Month: March 2008

A LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA JURY HAS FAILED TO CONVICT A MAN IN THE KILLING OF ANOTHER MAN LAST YEAR IN THE KEOKEE AREA. THE JURY FOUND 47 YEAR OLD BERLIE…

THE KINGSPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT IS RUNNING OUT OF ROOM. POLICE CHIEF GALE OSBORNE HAS PRESENTED A PROPOSAL TO CITY LEADERS TO EXPAND THE EXISTING JUSTICE CENTER WHICH HOUSES COURTROOMS, THE…

The accomplishments of a Johnson City wheelchair racer have landed him a spot on breakfast tables. Fain Gogg, who won six gold medals competing in the National Veterans Wheelchair Games,…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN IS ACCUSED OF TRYING TO KILL HIS ROOMMATE OVER THE WEEKEND. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED FRIDAY NIGHT AT A HOME ON NARROW LANE. 52 YEAR OLD CHARLES…

GUN-RELATED BILLS SPONSORED IN THE TENNESSEE STATE LEGISLATURE HAVE NOT HAD MUCH LUCK THIS YEAR. A NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION-BACKED BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW SOMEONE WHO VOLUNTARILY SEEKS MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITALIZATION…

A STABBING IN ROGERSVILLE HAS LEFT ONE MAN CRITICALLY INJURED. POLICE SAID 50 YEAR OLD RANDALL STEWART WAS STABBED IN THE NECK EARLY YESTERDAY AT HIS HILLCREST ROAD HOME. POLICE…

THE VIRGINIA AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD HAS DECIDED IT WILL MAKE A RULING ON WHETHER DOMINION VIRGINIA POWER RECEIVES A PERMIT TO BUILD A PROPOSED $1.8 BILLION DOLLAR COAL FIRED…

WELL, WHAT STARTED OFF AS A GAS DRIVE OFF TURNED INTO A STANDOFF BETWEEN POLICE AND THE SUSPECT. VIRGINIA STATE POLICE SAID JACKIE ELIJAH MAYO HELD AUTHORITIES AT BAY FOR…

NEARLY 100 WORKERS AT A LEBANON VIRGINIA AUTOMOBILE PARTS MANUFACTURING PLANT HAVE TEMPORARILY LOST THEIR JOBS AS THE RESULT OF A STRIKE. OFFICIALS AT INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS HAD LAID OFF…

A HAWKINS COUNTY ATTORNEY HAS BEEN PLACED ON PROBATION. THE TENNESSEE SUPREME COURT DECIDED ON THE DISCIPLINE OF JOHN S. ANDERSON. THE PROBATION IS IN EFFECT FOR AT LEAST TWO…

A MULTI MILLION DOLLAR FEDERAL GRANT WILL SOON BRING PUBLIC WATER TO NEARLY 700 RESIDENTS IN BRISTOL TENNESSEE. CURRENTLY, THOSE PEOPLE LIVING IN DENTON VALLEY ARE HAVING TO RELY ON…

APPALACHIA VIRGINIA TOWN LEADERS HAVE SENT A STRONG MESSAGE TO THE WISE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AND THAT IS TO KEEP ITS HIGH SCHOOL OPEN. IF SCHOOL OFFICIALS ARE DETERMINED TO…

A TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPER WHO WAS FIRED FOR OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT HAS LOST HIS ATTEMPT TO KEEP HIS JOB. KYLE CANTWELL’S LAST DAY ON THE JOB IS SET FOR MARCH…

Virginia Tech President Charles Steger says the university has spent more than $10 million to increase security since the killing of 32 students and faculty by a deranged student last…

SULLIVAN COUNTY MAYOR STEVE GODSEY HAS ELIMINATED THE COUNTY’S TOURISM DIRECTOR POSITION. THE SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMISSION VOTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO CREATE THE POST TO PROMOTE TOURISM IN THE COUNTY.…

A DRUG STING IN KINGSPORT HAS LEFT 16 PEOPLE FACING VARIOUS DRUG CHARGES. SO FAR, 13 OF THE 16 ARE BEHIND BARS. THE STING IS A RESULT OF THE DEPARTMENTS…

THE JOHNSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR THE PRESIDENT OF MOUNTAIN CITY BURLEY TOBACCO WAREHOUSE THAT’S ACCUSED OF WRITING NEARLY A HALF-A-MILLION DOLLARS IN BAD CHECKS. JESSEE RAY FAULKNER…

A Greene County man has been indicted on bank robbery charges out of Unicoi County. 40 year old Jeffrey Melton of Bulls Gap was arrested at a Timber Ridge Road…

A CHURCH HILL MAIL CARRIER ACCUSED OF OPENING LETTERS AND STEALING A GIFT CARD HAS BEEN GRANTED DIVERSION. 39 YEAR OLD CAROLYN DERRICK WAS CHARGED WITH THEFT UNDER 500 DOLLARS.…

A Greene County man has been indicted on bank robbery charges out of Unicoi County. 40 year old Jeffrey T. Melton of Bulls Gap was arrested at a Timber Ridge…

A PRELIMINARY HEARING FOR AN EIDSON TENNESSEE MAN ACCUSED OF CAUSING HAVOC AT A KINGSPORT NIGHTCLUB IN JANUARY HAS BEEN RESET. 23 YEAR OLD MICHAL SCOTT LYONS IS CHARGED WITH…

A study concludes Virginia is lacking beds needed to treat mentally ill patients. The study by the Treatment Advocacy Center says there is a national shortage of nearly 100,000 impatient…