KINGSPORT MAN WANTED IN ROBBERY
KINGSPORT POLICE HAVE ISSUED WARRANTS FOR A PERSON ALLEGED TO HAVE ROBBED A LOCAL BUSINESS LAST MONTH. 44 YEAR OLD RICKY REINHARDT IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ROBBERY, ATTEMPTED AGGRAVATED ROBBERY…
ACCIDENTIAL SHOOTING LEAVES TEEN INJURED
AN ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING IN ROGERSVILLE HAS LEFT A TEEN INJURED AND ANOTHER FACING CHARGES. 18 YEAR OLD MATTHEW LINDSEY IS CHARGED WITH FELONY RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT AND THEFT UNDER FIVE HUNDRED…
DOMINION POWER HEARING
Supporters of Dominion Virginia Power’s proposed $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant spoke out in favor of the project at a public hearing. Most of the people attending last night’s hearing…
KINGSPORT DRUG BUST
KINGSPORT POLICE VICE OFFICERS WITH THE HELP OF OTHERS HAVE MADE A MAJOR DRUG BUST AND SEIZED A VARIETY OF VEHICLES. A SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED LAST WEEK AT A…
FORMER INSURANCE AGENT PLEADS GUILTY
A former insurance agent accused of stealing 2.4 million has pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Greeneville. Mickey Kendrick admitted to one count of embezzlement by an agent or…
ETSU SMOKING BAN
EAST TENNESEE STATE UNIVERSITY WILL OFFICIALLY BAN ALL SMOKING AND TOBACCO USE ON CAMPUS BY THIS FALL. THE POLICY CHANGE COMES IN LIGHT OF INCREASING HEALTH CONCERNS ABOUT SMOKING AND…
ELEVATOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS ONE
AN ELEVATOR ACCIDENT AT A DOWNTOWN ELIZABETHTON BUSINESS HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF THE BUSINESS OWNER. 66 YEAR OLD RAY NORRIS, OWNER OF A-1 APPLIANCE AND FURNITURE STORE, WAS RIDING…
DIXIE POTTERY TO SHUT DOWN
AN ABINGDON VIRGINIA BUSINESS THAT BEEN AROUND FOR OVER 50 YEARS WILL BE CLOSING ITS DOORS SOON. OFFICIALS AT DIXIE POTTERY MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY. GENERAL MANAGER TOM EVANS SAYS…
LOOKING FOR PET STORE ROBBER
KINGSPORT POLICE HAVE ISSUED WARRANTS FOR A PERSON ALLEGED TO HAVE ROBBED A LOCAL BUSINESS LAST MONTH. 44 YEAR OLD RICKY REINHARDT IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ROBBERY, ATTEMPTED AGGRAVATED ROBBERY…
ROBBERY SUSPECT NAMED
THE KINGSPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS NAMED A SUSPECT IN THE ROBBERY OF A CITY BUSINESS. A WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ARREST OF 48 YEAR OLD KENNETH JAMES VAYDAK…
FORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON PAYS VISIT TO AREA
FORMER UNITED STATES PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON DID SOME STUMPING FOR HIS WIFE IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA OVER THE WEEKEND. THE 42ND PRESIDENT HOSTED A SOLUTIONS FOR AMERICA TOWN HALL MEETING IN…
DOMINO’S ROBBERY MARKS SECOND IN ONE WEEK
KINGSPORT POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A BANDIT THAT HELD UP A CITY PIZZA SHOP. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER TEN O’CLOCK LAST NIGHT AT DOMINO’S ON WEST CENTER STREET. OFFICER…
JONESBOROUGH SHOOTING LANDS MAN IN JAIL
A JONESBOROUGH MAN ACCUSED IN A SHOOTING AND ASSAULT OVER THE WEEKEND IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE WILL BE ARRAIGNED THIS AFTERNOON IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. 51 YEAR OLD SCOTT KEYS…
JOHNSON COUNTY HOMICIDE
THE JOHNSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A COUNTY TEEN WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND OVER THE WEEKEND. THE BODY OF 19 YEAR OLD WILLIAM HOPKINS WAS DISCOVERED…
GREENE COUNTY TEEN SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL
A GREENE COUNTY TEENAGER ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL. AUTHORITIES SAID THE 16 YEAR OLD CHUCKEY DOAK HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED THE…
NEARLY A DOZEN PEOPLE TREATED FOR CARBON MONOXIDE
OVER A DOZEN PEOPLE AT A JOHNSON CITY RESTAURANT HAD TO BE TREATED AT AN AREA HOSPITAL AFTER A CARBON MONOXIDE LEAK OCCURRED AT THE BUSINESS. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED LAST…
WELLMONT AND MSHA AT ODDS
WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM IS ATTEMPTING TO ESTABLISH AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE TO WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA. THE HEALTH PROVIDER RECENTLY ANNOUNCED PLANS TO BASE A MEDEVAC HELICOPTER IN GREENE COUNTY TENNESSEE AND…
KINGSPORT RED LIGHT CAMERA REPORT
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT NEW TRAFFIC CAMERAS AT SIX KINGSPORT INTERSECTIONS IS HELPING TO REDUCE FATAL CRASHES. IN 2007, T-BONE OR RIGHT ANGLE COLLISIONS, WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DEADLY, DECREASED FROM…
HALE SPRINGS INN DECISION EXPECTED SOON
A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER HAS ASSESSED THE REAR WALL COLLAPSE AT THE HALE SPRINGS INN IN ROGERSVILLE. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEMOLISH THE ENTIRE 1870 ADDITION BECAUSE IT’S NOT ECONIMICALLY FEASIBLE…
GREEN CASE WAIVED TO GRAND JURY
A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO RUN OVER A POLICE OFFICER HAS WAIVED HIS CASE TO A GRAND JURY. 27 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER GREEN IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED…
BLUFF CITY MAYOR RESIGNS
BLUFF CITY IS WITHOUT A MAYOR THIS MORNING BUT NOT WITHOUT CONTROVERSY. BOB THOMAS RESIGNED HIS POSITION EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AT LAST NIGHT’S BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMAN MEETING. HE CLAIMS…
ANOTHER YOUTUBE ARREST FOR KINGSPORT POLICE
THE KINGSPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT’S “MOST WANTED” LIST ON YOUTUBE HAS RESULTED IN ANOTHER ARREST. PAUL MALONE IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BURGLARY AND THREE COUNTS OF FORGERY. HE LEARNED HE WAS…