Month: February 2008

THE FLU HAS ARRIVED IN SOME 44 STATES AS WELL AS THE TRI CITIES. ACCORDING TO JENNIFER WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES WITH THE SULLIVAN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THIS IS…

Johnson City police say Winged Deer Park has remained clear of misconduct since an undercover investigation into illegal sex activity last year. Forty men were busted over two weeks in…

KINGSPORT POLICE ARE ATTEMPTING TO QUASH AN EMAIL RUMOR THAT’S BEEN CIRCULATING THAT’S CAUSING UNDUE ALARM. THE MESSAGE CLAIMS RICKY REINHARDT HAS BEEN SEEN IN THE AREA OF EASTMAN ROAD.…

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO CONSOLIDATE IT’S KINGSPORT, JOHNSON CITY, AND BRISTOL CUSTOMER SERVICES INTO ONE CENTRAL LOCATION. THE COMPANY IS BUILDING A NEW FOUR MILLION DOLLAR OPERATIONS CENTER…

A KINGSPORT MAN CONVICTED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING THREE CHILDREN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO SERVE TIME IN PRISON. DOUGLAS KEITH BEAR WAS CONVICTED BY A SULLIVAN COUNTY JURY ON FOUR COUNTS…

ANOTHER GREAT YEAR OF EVENTS AT THE WORLD’S FASTEST HALF MILE TRACK. BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY OFFICIALS HAVE UNVEILED ACITIVITIES COMING UP FOR THIS YEAR. AMONG THE EVENTS THIS YEAR AT…

THE FLU HAS ARRIVED TO SOME 44 STATES INCLUDING THE TRI CITIES. ACCORDING TO JENNIFER WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES WITH THE SULLIVAN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT , THIS IS THE…

PETITIONS HAVE BEEN FILED WITH THE SULLIVAN COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION TO UNSEAT THREE BLUFF CITY ALDERMEN. THE PETITIONS CALLS FOR THE REMOVAL OF J.C. GENTRY, TODD MALONE, AND DON WEAVER.…

A SULLIVAN COUNTY JURY DECIDED NOT TO INDICT A KINGSPORT TEEN INVOLVED IN CRASH LAST YEAR THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A CITY MAN. IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, AN…

A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A BRISTOL TENNESSEE COUPLE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ABUSE OF A SMALL CHILD. 56 YEAR OLD MICHAEL HYATT IS CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE…

BRISTOL VIRGINIA POWER CUSTOMERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DIG DEEPER INTO THEIR POCKETS SOON BECAUSE THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY IS RAISING RATES. BRISTOL RATES WILL INCREASE ABOUT 15 PERCENT…

THE SEARCH FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A CHILD IN SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA, IS FINALLY OVER. 35 YEAR OLD TEDDY WAYNE HUNLEY WAS LOCATED AT A HOME IN…

OFFICIALS WITH ONE HAWKINS COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM SAY AN OUTBREAK OF THE FLU IS FORCING THEM TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS THE REST OF THE WEEK. ROGERSVILLE CITY SCHOOLS WILL BE…

Officials say they searched state and federal data bases to find 171 convicted sex offenders who were illegally in Virginia. As a result, the offenders are being deported to Argentina,…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE EARLIER THIS YEAR AND TAKING HER TO GEORGIA CLAIMS HE CAN’T AFFORD AN ATTORNEY. DOUG YOUNG IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED…

ONE OF TWO MEN CONVICTED IN A DEADLY JOHNSON CITY DRAG RACING CRASH IS SEEKING A NEW TRIAL. 40 YEAR OLD DAVID PHILLIPS WAS CONVICTED OF VEHICULAR HOMICIDE, RECKLESS AGGRAVATED…

MAYBE YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF WHITETOP VIRGINIA BUT FOR THOSE LIVING THERE, IT NOW MEANS STATE-OF-THE-ART MEDICAL CARE. WHITETOP COMMUNITY HEALTH IS THE FIRST OF FOUR FACILITIES TO ESTABLISH TELEMEDICINE…

TESTIMONY WILL RESUME TODAY IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN ABINGDON IN THE TRIAL OF A SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA DENTIST ACCUSED OF DEFRAUDING MEDICAID BY PERFORMING UNNECESSARY DENTAL WORK ON CHILDREN AND…

A BRISTOL VIRGINIA WOMAN ACCUSED OF FALSIFYING HER INCOME TAX WHILE COLLECTING DISABILITY BENEFITS HAS PLED GUILTY TO THE CRIME IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. 61 YEAR OLD PATSY…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED IN THE STABBING DEATH OF ANOTHER MAN AND THEN SETTING HIS HOUSE ON FIRE HAS A TRIAL DATE SET IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT.…

SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COULD VOTE TODAY ON A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD HELP PAY TO DELIVER OUT OF STATE HAY TO COUNTY FARMERS. A LATE FREEZE IN EARLY 2007 COUPLED WITH…

MORE THAN 200 ST. PAUL VIRGINIA STUDENTS ARE SEEKING OUT THE HELP OF OPRAH WINFREY AND BILL GATES TO KEEP THEIR SCHOOLS OPEN. THE WISE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD SAID LAST…