Day: December 12, 2007

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…