Month: February 2008

THE TRIAL OF A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO GEORGIA TEENS NEARLY SIX YEARS AGO IS NO CLOSER TO HAPPENING THAN IT WAS WHEN IT WAS FIRST SET…

MORE INFORMATION HAS BEEN RELEASED CONCERNING AN OVERNIGHT SHOOTING IN THE SULLIVAN GARDENS SECTION OF KINGSPORT THAT ENDED IN A MAN BEING SHOT TO DEATH BY OFFICERS. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED…

A MAJOR DRUG ROUNDUP IS UNDERWAY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. OPERATION STREET SWEEPER 8 MEANS OFFICERS ARE KNOCKING ON DOORS AND LOOKING AROUND POUND VIRGINIA FOR 32 PEOPLE WHO WERE RECENTLY…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN IS FACING NUMEROUS DRUG-RELATED CHARGES AFTER AGENTS OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DRUG TASK FORCE DISCOVERED OVER 300 PILLS AT HIS RESIDENCE. OVER A THREE MONTH PERIOD,…

EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY WILL BE HOSTING “AN EVENING WITH SPIKE LEE” NEXT MONTH. THE EVENT IS PART OF ETSU’S CONTINUING EFFORT TO BRING IN DIVERSE AND INTEREST-GENERATING PEOPLE TO…

A KNOX COUNTY TENNESSEE MAN WHO RECENTLY VISITED TWO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES HAS DIED FROM MENINGITIS. THE VICTIM, WHOSE NAME HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED, FELL ILL SATURDAY AND DIED…

A BRISTOL VIRGINIA GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A CITY MAN ON MURDER CHARGES AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY GUNNED DOWN HIS WIFE AND HER FRIEND IN THE PARKING LOT OF A LOCAL…

GREENE COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED TODAY. THE CLOSING IS BASED MORE ON THE FLU VIRUS THAN THE WEATHER. SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN CLOSED FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS IN HOPES OF…

A MANHUNT IS UNDERWAY IN LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA FOR A FEDERAL PRISONER WHO WALKED AWAY FROM A MINIMUM SECURITY CAMP IN PENNINGTON GAP. AUTHORITIES SAID EDWARD PORTA GOT AWAY MONDAY…

A DEADLY SHOOTING AT A BRISTOL TENNESSEE PUBLIC HOUSING COMPLEX HAS LEFT SOME RESIDENTS QUESTIONING THEIR SECURITY IN THE BUILDING. A SHOOTING WEDNESDAY AT EDGEMONT TOWERS LEFT FOUR PEOPLE DEAD…

CELEBRATING UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT’S WHAT ONE KINGSPORT GROUP IS DOING. SOUTH CENTRAL KINGSPORT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATED HOSTED ITS ANNUAL UNITY CELEBRATION AT THE TOY F. REID EASTMAN EMPLOYEE…

BRISTOL TENNESSEE POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE CONTENTS OF AN APPARENT SUICIDE NOTE LEFT BY THE MAN WHO SHOT AND KILLED FOUR PEOPLE THIS WEEK AT A HIGH RISE IN THE…

FOLLOWING REPAIRS MADE AFTER A SERIES OF ROOF FALLS CLOSED A BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA MINE FOR SEVEN MONTHS, THE STATE’S LARGEST UNDERGROUND MINE COULD BE BACK IN FULL PRODUCTION BY…

ONE MAN IS DEAD AND AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING FOR ANOTHER AFTER POLICE ENDED UP IN A SHOOTOUT WITH THE SUSPECTS IN THE SULLIVAN GARDENS SECTION OF KINGSPORT. OFFICERS RESPONDED TO…

A CHURCH HILL WOMAN ACCUSED OF GUNNING DOWN HER HUSBAND HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN HAWKINS COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. 42 YEAR OLD PATRICIA LEDBETTER WAS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE…

BRISTOL TENNESSEE POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE CONTENTS OF AN APPARENT SUICIDE NOTE LEFT BY THE MAN POLICE SAY WREAKED HAVOC ON WEDNESDAY NEAR DOWNTOWN WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY SHOT FOUR PEOPLE…

A MAJOR DRUG BUST IS UNDERWAY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. OPERATION STREET SWEEPER 8 MEANS OFFICERS ARE KNOCKING ON DOORS AND LOOKING AROUND POUND VIRGINIA FOR 32 PEOPLE INDICTED ON DRUG…

Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey OF BLOUNTVILLE has signaled a possible compromise on lottery scholarship retention standards. The NORTHEAST TENNESSEE Republican said YESTERDAY he may agree to let students with a…

A LIMESTONE MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER POLICE SAY HE HELD HIS WIFE AGAINST HER WILL. DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO LESTER SNAPP ROAD IN LIMESTONE TO CHECK ON THE WELFARE OF…

FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE MAN POLICE SAY WREAKED HAVOC ON WEDNESDAY IN BRISTOL TENNESSEE THAT RESULTED IN THE SHOOTING DEATHS OF FOUR PEOPLE IN ADDITION TO HIMSELF ARE STILL…

AN ENDANGERED CHILD ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUE IN WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA FOR A MISSING BOY. 8 YEAR OLD BRAYDEN REID CARTY IS THOUGHT TO BE WITH HIS MOTHER TAMMY HUFFMAN-GIZA…

AS THE RESULT OF A TRAFFIC STOP, TWO UNICOI COUNTY MEN ARE FACING DRUG-RELATED CHARGES AND A LARGE QUANTITY OF A VERY ADDICTIVE DRUG IS OFF THE STREETS. SHERIFF KENT…