Month: January 2008

A UNICOI TENNESSEE MAN ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO ROB ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL EARLIER THIS MONTH IS BEHIND BARS IN THE WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE DETENTION CENTER. EVAN LARRY POTTER IS CHARGED WITH…

A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT IN JOHNSON CITY HAS RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF TWO MEN. 27 YEAR OLD ROBERT TULLOCK OF GREENEVILLE AND 29 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER COFFEY OF JOHNSON…

GREENEVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN OVERNIGHT SHOOTING THAT HAS LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD AND ANOTHER INJURED. AUTHORITIES ANSWERED A CALL OF A POSSIBLE GUNSHOT VICTIM AT LAUGHLIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. WHEN…

NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES IN ERWIN HAS ASKED THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO ITS LICENSE. THE CHANGE WILL ALLOW THE COMPANY TO CONVERT LEFTOVER HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM FROM…

A CHURCH HILL MAIL CARRIER ACCUSED OF OPENING LETTERS AND STEALING A GIFT CARD IS FREE ON BOND. 39 YEAR OLD CAROLYN DERRICK IS CHARGED WITH THEFT UNDER 500-HUNDRED DOLLARS.…

TWO PEOPLE ACCUSED SHOPLIFTING FROM A DEPARTMENT STORE IN JOHNSON CITY AND THEN DRAGGING A LOST PREVENTION EMPLOYEE WITH THEIR VEHICLE ARE BEHIND BARS. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED EARLY THIS MORNING…

Anthony Gibson A CHANGE OF VENUE HAS BEEN GRANTED FOR A FLORIDA MAN ACCUSED OF FATALLY STABBING ANOTHER MAN LAST MARCH. A JUDGE GRANTED THE REQUEST BY 42 YEAR OLD…

Health officials say homicides in Virginia fell from 2005 to 2006, but suicides rose. Newly released data from the Virginia Department of Health shows homicides decreased more than 14 percent…

ABOUT 33 EMPLOYEES AT A KINGSPORT COMPANY THAT CLAIM THEY WERE LAID OFF WITHOUT CAUSE, ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR JOBS. REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD ARE COMING TO…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF RAPING A YOUNG GIRL HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF THE CRIME IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. A JURY CONVICTED 38 YEAR OLD DOUGLAS BEAR YESTERDAY…

A STABBING INCIDENT IN JOHNSON CITY HAS LANDED TWO PEOPLE BEHIND BARS AND SENT ANOTHER TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. 42 YEAR OLD ARTHUR NELSON IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WHILE…

A HAWKINS COUNTY BARBER ACCUSED OF POSSESSING A LARGE AMOUNT OF DRUGS, WEAPONS, AND EXPLOSIVES IS NOW FACING FEDERAL CHARGES. 47 YEAR OLD TERRY KEITH CASE IS CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED IN THE STABBING DEATH OF ANOTHER MAN HAS HAD HIS CASE CONTINUED IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT. PONCHO JUAN DELGADO IS CHARGED WITH MURDER…

THE YOUTUBE.COM MOST WANTED SITE FOR JOHNSON CITY POLICE IS APPARENTLY WORKING. A FIFTH PERSON HAS TURNED HIMSELF INTO AUTHORITIES AFTER HIS PICTURE WAS FEATURED ON THE “MOST WANTED” PAGE.…

NEW DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED IN THE CASE OF A MISSING BRISTOL TENNESSEE COUPLE. DOUG AND HEATHER YOUNG WERE SPOTTED IN SPARTANBURG SOUTH CAROLINA MONDAY OBTAINING MONEY FROM AN ATM…

Former Virginia Governor George Allen will not be a candidate for the same office next year. He announced that in a statement to The Associated Press. Allen was governor from…

ONE OF THE SUSPECTS CONVICTED IN THE BRUTAL BEATING OF A LOCAL MAN LAST YEAR WILL SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE BEHIND BARS. CIRCUIT JUDGE LARRY KIRKSEY SENTENCED 47…

Arthur Nelson AN EARLY MORNING STABBING IN JOHNSON CITY HAS LEFT ONE MAN INJURED. POLICE SAID THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AROUND ONE O’CLOCK AT A HOME ON MCKINLEY ROAD. 42 YEAR…

THE LONESOME PINE RACEWAY IN COEBURN VIRGINIA WILL BE REOPENING THIS YEAR. A NEW MANAGEMENT GROUP HEADED BY LONGTIME DRIVER, CAR OWNER AND ABINGDON BUSINESSMAN JEFF ROARK ALONG WITH LONGTIME…

THE KINGSPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SEARCHING FOR A MAN THAT HELD UP A CITY DRY CLEANING BUSINESS AT KNIFEPOINT. POLICE SAID A MASKED MAN ENTERED MR. CLEANERS ON EASTSTONE DRIVE…

AN EARLY MORNING STABBING IN JONSON CITY HAS LEFT ONE MAN INJURED. DETAILS ARE SKETCHY AT THIS TIME AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. POLICE SAID THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AROUND ONE O’CLOCK…

A FORMER GATE CITY VIRGINIA PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS. 47 YEAR OLD RANDALL HURT WAS SENTENCED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN ABINGDON TO…