Month: January 2008

THE EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY AND GENERAL SHALE BRICK NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND VISITOR CENTER IN GRAY TENNESSEE WILL BE HOSTING SUE THE T-REX BEGINNING THIS WEEKEND. SUE IS THE…

THE GREENEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE A SHOOTING THAT LEFT ONE MAN DEAD AND ANOTHER INJURED. 22 YEAR OLD WALTER LYLE WAS FOUND DEAD JANUARY 9TH IN AN…

EARLY VOTING GOT UNDERWAY TODAY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE. VOTERS WILL HEAD TO THE POLLS TO CAST THEIR BALLOT FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES AS WELL AS A 50 DOLLAR WHEEL…

FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN DAVID DAVIS OF JOHNSON CITY SAYS MANY OF HIS CONSTITUENTS HAVE VOICED CONCERNS TO HIM ABOUT FOREIGN IMPORTS COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES. SO HE RECENTLY TOOK…

CONSTRUCTION IS SET TO BEGIN IN LATE SUMMER AT A KINGSPORT HOTEL THAT WILL EXPAND THE NUMBER OF ROOMS AT THE AWARD-WINNING FACILITY. THE MEADOWVIEW MARRIOTT IN KINGSPORT WILL BE…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF MURDER HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY AND HIS BOND INCREASED. 33 YEAR OLD HARVEY BOWMAN IS CHARGED WITH…

THE FATHER OF A GREENE COUNTY GIRL SHOT TO DEATH NEARLY A YEAR AGO HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, SHERIFF STEVE BURNS, AND SEVERAL DEPUTIES.…

VIRGINIA BASED COLONIAL DOWNS INCLUDING THE ONE IN WEBER CITY, ARE UP FOR SALE. THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF JACOBS ENTERTAINMENT INC, IS REPOSITIONING ITS RACETRACK PORTFOLIO TO INCLUDE ONLY…

THE MARION VIRGINIA POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS LOCAL CITIZENS ARE IN SHOCK OVER THE LOSS OF A TOWN POLICE OFFICER. 45 YEAR OLD SGT. RICHARD “KEITH” CLARK WAS FOUND…

A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN GREENE COUNTY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A GREENEVILLE WOMAN. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, 55 YEAR OLD SANDRA RICH WAS KILLED MONDAY MORNING…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF ATTACKING HIS STEPDAUGHTER AND SLITTING HIS WIFE’S THROAT HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED IN KINGSPORT SESSIONS COURT. 37 YEAR OLD EARNEST “JO JO” RECTOR IS CHARGED WITH…

A MAN WANTED ON A MURDER CHARGE OUT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY HAS BEEN ARRESTED WITH THE HELP OF THE WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. 52 YEAR OLD ROBERT FLETCHER SENIOR…

TWO WEEKS INTO THE NEW YEAR, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IS ALREADY FACING A SEVERE SHORTAGE OF SEVERAL BLOOD TYPES. IN THE TRI CITIES, SUPPLIES OF TYPE O NEGATIVE, B…

IT WAS A SAD TIME WHEN MORGAN-MCCLURE MOTORSPORTS IN ABINGDON VIRGINIA ANNOUNCED IT WOULD BE SHUTTING DOWN UNTIL NEW SPONSORSHIP MONEY IS FOUND. TEAM OFFICIALS DECIDED TO CEASE OPERATIONS ON…

AN ELIZABETHTON MAN HAS BEEN REINDICTED BY A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE GRAND JURY IN THE DEATH OF A JOHNSON CITY MAN. 31 YEAR OLD ROGER DALE GREENWELL IS NOW CHARGED…

AN EIDSON TENNESSEE MAN ACCUSED OF CAUSING HAVOC AT A KINGSPORT NIGHTCLUB OVER THE WEEKEND IN WHICH NINE PEOPLE WERE INJURED WILL BE ARRAIGNED THIS MORNING IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT.…

VIRGINIA 9TH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN RICK BOUCHER WILL PAY A VISIT TO RUSSELL COUNTY THIS MORNING. BOUCHER WILL JOIN COUNTY LEADERS IN THE FORMAL LAUNCH OF THE CLEVELAND BROADBAND NETWORK WHICH…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING ANOTHER MAN OVER THE WEEKEND WILL BE ARRAIGNED THIS AFTERNOON IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. 33 YEAR OLD MICHAEL PENDLEY IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED…

A BULLS GAP TENNESSEE MAN ACCUSED OF HOLDING UP AN ERWIN BANK IS BEHIND BARS IN UNICOI COUNTY. 40 YEAR OLD JEFFREY TODD MELTON IS CHARGED WITH BANK ROBBERY AND…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF ATTACKING HIS STEPDAUGHTER AND WIFE OVER THE WEEKEND WILL BE ARRAIGNED THIS MORNING IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. 37 YEAR OLD EARNEST “JO JO” RECTOR IS…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING AN EMPLOYEE OF A CITY CAR DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. 33 YEAR OLD HARVEY BOWMAN JR. IS CHARGED WITH FIRST…

MORE DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED ABOUT A MISSING BRISTOL TENNESSEE COUPLE. JUST BEFORE THE DISAPPEARANCE OF DOUG AND HEATHER YOUNG LAST WEEK, THE TWO WERE WITHIN DAYS OF SETTLING A…