Month: February 2008

DROUGHT-STRICKEN FARMERS IN SULLIVAN COUNTY COULD BE CLOSE TO GETTING SOME ASSISTANCE SOON. SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE SEEKING WAYS TO HELP AREA FARMERS BY HELPING THEM COVER A PORTION OF…

A STABBING IN KINGSPORT HAS LEFT ONE PERSON INJURED AND SENT ANOTHER TO JAIL. RONNIE JOHNSON IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. POLICE SAID JOHNSON ALLEGEDLY STABBED KENNETH…

THE SPRING ENROLLMENT AT EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY IN JOHNSON CITY IS RECORD SETTING. THE SPRING HEAD COUNT REPRESENTS A MORE THAN 9-PER CENT HIKE OVER LAST SPRING’S NUMBERS. THIS…

VOTERS ARE HEADING TO THE POLLS TODAY TO CAST BALLOTS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. A REBULICAN PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL PAID A VISIT TO THE TRI CITIES TO GET OUT HIS MESSAGE…

TRAFFIC FATALITIES IN TENNESSEE HAVE REACHED A 15-YEAR LOW. HOWEVER, IN 2007, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 11-HUNDRED 69 PEOPLE DIED IN TRAFFIC CRASHES IN THE STATE, A DROP OF 118…

A JOHNSON CITY TEEN ACCUSED IN A STABBING OVER THE WEEKEND WILL BE IN JUVENILE COURT THIS MORNING. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE 17 YEAR OLDS HOME ON HARDING AVENUE.…

A KINGSPORT GLASS MANUFACTURING FACILITY WILL BE LAYING OFF NEARLY TWO DOZEN WORKERS. OFFICIALS WITH AGC FLAT GLASS NORTH AMERICA INCRORPORATED, FORMERLY KNOWN AS AFG INDUSTRIES, MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED IN THE STABBING DEATH OF ANOTHER MAN HAS HAD HIS CASE RESET IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT. 42 YEAR OLD MICHAEL COMBS IS CHARGED…

A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE JUDGE HAS GIVEN POLICE UNTIL NEXT MONTH TO FINISH AN ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION REPORT CONCERNING A YEAR OLD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF THREE PEOPLE.…

AN ABINGDON VIRGINIA MAN THAT WAS ALLEGEDLY INTOXICATED WHEN HE SLAMMED HIS VEHICLE INTO THE BACK OF A VIRGINIA STATE POLICE CRUISER OVER THE WEEKEND HAS BEEN ARRESTED AGAIN. 32…

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL MIKE HUCKABEE PLANS TO MAKE AT STOP IN THE TRI CITIES TODAY. THE FORMER ARKANSAS GOVERNOR HAS BEEN RUNNING IN THIRD PLACE BUT IS HOPING FOR A…

TWO CARTER COUNTY MEN ARE BEHIND BARS AND FOUR METHAMPHETAMINE LABS ARE SHUTDOWN AS THE RESULT OF A TRAFFIC STOP. DONALD WAYNE HUFFMAN AND JOHN EDWARD BROWNING ARE FACING NUMEROUS…

THE VIDEO SITE YOUTUBE IS ALREADY PAYING OFF FOR KINGSPORT POLICE. AUTHORITIES FEATURED 12 PEOPLE THAT OFFICERS WERE TRYING TO ARREST AND SO FAR FIVE PEOPLE ARE NOW BEHIND BARS.…

SPRING RACE FANS WHO COME TO BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWED TO LIGHT UP FOR THE MOST PART. SMOKING IS NOW BANNED IN ALL SEATING AREAS, TERRACES,…

KINGSPORT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING TWO ROBBERIES AT SEPARATE BUSINESSES IN THE MODEL CITY. THE FIRST ONE OCCURRED AT MARY’S KITCHEN SHOP YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON CENTER STREET WHEN A MAN ENTERED…

ST. PAUL VIRGINIA IS THE LATEST TO COME UNDER FIRE AFTER ALLEGATIONS OF ILLEGAL ACTIONS AMONG TOWN LEADERS. ACCORDING TO THE BRISTOL HERALD COURIER WISE COUNTY COMMONWEALTH’S ATTORNEY RON ELKINS…

A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE AND ANOTHER MAN IN THE PARKING LOT OF A BRISTOL VIRGINIA PLANT HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO A GRAND JURY.…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN THAT LED POLICE ON A CHASE AND ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO RUN OVER AN OFFICER BEFORE BEING SHOT HAS HAD HIS BOND REVOKED. 27 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER…

At least double the amount of Tennesseans have voted early in this year’s presidential primary compared to primaries in 2000 and 2004. State Election Coordinator Brook Thompson says that as…

PLANS FOR A NEW JAIL IN CARTER COUNTY TENNESSEE ARE MOVING FORWARD. THE JAIL TASK FORCE VOTED LAST NIGHT TO RECOMMEND ARCHITECT J. MARK RODGERS TO START NEGOTIATING WITH RAY…

SEVERAL GUARDSMEN FROM THE TRI CITIES HAVE BEEN PLACED ON ALERT. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE NATIONAL GUARD THE TROOPS DON’T KNOW WHEN THEY WILL BE MOBILZED OR HOW LONG THEY…