Month: December 2007

LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA WILL BE HOME TO THE STATE’S FIRST BIODIESEL PRODUCTION FACILITY. THE PLANT WILL BE HOUSED AT THE FORMER SUPER SACK BUILDING IN THE HICKORY FLATS INDUSTRIAL PARK.…

A judge in Knoxville has sentenced a Jonesborough man to 30 years in prison in the repeated rape and impregnation of his daughter. Marshall Dean Minckler Jr. pled guilty to…

TESTIMONY WILL RESUME THIS MORNING IN DICKENSON COUNTY VIRGINIA CIRCUIT COURT IN THE FIRST DEGREE MURDER TRAIL OF A CLINTWOOD MAN. 41 YEAR OLD ANTHONY GIBSON IS ACCUSED IN THE…

A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF A HAWKINS COUNTY GLASS COMPANY ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLING NEARLY 400-THOUSAND DOLLARS, HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY. 39 YEAR OLD DEAN BYRD OF KNOXVILLE IS…

A TRI CITIES CAR DEALER HAS OPENED UP HIS HEART AND CHECKBOOK TO HELP EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY IN JOHNSON CITY. BILL GATTON, OWNER OF SEVERAL CAR DEALERSHIPS IN THE…

FOUL PLAY HAS BEEN RULED OUT IN A DEADLY CARTER COUNTY FIRE THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF A MOTHER AND HER 5 YEAR OLD AUTISTIC SON. THE MOTHER, MICHELLE HYTER…

A TRI CITIES CAR DEALER HAS OPENED UP HIS HEART AND CHECKBOOK TO HELP EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY IN JOHNSON CITY. BILL GATTON, OWNER OF BILL GATTON CHEVROLET-CADILLAC IN BRISTOL,…

FOUL PLAY HAS BEEN RULED OUT IN A DEADLY CARTER COUNTY FIRE THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF A MOTHER AND HER 5 YEAR OLD AUTISTIC SON. THE MOTHER, MICHELLE HYTER…

ACCORDING TO THE LATEST TRI CITIES RETAIL SALES REPORT, THE RETAILING PICTURE REMAINED CHAOTIC DURING THE THIRD QUARTER OF THE YEAR. FOR THE FIFTH QUARTER IN A ROW, BRISTOL LED…

Jack Hall Photo courtesy of Tri Cities dot com A JOHNSON CITY HEALTHCARE WORKER ACCUSED OF ABUSING A PATIENT AT A RESIDENTIAL FACILITY HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A WASHINGTON COUNTY…

AUTHORITIES HAVE RELEASED THE NAMES OF THE MAN AND WOMAN WHO LED POLICE ON A CHASE IN UNICOI COUNTY IN A STOLEN VEHICLE. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, 19…

MOUNTAIN STATES HEALTH ALLIANCE HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO PURCHASE A LEBANON VIRGINIA HOSPITAL. IT WILL PAY A FRANKLIN BASED COMPANY 45 MILLION DOLLARS TO BUY THE 78 BED RUSSELL COUNTY…

VIRGINIA 9TH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN RICK BOUCHER HAS ANNOUNCED AN INITIATIVE TO REBUILD THE OBSERVATION TOWER AT HIGH KNOB. ARSONISTS SET FIRE TO THE TOWER ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT. BOUCHER SAID HIS…

A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE JURY HAS FOUND A FORMER TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPER GUILTY OF ATTACKING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND. BRETT GARLAND WAS CONVICTED OF ASSAULT INVOLVING OFFENSIVE TOUCHING. THE JURY DECLINED…

A KINGSPORT TEEN ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO ROB A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT IN THE CITY IS BEHIND BARS. 19 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER FRALIX IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPT TO COMMIT AGGRAVATED…

OPENING STATEMENTS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING IN THE TRIAL OF A DICKENSON COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING ANOTHER MAN. 42 YEAR OLD ANTHONY GIBSON IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE…

CART….TONIGHT THAT WAS CARTER COUNTY SHERIFF CHRIS MATHES TALKING ABOUT A DEADLY FIRE IN HIS COUNTY THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF A MOTHER AND HER YOUNG SIX YEAR OLD SON.…

THE TENNESSEE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS HAS UPHELD THE FIRST DEGREE MURDER CONVICTION OF A CARTER COUNTY MAN WHO KILLED HIS GIRLFRIEND IN FRONT OF HER KIDS AT AN ELIZABETHTON…

A REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST OF THE PERSON OR PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING TWO FIRES IN HAWKINS COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND. FIRST, OFFICIALS WERE…

POLICE CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR TWO FEMALES WHO ESCAPED FROM THE JOHNSON CITY JAIL OVER THE WEEKEND. TASHA PETERS AND HEATHER LANE WALKED AWAY FROM THE FACILITY DURING RECREATIONAL TIME.…

A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN SULLIVAN COUNTY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A KINGSPORT WOMAN AND LEFT AN ABINGDON VIRGINIA WOMAN INJURED. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, 51 YEAR…

A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN HAWKINS COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND HAS CLAIMED THE LIVES OF A ROGERSVILLE MAN AND WOMAN. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL 32 YEAR OLD JAMES…