ANIMAL KILLINGS SPUR INVESTIGATION
POLICE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE WANT TO KNOW WHO’S BEHIND NUMEROUS KILLINGS OF ANIMALS INCLUDING ONE DOG, TWO HORSES, AND THREE COWS. THE KILLINGS OCCURRED IN THE CONKLIN ROAD AREA.…
DAVIS DELIVERS HOLIDAY CARDS
NORTHEAST TENNESSEE FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN DAVID DAVIS BROUGHT SOME HOLIDAY CHEER TO SOME SOLDIERS EARLIER THIS WEEK. DAVIS PAID A VISIT TO WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER IN WASHINGTON TO…
TWO SENTENCED FOR DRAG RACING
A JUDGE HAS HANDED DOWN JAIL SENTENCES FOR TWO TRI CITIES MEN, CONVICTED OF VEHICULAR AND RECKLESS HOMICIDE IN A DRAG RACING INCIDENT THAT KILLED A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE HOMECOMING…
EASTMAN RECEIVES RECOGNITION
A KINGSPORT CHEMICAL COMPANY HAS RECEIVED KUDOS FOR ITS ENERGY EFFICIENTY EFFORTS. EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY HAS BEEN TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT ITS OPERATIONS TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO BE…
LOCAL PAPER CARRIER ASSAULTED
THE CARTER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE ATTACK ON A WOMAN WHO HAS DELIVERED THE CITY PAPER FOR ALMOST 18 YEARS. TWO MEN ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED ETTA CARDEN, A CARRIER…
NAME OF TRAFFIC VICTIM RELEASED
POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE NAME OF THE PEDESTRIAN KILLED ON THURSDAY IN JOHNSON CITY. ACCORDING TO JOHNSON CITY AUTHORITIES, 27 YEAR OLD DAVID HUDSON OF PINEY FLATS DIED AFTER BEING…
MODEL CITY FINANCES LOOKING GOOD
MODEL CITY LEADERS SAY KINGSPORT’S CITY FINANCES LOOK GOOD. ACCORDING TO THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REVIEW, KINGSPORT’S BANK ACCOUNT HAVE GROWN BY TWO MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE PAST YEAR TO MORE…
HAY DEADLINE IS EXTENDED
THE DEADLINE FOR FARMERS IN GREENE COUNTY TO PURCHASE HAY THROUGH THE OPERATION DROUGHT RELIEF EFFORT HAS BEEN EXTENDED. DUE TO THE HIGH DEMAND FOR HAY, THE ORDERING DEADLINE HAS…
KINGSPORT MAN IS INDICTED
A KINGSPORT MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRANDY JURY. 42 YEAR OLD JEFFREY WAYNE PECOR WAS INDICTED ON A CHARGE OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AFTER POLICE SAY HE…
SHERIFF’S OFFICE EMPLOYEE FIRED
Bryan Ruffo AFTER AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION BY THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, AN EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN TERMINATED. 27 YEAR OLD BRYAN RUFFO, WHO WAS AN EMPLOYEE IN THE CORRECTIONS DIVISION,…
INVESTMENT IN HIGHER ED IN VA.
Governor Tim Kaine has proposed a statewide bond package of 1.65 billion dollars to pay for new construction and renovations on Virginia college campuses. The proposal would be funded through…
DIRECT FLIGHTS TO FT. LAUDERDALE
DIRECT FLIGHTS FROM THE TRI-CITIES REGIONAL AIRPORT AND FORT LAUDERDALE FLORIDA ARE NOW AVAILABLE. ALLEGIANT AIR BEGAN OFFERING THE SERVICE ON WEDNESDAY. NEARLY 80 PEOPLE TOOK THE FIRST FLIGHT YESTERDAY.…
JOHNSON CITY PAIR FACING CHARGES
A JOHNSON CITY MAN AND WOMAN ARE FACING FORGERY AND THEFT CHARGES AFTER THEY MANAGED TO ELUDE AUTHORITIES FOR OVER A YEAR. 46 YEAR OLD WALLACE ASHBY AND 35 YEAR…
PRESIDENT OF LAW SCHOOL TO RETIRE
The president of a Law School in Grundy Virginia has decided to retire. Appalachian School of Law President Lu Ellsworth helped establish the school with a goal of increasing legal…
LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST BUS COMPANY
A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MOTHER HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST A CITY BUS COMPANY. HOLLY ROBERTS CLAIMS HOLSTON BUS AND FORMER BUS DRIVER MARY CALLAGHAN ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR INJURIES AND DAMAGES…
GIBSON TRIAL CONTINUES
AN 11 YEAR OLD BOY TESTIFIED DURING A MURDER TRIAL IN DICKENSON COUNTY VIRGINIA ABOUT BEING IN THE NEXT ROOM WHEN HIS FATHER WAS STABBED TO DEATH. DUSTIN STANLEY, THE…
JONESBOROUGH MAYOR WON’T SEEK RE-ELECTION
JONESBOROUGH’S MAYOR HAS ANNOUNCED SHE WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION. MAYOR TOBIE BLEDSOE HAS HELD HER POST FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS AND BETWEEN RUNNING THE EUREKA INN AND HER TOWN…
ENFORCEMENT CRACKDOWN EXTENDED
THE WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS EXTENDING ITS ENFORCEMENT CRACKDOWN THROUGHOUT THE HOLIDAY SEASON. THE INITITATIVE KNOWN AS “DRUNK DRIVING, OVER THE LIMIT, UNDER ARREST” CONSISTS OF INTENSIFIED ENFORCEMENT…
STATE POLICE CYBER CRIMES CENTER
THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR A NEW CYBER CRIMES INVESTIGATION CENTER. THE RICHMOND-BASED FACILITY WILL KEEP UP WITH THE RAPIDLY-GROWING DEMAND FOR DIGITAL FORENSIC EVIDENCE ANALYSIS. OFFICIALS…
TRIAL DATES SET FOR THREE PEOPLE
THREE PEOPLE ACCUSED IN THE MURDER OF A BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO HAVE TRIAL DATES SET FOR NEXT YEAR. 17 YEAR OLD VANESSA LYNN BROWN IS…
KINGSPORT DRUG ARREST
KINGSPORT POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A CITY MAN ON VARIOUS DRUG-RELATED CHARGES. VICE DETECTIVES STOPPED A VEHICLE IN LYNN GARDEN. THE DRIVER, A 17-YEAR OLD WHITE FEMALE JUVENILE, DIDN’T HAVE A…
TRI CITIES SALES OUTLOOK MIXED
THE RETAILING PICTURE IN THE TRI CITIES FOR THE THIRD QUARTER REMAINED CHAOTIC. FOR THE FIFTH QUARTER IN A ROW, BRISTOL HAS LED IN RETAIL GROWTH WITH DOLLAR SALES GROWING…