Month: December 2007

A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH OVER THE WEEKEND IN KINGSPORT HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A CITY MAN. ACCORDING TO POLICE, 71 YEAR OLD RAY CONKIN WAS TRAVELING ALONG GLEN ALPINE…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MANUFACTURING FACILITY HAS ANNOUNCED ITS INVESTIGATING CLAIMS THAT DRUG USE AND DRUG TRAFFICKING IS GOING ON AT THEIR FACILITY. EXIDE CORPORATION EMPLOYEES OVER 900 PEOPLE AT IT’S…

TO DATE 954 PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES ON VIRGINIA’S HIGHWAYS IN 2007. THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, VIRGINIA STATE POLICE, AND VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES ARE CHALLENGING MOTIRISTS…

A JOHNSON CITY WOMAN WANTED ON A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE WARRANT OUT OF SOUTH CAROLINA IS IN POLICE CUSTODY. 27 YEAR OLD KASANDRA MILHORN WAS WANTED OUT OF HORRY COUNTY…

A NEW SENTENCING DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR TWO JOHNSON CITY MEN CONVICTED IN A DRAG RACING CRASH THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A HOMECOMING QUEEN AND LEFT HER BEST…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO ROB TWO DIFFERENT WOMEN IN THE PARKING LOT OF A CITY RETAIL STORE IS BEHIND BARS. 29 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER JONES IS…

SOME GOOD NEWS FOR NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES IN ERWIN. A CONGRESSIONAL VOTE LAST MONTH COULD MEAN AN ADDDITIONAL 588 MILLION DOLLARS TO A DEFENSE SPENDING BILL ACCORDING TO COMPANY SPOKESMAN…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MANUFACTURING FACILITY HAS ANNOUNCED ITS INVESTIGATING CLAIMS THAT DRUG USE AND DRUG TRAFFICKING IS GOING ON AT THEIR FACILITY. EXIDE CORPORATION EMPLOYEES OVER 900 PEOPLE AT IT’S…

The capital murder trial of an escaped inmate accused of killing a deputy sheriff and a hospital guard in Blacksburg will be held in Abingdon in March. Montgomery County Commonwealth’s…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN WHO FACED WEAPONS CHARGES HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. ERNEST CANIPE PLED GUILTY TO UNLAWFUL TRANSPORT OF FIREARMS AFTER BEING…

A NEW SENTENCING DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR TWO JOHNSON CITY MEN CONVICTED IN A DRAG RACING CRASH THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A HOMECOMING QUEEN AND LEFT HER BEST…

A JOHNSON CITY WOMAN ACCUSED OF STEALING MONEY FROM HER FORMER EMPLOYER WILL BE ARRAIGNED TODAY IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE. 57 YEAR OLD BEATRICE BLEDSOE IS…

TWO NEW TASK FORCES HAVE BEEN CREATED TO HELP THE TRI-CITIES REGION IN THE EVENT OF A LARGE SCALE DISASTER. TWO MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS UNITS WILL COVER JUST OVER 710-THOUSAND…

A KINGSPORT MAN WHO FATALLY SHOT A MAN EARLIER THIS YEAR DURING AN ALLEGED ATTACK CLAIMS HE’S NOW THE VICTIM OF A HOLDUP. SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES FOUND ROY WILSON…

TWO JOHNSON CITY MEN CONVICTED IN A DRAG RACING CRASH THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A HOMECOMING QUEEN AND LEFT HER BEST FRIEND INJURED WILL BE SENTENCED TODAY IN WASHINGTON…

THE KINGSPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO HELD UP A CITY PHARMACY. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED LAST NIGHT AT THE CVS ON WEST STONE DRIVE. AN EMPLOYEE TOLD…

A KINGSPORT MAN SUSTAINED INJURIES AS THE RESULT OF AN ALTERCATION AT HIS HOME. SULLIVAN COUNTY DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO BROOKSIDE DRIVE IN REFERENCE TO A ROBBERY. UPON ARRIVAL, ROY WILSON…

Rickie Bowling AN ELIZABETHTON MAN IS FACING CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE THEFT OF SEVERAL ITEMS FROM A LOCAL BUSINESS. ELIZABETHTON POLICE BEGAN INVESTIGATING ITEMS MISSING…

HOLSTON ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT IN KINGSPORT HAS PAID OUT 2.5 MILLION DOLLARS IN BACK PAY TO NEARLY 300 FORMER AND CURRENT WACKENHUT SECURITY CONTRACT WORKERS. IN 2005, ABOUT 85 EMPLOYEES…

MOUNTAIN STATES HEALTH ALLIANCE HAS ANNOUNCED IT’S TEAMING UP WITH NORTON VIRGINIA COMMUNITY AND DICKENSON VIRGINIA COMMUNITY HOSPITALS. OFFICIALS HELD CEREMONIES AT BOTH HEALTH CARE FACILITIES TO FINALIZE THE ALLIANCE.…

FIRE AUTHORITIES STILL DON’T KNOW WHAT CAUSED A VEHICLE FIRE THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A JOHNSON CITY MAN. 43 YEAR OLD RICHARD WAYNE GARDNER LOST HIS LIFE IN THE…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED IN THE TRAFFIC DEATH OF A CITY WOMAN HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE COUNTY GRAND JURY. 56 YEAR OLD…