Day: February 26, 2008

A CHURCH HILL WOMAN ACCUSED OF GUNNING DOWN HER HUSBAND HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN HAWKINS COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. 42 YEAR OLD PATRICIA LEDBETTER WAS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE…

A MAJOR DRUG BUST IS UNDERWAY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. OPERATION STREET SWEEPER 8 MEANS OFFICERS ARE KNOCKING ON DOORS AND LOOKING AROUND POUND VIRGINIA FOR 32 PEOPLE INDICTED ON DRUG…

A LIMESTONE MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER POLICE SAY HE HELD HIS WIFE AGAINST HER WILL. DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO LESTER SNAPP ROAD IN LIMESTONE TO CHECK ON THE WELFARE OF…

AN ENDANGERED CHILD ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUE IN WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA FOR A MISSING BOY. 8 YEAR OLD BRAYDEN REID CARTY IS THOUGHT TO BE WITH HIS MOTHER TAMMY HUFFMAN-GIZA…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…