Month: February 2008

THE ARRAIGNMENT FOR A KINGSPORT MAN FACING MULTIPLE CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES HAS BEEN POSTPONED IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. 66 YEAR OLD DONALD LYNCH IS FACING 11 COUNTS OF…

A JOHNSON CITY POLICE OFFICER WHO SHOT A MAN LAST MONTH AFTER HE TRIED TO RUN OVER HIM, HAS BEEN CLEARED OF ANY WRONGDOING. OFFICER ALEX PERRY FIRED THREE ROUNDS…

Three inmates who overpowered a guard and escaped the Cocke County Jail are back behind bars today. TBI spokeswoman Kristin Helm said after breaking out Sunday evening, all three were…

AN OVERNIGHT FIRE HAS DESTROYED A JOHNSON CITY WAREHOUSE. ACCORDING TO THE JOHNSON CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE BLAZE BROKE OUT AT A WAREHOUSE ON KNOB CREEK ROAD. THE BUILDING WAS…

KINGSPORT AUTHORITIES HAVE ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT FOR A FORMER NURSE FOR ALLEGEDLY OBTAINING NARCOTICS BY FRAUD AT A TRI CITIES HOSPITAL. 44 YEAR OLD WILLIAM BAKER OF KINGSPORT IS…

Federal authorities have charged a 22-year-old Coeburn Virginia man with arson in connection with a fire that destroyed a historic observation tower in Wise County last fall. Officials with the…

A HILTONS VIRGINIA MAN WHO HAS ALLEGEDLY CONFESSED TO KILLING A WOMAN OVER THE WEEKEND IN SCOTT COUNTY HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED IN GENERAL DISTRICT COURT. 47 YEAR OLD JEFFREY DEPEW…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED IN THE OVERDOSE DEATH LAST YEAR OF A WOMAN HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY. SHERIFF’S CAPTAIN KEITH ELTON SAYS 44 YEAR OLD…

KINGSPORT POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO ABDUCT A CITY WOMAN. THE 26 YEAR OLD VICTIM TOLD POLICE SHE WAS WALKING ON EAST CENTER STREET EARLIER…

A DEADLY SHOOTING IN BRISTOL TENNESSEE ENDS WITH FIVE PEOPLE DEAD INCLUDING THE GUNMAN. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED YESTERDAY MORNING AT EDGEMONT TOWERS ON ASH STREET. AUTHORITIES SAID 26 YEAR OLD…

THE TRI CITIES REGION HAS BEEN BILLED ONE OF THE WORST AREAS FOR THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM ASTHMA. ACCORDING TO THE ALLERGY AND ASTHMA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA, THIS AREA RANKS…

AN APPEALS COURT JUDGE HAS UPHELD A SULLIVAN COUNTY JURY’S VERDICT OF A MAN CONVICTED OF REPEATEDLY SEXUALLY ASSAULTING HIS STEPDAUGHTER. JEFFERY RATLIFF IS CURRENTLY SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE AFTER…

Five East Tennessee counties are banding together in what may be the state’s first regional water coalition. The mayors of Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock, and Union counties – all just north…

FOOD CITY HAS ANNOUNCED IT PLANS TO INVEST SIX MILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD A BIGGER AND BETTER STORE IN ROGERSVILLE. THE NEW 46-THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT STORE WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ON…

A KINGSPORT BUSINESS AND THE CITY HAVE WORKED OUT A DEAL THAT WILL HOPEFULLY BE A WIN WIN SITUATION FOR BOTH SIDES. KINGSPORT HAS PROPOSED GIVING THE EXXON STATION AT…

AN AREA SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS CLOSED DOWN DUE TO THE FLU EPIDEMIC. HAWKINS COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED TODAY AND TOMORROW DUE TO ILLNESS. SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY ATTENDANCE NUMBERS DROPPED…

THE CARTER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS IDENTIFIED A SKELETON THAT WAS FOUND IN A WOODED FIELD IN THE MILLIGAN COMMUNITY EARLIER THIS MONTH. IT’S THAT OF 27 YEAR OLD MEGAN…

A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN KINGSPORT OVER THE WEEKEND HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A CITY WOMAN. ACCORDING TO KINGSPORT POLICE, 31 YEAR OLD CHANDRA SIZEMORE WAS KILLED IN THE…

SULLIVAN COUNTY LAND OWNERS HAVE UNTIL THE END OF THIS MONTH TO PAY THEIR PROPERTY TAXES. THE 2007 PROPERTY TAX RATE IS $2.53 PER 100 DOLLARS OF ASSESSED VALUE AND…

A STABBING INCIDENT IN SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA OVER THE WEEKEND HAS LEFT A WOMAN DEAD. AUTHORITIES FOUND THE BODY OF 45 YEAR OLD CYNTHIA GOODMAN IN THE DRIVEWAY OF JEFFREY…

CARTER COUNTY INVESTIGATORS SAY THE HUMAN REMAINS FOUND IN A WOODED AREA ALMOST TWO WEEKS AGO ARE THOSE OF A LOCAL WOMAN. SHERIFF CHRIS MATHES SAID THE REMAINS ARE THOSE…

WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM HAS RECEIVED THE 2007 EXCELLENCE AWARD FROM THE TENNESSEE CENTER FOR PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE. THE AWARD HIGHLIGHTS THE HEALTH SYSTEM’S 3-YEAR JOURNEY TO TRANSFORM INTO A PHYSICIAN-LED ORGANIZATION…