Month: March 2008

A college student in Wise County, Virginia has been charged with making death threats over the internet. Mountain Empire Community College student Allen Leon Sammons appeared yesterday in U.S. District…

BRISTOL VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES SAY A MAN ACCUSED OF HAVING INAPPROPRIATE CONTACT WITH A MINOR IS EXPECTED TO BE BACK IN BRISTOL THIS WEEK. 50 YEAR OLD ROBERT CARL SATTERFIELD WAIVED…

ONE OF TWO HURLEY VIRGINIA PEOPLE WHO PLED GUILTY EARLIER IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN ABINGDON TO COMING UP WITH SEVERAL FRADULENT SCHEMES, HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND…

CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST THE DIRECTOR OF A BRISTOL VIRGINIA CHRISTMAS PROGRAM WHO ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED TO TAKING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM THE CHARITY. 33 YEAR OLD JIMMIE CLARK, THE…

A WELLKNOWN RAPPER AND HIS ENTOURAGE WHO WERE ARRESTED LAST YEAR ON MARIJUANA CHARGES DURING A TRAFFIC STOP OF THEIR TOUR BUS HAS HAD HIS CASE CONTINUED. BRYAN “BIRDMAN” WILLIAMS…

A TRI CITIES AREA WOMAN HAS BEEN SCAMMED – IN A BIG WAY. A 76 YEAR OLD GREENEVILLE RESIDENT TOLD POLICE SHE WAS CONTACTED IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR AND…

GAS PRICES CONTINUE TO CLIMB IN VIRGINIA. TRIPLE A REPORTS THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON OF SELF-SERVE REGULAR HAS HIT A RECORD HIGH FOR THE SEVENTH TIME IN SEVEN…

AN AUDITING FIRM CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION INTO UNICOI COUNTY’S FINANCES AND HAS CONCLUDED THE COUNTY MAYOR DIDN’T COMMIT ANY FRAUD. FORMER RECORDER CONNIE MULLINS FILED A LAWSUIT IN UNICOI COUNTY…

AN ABINGDON VIRGINIA MAN FACING MULTIPLE CHILD MOLESTATION CHARGES HAS BEEN CAPTURED IN OHIO. 50 YEAR OLD ROBERT SATTERFIELD IS CHARGED WITH AT LEAST 21 FELONY CHILD MOLESTATION CHARGES OF…

THE DIRECTOR OF A BRISTOL VIRGINIA CHRISTMAS PROGRAM FOR NEEDY CHILDREN HAS ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED TO TAKING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM THE CHARITY. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE VOLUNTEER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF…

A GROUP OF KING COLLEGE STUDENTS WILL HOLD A PEACE VIGIL THIS WEEK TO MARK THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF U.S PARTICIPATION IN THE WAR IN IRAQ. THE VIGIL WILL BE…

JOHNSON CITY’S PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR HAS BEEN FIRED. TOM ALEXANDER HAS HELD THE JOB FOR NEARLY A DECADE UNTIL HE WAS DISMISSED FROM HIS POST LAST WEEK. CITY MANAGER…

NEW COURT DATES HAVE BEEN SET IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN ABINGDON VIRGINIA FOR TWO MEN ACCUSED OF SETTING A FIRE THAT DESTROYED AN HISTORIC LANDMARK IN WISE COUNTY. FORMER…

A WELLKNOWN RAPPER AND HIS ENTOURAGE WHO WERE ARRESTED LAST YEAR ON MARIJUANA CHARGES DURING A TRAFFIC STOP OF THEIR TOUR BUS ARE SET TO APPEAR IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT…

A SULLIVAN COUNTY JUDGE HAS RESET THE TRIAL OF A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF HIS PART IN THE KILLING OF ANOTHER MAN AT A CITY MOTEL NEARLY THREE YEARS…

A FREAK ACCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND IN UNICOI COUNTY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A 71 YEAR OLD FLAG POND MAN. ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE EDWARD LESLIE CALLAHAN WAS…

Authorities say a Jonesborough man is facing multiple charges after leading officers on a high-speed chase through traffic heading to Bristol Motor Speedway. Bluff City Police say 32-year-old Johnny Ray…

Federal transportation officials are investigating a plane crash in SMYTH COUNTY Virginia that killed both people aboard. Sergeant Michael Conroy of the Virginia State Police said the pilot contacted the…

An escaped jail inmate in Virginia who killed a hospital security guard and a sheriff’s deputy faces the death penalty when he is sentenced in June. A jury in Abingdon…

TRI CITIES REGIONAL AIRPORT OFFICIALS SAY SLOW TICKET SALES HAVE GROUNDED NEW FLIGHTS FROM THE TRI CITIES TO MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA. WITH FUEL PRICES RISING, REGIONAL CARRIER SOUTHERN SKYWAYS…

THE NAMES OF THE TWO VICTIMS KILLED IN A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN CARTER COUNTY HAVE BEEN RELEASED. TWO ELIZABETHTON RESIDENTS, 18 YEAR OLD KIMBERLY HARPER AND 19 YEAR OLD…

A HILTONS VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED IN THE STABBING DEATH OF A SCOTT COUNTY MAN HAS HAD HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING CONTINUED SO HE CAN UNDERGO A MENTAL EXAMINATION. 47 YEAR OLD…