FOUR PLEAD GUILTY TO ARSON
FOUR OF FIVE PEOPLE ACCUSED OF BURNING AN ABANDONED CHURCH AND ANOTHER BUILDING HAVE ADMITTED TO THE CRIMES IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT. 19 YEAR OLD JORDON BECKETT, 18…
RECORD HIGH GAS PRICES IN VIRGINIA
Drivers across Virginia are paying more for gasoline. Travel organization AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of regular gasoline hit a record in Virginia over the weekend at $3.15 per…
UNICOI COUNTY MAN IN TROUBLE
A UNICOI COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF GIVING DRUGS TO THREE TEENS WHO OVERDOSED WILL APPEAR IN COURT SOON. 20 YEAR OLD JASON OLSON IS CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF CONTRIBUTING…
MORVA TRIAL CONTINUES
TESTIMONY IS SET TO RESUME THIS MORNING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA CIRCUIT COURT IN THE TRIAL OF A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A HOSPITAL SECURITY GUARD AND SHERIFF’S DEPUTY IN…
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR KINGSPORT
KINGSPORT’S CITY MANAGER IS PROPOSING A 62.8 MILLION DOLLAR FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT SEEING AN INCREASE IN TAXES. JOHN CAMPBELL…
BODY FOUND IN KINGSPORT
THE KINGSPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A MAN WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND UNDERNEATH AN INTERSTATE BRIDGE. THE BODY WAS LOCATED FRIDAY AFTERNOON OFF FORT ROBINSON DRIVE BENEATH…
HOUSE FIRE UNDER INVESTIGATION
THE CAUSE OF A WEEKEND HOUSE FIRE IN KINGSPORT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. AUTHORITIES WERE CALLED OUT TO A HOME ON FOREST DALE DRIVE IN THE RIDGEFIELDS COMMUNITY SATURDAY EVENING. DEPUTY…
GROUP OPPOSES POWER PLANT
THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF A COAL FIRED POWER PLANT IN WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS MANY PEOPLE UPSET. AROUND 50 AREA COLLEGE STUDENTS AND OTHERS MARCHED THROUGH ABINGDON TO PROTEST DOMINION…
FOUR PLEAD TO ARSON
FOUR OF FIVE PEOPLE ACCUSED OF BURNING AN ABANDONED CHURCH AND ANOTHER BUILDING HAVE ADMITTED TO THE CRIMES IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT. 19 YEAR OLD JORDON BECKETT, 18…
BLUFF CITY RACCOON RABID
ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH STATE LAB, A RACCOON RECOVERD IN BLUFF CITY BACK IN FEBRUARY HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR RABIES. ALSO TWO ADULT DOGS AND THREE PUPPIES…
REINHARDT HAS CASE BOUND OVER
A MAN ACCUSED OF ROBBING A KINGSPORT PET STORE, TYING UP THE CLERK AND ATTEMPTING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT HER HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND…
LAWSUIT FILED AS A RESULT OF TEENS DEATH
A LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED IN THE DEATH OF A RICHLANDS VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. THE SUIT WAS FILED IN TAZEWELL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT AGAINST THE COUNTY, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM,…
HAMMONS PLEADS GUILTY TO WIFE KILLING
A LEBANON VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HIS WIFE IN THE ABDOMEN HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN RUSSELL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT. RANDY HAMMONS HAS PLED GUILTY TO AGGRAVATED MALICIOUS…
RETAIL SALES NUMBERS RELEASED
FOURTH QUARTER OF 2007. THAT’S ONE OF THE FINDINGS CONTAINED IN THE LATEST “TRI CITIES RETAIL SALES REPORT.” EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY ECONOMIST DR. STEB HIPPLE SAYS THERE WAS POSITIVE…
TESTIMONY UNDERWAY IN MORVA TRIAL
An attorney for an escaped inmate accused of killing a hospital security guard and a sheriff’s deputy in Blacksburg said the defense will focus on why the crime occurred. In…
CHUCKEY MAN IN TROUBLE
A CHUCKEY TENNESSEE MAN ACCUSED OF BREAKING INTO HOMES AND SETTING ONE OF THE STRUCTURES ON FIRE IS BEING HELD ON A 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND IN THE WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE…
ANOTHER PLEA ENTERED IN JUNGLE KILLING
A BRISTOL VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF HIS PART IN THE TWO YEAR OLD MURDER OF ANOTHER MAN HAS PLED GUILTY TO A LESSER CHARGE AND WILL SERVE TIME IN PRISON.…
LEE COUNTY DENTIST – GUILTY !
A LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA DENTIST ACCUSED OF HEALTH CARE FRAUD, RACKETEERING, STRUCTURING A TRANSACTION TO AVOID REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, AND SEVEN COUNTS OF MONEY LAUNDERING HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF ALL…
RETAIL SALES UP IN TRI CITIES
RETAIL SALES PERFORMANCE IN THE TRI CITIES REGION IMPROVED IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2007. THAT’S ONE OF THE FINDINGS CONTAINED IN THE LATEST “TRI CITIES RETAIL SALES REPORT.” ETSU…
NFS CLEARED OF POLLUTING RIVER
A RECENTLY RELEASED REPORT FROM THE STATE OF TENNESSEE SHOWS THAT NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES IS NOT POLLUTING THE NEARBY NOLICHUCKY RIVER. NFS SPOKESMAN TONY TREADWAY SAID NFS HAS A STATE…
MAN INDICTED FOR ALLEGEDLY ABDUCTING HIS WIFE
A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING HIS WIFE EARLIER THIS YEAR HAS HAD MORE CHARGES ADDED AFTER A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY INDICTED HIM ON TWO NEW CHARGES. DOUGLAS…
JAILER SHOOTS HIMSELF IN CONVENIENCE STORE
A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE JAILER WHO SHOT HIMSELF AT A COUNTY CONVENIENCE STORE IS FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE THIS MORNING. ACCORDING TO THE JOHNSON CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, 28 YEAR OLD…