STATE TROOPER LOSES FIRST APPEAL
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…
SECURITY INCREASED AT VA. TECH (AP)
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 TOURISM DIRECTOR GONE
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.…
KINGSPORT DRUG BUST
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…
POLICE SEARCHING FOR JOHNSON COUNTY WAREHOUSE PRESIDENT
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…
GREENE COUNTY MAN INDICTED IN BANK ROBBERY
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…
CHURCH HILL MAIL CARRIER GIVEN TITLE 40
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.…