULTI-MILLION…

KINGSPORT POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THREE PEOPLE WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH AN ARMED ROBBERY AT A SCHOOL IN THE CITY. 19 YEAR OLD MELISSA BRANDON, 21 YEAR OLD HEATHER BOWEN,…

GREENE COUNTY POLICE SAY A NEWSPAPER CARRIER HAS DIED AS THE RESULT OF BEING STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. 65 YEAR OLD JOHN ROBINETTE OF MOSHEIM WAS DELIVERING PAPERS SUNDAY MORNING…

TWO JOHNSON CITY WOMEN FACING DRUG CHARGES ARE BEHIND BARS. 36 YEAR OLD ANGELA AUKES AND 41 YEAR OLD GOLDIE PERKINS ARE CHARGED WITH SALE OF CRACK COCAINE AND POSSESSION…

Lace Bruce Marcum ELIZABETHTON POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A CITY MAN IN CONNECTION WITH THE PASSING OF COUNTERFEIT MONEY ORDERS THROUGHOUT THE TRI CITIES REGION. ACCORDING TO POLICE SGT. MICHAEL MERRITT,…

A LOGGING ACCIDENT IN GREENE COUNTY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF AN AFTON MAN. AUTHORITIES SAID 48 YEAR OLD CLOYD NORTON WAS CUTTING TIMBER WITH CLOYD CUTSHAW LOGGING WHEN A…

AFTER A RABID RACCOON ATTACKED TWO DOGS OUTSIDE THE KINGSPORT CITY LIMITS, SULLIVAN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE ADVISING ALL PET OWNERS TO HAVE THEIR ANIMALS VACCINATED FOR RABIES.…

WITH KINGSPORT ALREADY USING CAMERAS TO CATCH THOSE WHO RUN RED LIGHTS, JOHNSON CITY COMMISSIONERS HAVE NOW GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT FOR CAMERAS FOR THEIR CITY. COMMISSIONERS WERE TOLD A…

James Stone IT TOOK SOME EFFORT, BUT SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICERS EVENTUALLY GOT THEIR MAN. A KINGSPORT MAN WANTED ON VARIOUS CHARGES WAS SPOTTED BY AN OFFICER WITH THE SHERIFF’S…

A JOHNSON CITY POLICE OFFICER HAS BEEN TREATED AND RELEASED FROM JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A MOTORIST. 25 YEAR OLD OFFICER ALEX PERRY WAS ASSISTING THE…