IRS TO SEND OUT PACKAGES
Starting next week, the Internal Revenue Service will mail special information packages to about half a million recipients of Social Security or Veterans Affairs benefits in Tennessee to help them…
RECTOR HAS CASE BOUND OVER
A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY WILL CONSIDER THE CASE OF A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF ATTACKING HIS STEPDAUGHTER AND WIFE EARLIER THIS YEAR. 37 YEAR OLD EARNEST RECTOR IS CHARGED…
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…