Month: March 2008

A CAR/BICYCLE ACCIDENT IN LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A 51 YEAR OLD COUNTY MAN. ACCORDING TO VIRGINIA STATE POLICE, 51 YEAR OLD DAVID TOLLIVER OF PENNINGTON…

AT A HEARING IN NASHVILLE ON WEDNESDAY, TENNESSEE’S STATE HEALTH SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY VOTED TO DENY WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM’S REQUEST FOR A CERTIFICATE OF NEED TO MOVE AHEAD WITH…

THE JOHNSON CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS IDENTIFED THE SUSPECT THEY BELIEVE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR AN EARLY MORNING SHOOTING AT A CITY BUSINESS THAT LEFT ONE PERSON INJURED. POLICE ARE LOOKING…

A HEARING FOR A CERTIFICATE OF NEED IS BEING HELD TODAY IN NASHVILLE FOR A PROPOSED FREESTANDING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT THAT WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM HOPES TO BUILD IN BOONES CREEK. THE…

MOUNT CARMEL POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A CITY WOMAN. 44 YEAR OLD CHARLOTTE WALLEN WAS FOUND UNCONCIOUS INSIDE A HOME ON HERMITAGE LANE EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SHE…

A WISE COUNTY GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED THE DAUGHTER OF A FORMER SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA CORRECTIONS OFFICER WHO IS ACCUSED OF KILLING A MAN. 24 YEAR OLD ALICIA TORRES IS CHARGED…

A JONESBOROUGH MAN, WHO WAS INDICTED IN THE TRAFFIC DEATH OF A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING A JOHNSON CITY ROADWAY, HAS DECIDED TO PLEAD NOT GUILTY. 57 YEAR OLD DAVID WILCOX APPEARED…

THE JOHNSON CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THIS MORNING AT A CITY BUSINESS THAT LEFT ONE PERSON INJURED AND AUTHORITIES SEARCHING FOR ANOTHER. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AROUND MIDNIGHT…

A PRELIMINARY FEDERAL AVAIATION ADMINISTRATION REPORT SHOWS A PLANE CRASH IN SMYTH COUNTY VIRGINIA EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF TWO CANADIANS WAS CAUSED BY ICE. ADITYA SANWALKA…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN WHO WHO PLED GUILTY TO FIREARMS CHARGES IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS. ERNEST CANIPE ADMITTED TO UNLAWFUL…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A ANOTHER MAN WILL APPEAR IN COURT LATER THIS WEEK. JOHNNY LOPEZ, JR. IS FACING CHARGES OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER…

A KINGSPORT MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY ABDUCTED A BLOOMINGDALE WOMAN AT GUNPOINT HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME. 66 YEAR OLD RALPH PAGE PLED GUILTY TO THREE COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, ONE…

A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO GEORGIA TEENS IN JOHNSON CITY IN 2002 HAS NOW FILED A NEW MOTION IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT. HOWARD HAWK WILLIS CLAIMS HE…

A Weber City chiropractor and three of his employees have been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Abingdon for their roles in a health care fraud scheme in Virginia and…

A KINGSPORT BRICK PLANT HAS TEMPORARILY LAID OFF 48 PEOPLE. JOHNSON CITY BASED SHALE BRICK HALTED PRODUCTION AT IT’S KINGSPORT PLANT FOR THE TIME BEING LEAVING WORKERS TEMPORARILY WITHOUT A…

A KINGSPORT NIGHTCLUB HAS HAD IT’S BEER LICENSE SUSPENDED. THE KINGSPORT BEER BOARD DECIDED TO REVOKE THE BEER LICENSES FOR HOG WILD SALOON ON STONE DRIVE, FOR 20 DAYS. THE…

A GREENE COUNTY MAN ACCUSED IN A FATAL CAR CRASH LAST DECEMBER IS NOW FACING CHARGES. 36 YEAR OLD TODD ANDREW MATHES IS CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR HOMICIDE IN THE DEATH…

A FIVE MONTH BOIL WATER NOTICE IN DUNGANNON VIRGINIA HAS BEEN LIFTED. WATER CREWS HAVE REPAIRED 16 LEAKS IN SUPPLY LINES, INCLUDING A SIGNIFICANT LEAK THAT WAS DISCOVERED ALMOST A…

A CARTER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES FOLLOWING A PURSUIT OF A VEHICLE TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. DEPUTY BRIAN DURHAM CLOCKED THE VEHICLE TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON…

The attorney for a man accused in the 2004 stabbing death of college student Bristol Tennessee-native Johnia Berry said his client has been found dead in his jail cell. Taylor…

KINGSPORT POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN THE THEFT OF APPROXIMATELY 500 PLASTIC TOTES STOLEN FROM A TRI CITIES GROCERY STORE LAST WEEK. 27 YEAR OLD ANTHONY LEROY HICKS OF…

THE WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO PROBE A SHOOTING INCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND IN WHICH A MAN WAS KILLED AFTER TRYING TO…