Day: February 7, 2008

A MAN WHO IS INCARCERATED IN THE CARTER COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY FOR ALLEGEDLY ABDUCTING AND ASSAULTING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND IS FACING NEW CHARGES IN SULLIVAN COUNTY. CHRISTOPHER LEE NUTTER IS CHARGED…

A TRI CITIES HEALTH CARE WORKER IS IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW ON NARCOTICS-RELATED CHARGES. CONNIE HUGHES OF WATAUGA TENNESSEE WAS ARRESTED BY JOHNSON CITY POLICE AND CHARGED WITH OBTAINING…

A RETIRED JOHNSON CITY POLICE OFFICER HAS DIED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A VEHICLE WHILE WALKING ALONG AN AREA HIGHWAY. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, 57 YEAR OLD ORA…

FOUR PEOPLE INCLUDING A TRI CITIES PAIR ARE FACING DRUG-RELATED CHARGES AFTER AUTHORITIES RAIDED THE COUPLE’S HOME IN BRISTOL TENNSSEE. AN INVESTIGATION WAS INITIATED AFTER POLICE RECEIVED COMPLAINTS INTO ALLEGED…

VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS HAVE ANNOUNCED THE AWARDING OF SEVERAL HIGHWAY CONTRACTS IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. ONE CONTRACT VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY 1.9 MILLION DOLLARS WILL BE USED TO REPAIR THE…

A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A FORMER BRISTOL TENNESSEE COLLEGE STUDENT IN KNOXVILLE HAS HAD HIS TRIAL DELAYED. TYLER OLSON IS CHARGED WITH KILLING JOHNIA BERRY IN 2004 OUTSIDE HER…

A KINGSPORT WOMAN WHO PLED GUILTY IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF HER BOYFRIEND’S SON HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO SERVE TIME IN PRISON. AS PART OF A PLEA AGREEMENT, 48 YEAR…

SOMETHING IS STINKING AT SCIENCE HILL HIGH SCHOOL’S TECH CENTER IN JOHNSON CITY AND A KNOXVILLE COMPANY HOPES TO SNIFF IT OUT. REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALLIED SAFETY CONSULTANTS WILL DELIVER A…

THE REAR WALL OF THE HISTORIC HALE SPRINGS INN IN ROGERSVILLE HAS COLLAPSED. THE WALL FELL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A LIFESTAR AIR RESCUE HELICOPTER PASSED OVER THE INN WHICH…

TWO DUNGANNON VIRGINIA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE IN TROUBLE AFTER ONE OF THEM BROUGHT A PELLET GUN AND KNIFE TO SCHOOL. BOTH STUDENTS ARE CHARGED WITH BEING IN POSSESSION OF…