Month: January 2008

Grayson County Virginia authorities say a man accused of killing three people at a tree farm is back in the Commonwealth. 48 year old Frederick Hammer was arrested in Florida…

A FORMER GATE CITY VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL BOOKKEEPER CONVICTED OF TAKING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM ATHLETIC EVENTS AND STUDENT FUNDRAISERS HAS BEEN SENTENCED. 49 YEAR OLD CAROLYN BURKE WAS FOUND…

WATER PROBLEMS CONTINUE IN ONE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA TOWN. ALTHOUGH THE TOWN OF DUNGANNON STILL HAS WATER, THE 250-THOUSAND GALLON WATER TANK IS STILL NOT FULL. OFFICIALS DON’T FEEL THE PROBLEM…

Two brothers convicted of federal gambling charges involving a cockfighting ring in Cocke County have been sentenced to two years each in federal prison. Sixty-four-year-old Kenneth R. Frazier Sr., the…

A CARTER COUNTY WOMAN ACCUSED OF SHAKING HER BABY EXCESSIVELY HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY. 26 YEAR OLD WENDY WESTMORELAND OF BLUFF CITY IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED CHILD…

AN ATV ACCIDENT IN WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF ONE PERSON AND LEFT ONE PERSON INJURED. DETAILS ARE SKETCHY AT THIS TIME AND THE NAME OF THE…

A WOMAN WHO WAS ON JOHNSON CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT’S “MOST WANTED LIST” ON YOUTUBE HAS BEEN CAPTURED. RACHEL HERRMAN WAS ARRESTED OVER THE WEEKEND AFTER A PASSERBY CALLED POLICE WITH…

A MAN ACCUSED OF ROBBING THE SAME JOHNSON CITY PHARMACY TWICE HAS ADDMITTED TO THE CRIME IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. 24 YEAR OLD MATTHEW RYAN NEAL PLED GUILTY…

JURY SELECTION IS EXPECTED TO GET UNDERWAY THIS MORNING IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF RAPING A WOMAN JUST THREE WEEKS BEFORE SHE DIED. JIMMY STAPLETON…

A FORMER SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA PRISON GUARD ACCUSED OF KILLING A FORMER INMATE HAS A TRIAL DATE SET IN WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA. 43 YEAR OLD ALICE FOSTER IS CHARGED WITH FIRST…

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS SAY A 700-THOUSAND DOLLAR EXTENSIVE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE OREBANK ROAD BRIDGE ACROSS JOHN B. DENNIS HIGHWAY IN KINGSPORT WILL AFFECT TRAFFIC IN THE MODEL CITY.…

THERE ARE NO APPARENT SIGNS OF FOUL PLAY AT THE SCENE OF A FIRE IN ABINGDON VIRGINIA OVER THE WEEKEND THAT CLAIMED ONE PERSON’S LIFE. FIRE CREWS RESPONDED TO THE…

A North Carolina man is charged with three counts of capital murder in the killings of three men in Southwest Virginia, including the owner of one of North Carolina’s largest…

A CONVICTED FELON WHO FLED FROM A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA SHERIFF’S DEPUTY ON SATURDAY MORNING HAS BEEN APPREHENDED. ACCORDING TO SHERIFF FRED NEWMAN, 48 YEAR OLD ERNEST LEE COOPER OF…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN ACCUSED OF TWO THEFTS AND A HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY. 25 YEAR OLD BOBBY LEE HARR IS…

TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATE 81 IS BACK TO NORMAL TODAY, ALMOST 30 HOURS AFTER A TWO-TRUCK CRASH BROUGHT THE BUSY ROADWAY TO ITS KNEES. ON WEDNESDAY, BOTH NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND LANES…

THE TRI-CITIES REGIONAL AIRPORT WILL SOON BE OFFERING SEASONAL NON-STOP SERVICE TO MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA. ATLANTA BASED SOUTHERN SKYWAYS WILL OPERATE THE FLIGHTS BEGINNING MAY 21ST AND ENDING AFTER…

A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE DETENTION CENTER INMATE WHO WALKED AWAY FROM A WORK ASSIGNMENT WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS BACK IN POLICE CUSTODY TODAY. ACCORDING TO SHERIFF ED GRAYBEAL, 40 YEAR OLD…

Photo courtesy of Earl Neikrirk – Bristol Herald Courier VIRGINIA HIGHWAY OFFICIALS ARE WORKING TO CLEANUP THE SITE OF A TWO VEHICLE COLLISION LAST NIGHT THAT STILL HAS ONE OF…

KINGSPORT POLICE SAID THEY FOUND A WORKING METH LAB IN A MOBILE HOME YESTERDAY ON BARNETT DRIVE. POLICE SAID SIX PEOPLE IN TWO OF THE MOBILE HOME LOTS WERE ALLEGEDLY…

Senator Jim Webb ONE VIRGINIA LAWMAKER BELIEVES THAT AS MANY FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH EXPERIENCE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP DUE TO A SLOWING ECONOMY, CONGRESS NEEDS TO ACT TO SPUR JOB CREATION…

Mitchell Dwight Potter WASHINGTON COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN LOCATING A GRAY MAN WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH A METH LAB EXPLOSION. POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR 33…