Month: December 2007

A GREENEVILLE MAN HAS DIED FROM INJURIES HE RECEIVED IN AN ACCIDENT EARLIER THIS WEEK. 37 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER KEVIN LANE DIED MONDAY NIGHT AT WELLMONT HOLSTON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER…

ONE OF TWO JOHNSON CITY HOMELESS MEN ACCUSED OF KILLING AN ACQUAINTANCE HAS BEEN APPOINTED AN ATTORNEY. 42 YEAR OLD JAMES GARNER IS CHARGED ALONG WITH 54 YEAR OLD TERRY…

THE FORMER QUEBECOR BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN KINGSPORT IS EXPECTED TO BE GIVEN TO THE CITY THIS WEEK. CITY MANAGER JOHN CAMPBELL SAID THE CITY ALREADY HAS A LIKELY BUYER FOR…

TWO KINGSPORT MEN ARE FACING CHARGES AFTER AN UNDERCOVER VICE DETECTIVE REPORTEDLY BOUGHT CRACK COCAINE FROM THE PAIR. THE DRUG BUY AND ARREST OCCURRED NEAR BURGER KING ON EAST STONE…

Desiree Nicole Queen THE ELIZABETHTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN LOCATING A MISSING CITY TEENAGER. 14 YEAR OLD DESIREE NICOLE QUEEN IS DESCRIBED AS 5-4, WEIGHING…

THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS READY FOR WHEN THE SNOWFLAKES START TO FALL THIS WINTER. ACCORDING TO V-DOT SPOKESWOMAN MICHELLE EARL, SNOW FIGHTING CHEMICALS ARE STORED, THE SNOWPLOWS ARE…

TWO MEN ACCUSED OF BEATING ANOTHER MAN IN KINGSPORT HAVE BEEN ARRAIGNED. 32 YEAR OLD RANDY LOONEY OF JOHNSON CITY AND DUSTIN LAWSON ARE CHARGED WITH ESPECIALLY AGGRAVATED ROBBERY AND…

A CARTER COUNTY MAN, WHO IS SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE FOR KILLING HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW IN 1988, HAS BEEN GRANTED A HEARING. RICKY HARRIS WAS FOUND GUILTY OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER…

A FARM TRACTOR ACCIDENT IN SULLIVAN COUNTY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN. 81 YEAR OLD NATHAN CLYDE CAMPBELL WAS KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED YESTERDAY…

A JOHNSON CITY BASED CHILDREN’S SERVICES WORKER ACCUSED OF THREATENING TO KILL HER HUSBAND IN FRONT OF HER CHILDREN HAS HAD HER CASE BOUND OVER TO A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND…

A MASSIVE DRUG ROUNDUP IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA HAS LANDED SEVERAL PEOPLE BEHIND BARS. THE WISE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, VIRGINIA STATE POLICE, CITY OF NORTON AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE…

OFFICIALS AT EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY IN KINGSPORT HAVE ANNOUNCED TODAY THE COMPLETION OF THE SALE OF THEIR P.E.T. POLYMERS BUSINESS. THIS MEANS, ALFA, A MEXICAN INDUSTRIAL COMPANY WILL TAKE OVER…

A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE MAN ACCUSED OF THREATENING AND EXTORTING MONEY FROM HIS FORMER EMPLOYER HAS BEEN SENTENCED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. GREGORY SIBBITT PLED GUILTY EARLIER TO…

THE HAWKINS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS IDENTIFIED A MAN WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND IN A MOBILE HOME FIRE LAST MONTH. THE BODY IS THAT OF 24 YEAR OLD JONATHAN PAUL…

AN EMPLOYEE AT A TRI CITIES SCHOOL IS ACCUSED OF IMPROPER CONDUCT WITH JUVENILES. 32 YEAR OLD RACHEL HARVEY, AN INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT AT DAVEY CROCKETT HIGH SCHOOL IN JONESBORO, IS…

A JOHNSON CITY BASED CHILDREN’S SERVICES WORKER ACCUSED OF THREATENING TO KILL HER HUSBAND IN FRONT OF HER CHILDREN HAS HAD HER CASE BOUND OVER TO A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND…

A GREENE COUNTY GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A MAN FOR ALLEGEDLY SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A CHILD. 27 YEAR OLD DANIEL FREEMAN IS CHARGED WITH RAPE OF A CHILD AND TWO COUNTS…

A TRACTOR ACCIDENT HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A SULLIVAN COUNTY MAN. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON DECK VALLEY ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 11-W. 81 YEAR OLD NATHAN CLYDE CAMPBELL OF BRISTOL…

A TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER ACCUSED OF SHOVING A STUDENT INTO A LOCKER HAS BEEN ACQUITTED OF THE SIMPLE ASSAULT CHARGE. 41 YEAR OLD CARL JENKINS WAS CHARGED AFTER AUTHORITIES…

AN ALTERCATION BETWEEN A JOHNSON CITY MAN AND HIS FORMER GIRLFRIEND HAS SENT ONE PERSON TO JAIL. 54 YEAR OLD JOHNNY BISE IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. BISE IS ALLEGED…

COULD BRISTOL BE GETTING A NEW VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER IN THE FUTURE? WELL, VA OFFICIALS IN JOHNSON CITY ARE LOOKING AT OPENING THE DOORS OF A BRISTOL FACILITY BY…

A SHOOTING AND KNIFING AT A KINGSPORT BUSINESS OVER THE WEEKEND LEFT TWO BROTHERS INJURED. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED FRIDAY NIGHT AT CHECKCASH XPRESS ON JOHN B. DENNIS HIGHWAY. POLICE SAID…