Month: January 2008

Kaci Heaton AN ELIZABETHTON RESIDENT IS IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION INTO A SUSPICIOUS FIRE. THE OWNERS OF THE HOME WERE NOT AT HOME AT THE TIME…

Photo courtesy of Tri Cities dot com A THREE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN BRISTOL VIRGINIA HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A MOUNTAIN CITY WOMAN. AUTHORITIES SAID 18 YEAR OLD BRITTANY BREWER…

TWO MEN ACCUSED OF ATTACKING ANOTHER MAN IN JOHNSON CITY ARE BEHIND BARS. 31 YEAR OLD DARIUS LITTLE OF JONESBOROUGH AND 21 YEAR OLD RYAN SNYDER OF HAMPTON ARE CHARGED…

SULLIVAN COUNTY AUTHORITIES HAVE COMPLETED THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO A FATAL MOBILE HOME FIRE LAST WEEK, AND DETERMINED IT WAS ACCIDENTAL. LANNIE MAE FAUVER DIED IN THE BLAZE. ARSON-FIRE INVESTIGATORS WITH…

Dr. Phil Roe Johnson City Mayor Phil Roe made it official on Tuesday, formally announcing that he will make a second run at the First District Congressional seat currently held…

A COMBINED INVESTIGATION BETWEEN THE ABINGDON VIRGINIA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS NETTED THE ARREST OF AN ABINGDON MAN ON DRUG-RELATED CHARGES. 29 YEAR OLD CHARLES…

THE SUSTAINED COLD WEATHER MUCH OF OUR REGION HAS SEEN CAN TAKE ITS TOLLS ON OUR VEHICLES. TRIPLE A AUTOMOBILE CLUB IS REPORTING AN INCREASE OF 34 PERCENT IN ROADSIDE…

THE HAWKINS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE ROBBERY OF CONVENIENCE STORE. AUTHORITIES SAID A MANENTERED THE LAKEVIEW GROCERY ON HIGHWAY 11-W EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, FORCED THE CLERK INTO THE…

HARLEE HYDER THE SEARCH FOR A MISSING CARTER COUNTY TEENAGER IS UNDERWAY. 15 YEAR OLD HARLEE HYDER WAS DROPPED OFF AT HAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL SATURDAY EVENING FOR A DANCE. SHE…

Sullivan County sheriff’s officials say a 60-year-old woman has died in a house fire in Kingsport. The cause of the blaze that killed Billie Sue Dykes and destroyed her home…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE AT GUNPOINT AND TAKING HER TO ANOTHER STATE WILL APPEAR IN SULLIVAN COUNTY COURT TOMORROW. DOUG YOUNG IS ALLEGED TO…

A SULLIVAN NORTH HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AND ASSISTANT BAND DIRECTOR ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLING MONEY FROM THE BAN BOOSTER FUNDS HAS A PLEA DATE SET IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. 35…

BRISTOL TENNESSEE POLICE SAY THEY HAVE A POSITIVE IDENTITY ON THE HUMAN REMAINS FOUND BY CHILDREN PLAYING IN A FIELD IN CEDAR CREEK ON DECEMBER 29TH. THE SKULL WAS RECOVERED…

Doug Young A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING HIS WIFE IS IN POLICE CUSTODY IN THE TRI CITIES. SULLIVAN COUNTY OFFICER HAVE RETURNED FROM GEORGIA WITH DOUG YOUNG. YOUNG…

Tennessee’s unemployment rate for December was 5.3 percent, up 0.4 percent from November. Jobs commissioner James Neeley said the increase in Tennessee’s rate is consistent with what’s happening across the…

A MARION VIRGINIA MAN WILL BE SPENDING THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON FOR KILLING A SMYTH COUNTY FAMILY. JOHN RAY GULLION WAS SENTENCED TO FIVE CONSECUTIVE LIFE TERMS…

IT COULD BE SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE AUTHORITIES KNOW WHAT CAUSED A MOBILE HOME FIRE THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A BLOUNTVILLE WOMAN. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT THE HOME…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN WHO ADMITTED TO HOLDING UP THREE CONVENIENCE STORES IN WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME IN PRISON. 24 YEAR OLD JONATHAN SMITH PLED…

A BULLS GAP TENNESSE MAN ACCUSED OF HOLDING UP AN ERWIN BANK HAS HAD HIS BOND REDUCED AND HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO A UNICOI COUNTY GRAND JURY. 40…

A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN CONVICTED OF STEALING MONEY FROM A DAMASCUS LEAGUE FOOTBALL PROGRAM HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO SERVE TIME IN PRISON. 33 YEAR OLD CHARLES BARR PLED GUILTY…

Ralph Jackson Housewright, Jr. SULLIVAN COUNTY AUTHORITIES HAVE CHARGED A SUSPECT IN CONNECTION WITH TWO MODEL CITY BURGLARIES. RALPH JACKSON HOUSEWRIGHT, JR. HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF BURGLARY…

A MARION VIRGINIA MAN WILL BE SPENDING THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON FOR MURDERING A SMYTH COUNTY FAMILY. JOHN RAY GULLION WAS SENTENCED TO FIVE CONSECUTIVE LIFE TERMS…