Month: April 2008

A JOHNSON CITY MAN FACING DRUG-RELATED CHARGES HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. WASHINGTON COUNTY DEPUTIES SEIZED OVER A POUND OF POWDERED COCAINE AT THE HOME OF…

A JOHNSON CITY FEMALE TEEN ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING A MAN WITH A BRICK IS BEHIND BARS. 18 YEAR OLD SAMANTHA GOBBLE IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. SHE’S ACCUSED OF THROWING…

A Johnson City man facing drug-related charges has been arraigned in U. S. District Court in Greeneville. Washington County deputies seized over one pound of powdered cocaine at the residence…

A JUNE TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR A NORTH CAROLINA MAN ACCUSED OF ROBBING AN ERWIN CHECK CASHING BUSINESS. 27 YEAR OLD RICHARD JONES OF BURNSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA IS…

THE NORTHEAST TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH OFFICE IS URING TRI CITIES AREA RESIDENTS TO GET A HEPATITIS B VACCINATION. THE RECOMMENDATION IS IN RESPONSE TO EIGHT CASES OF ACUTE HEPATITIS B…

THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING INTO A HOMICIDE OVER THE WEEKEND IN KINGSPORT THAT LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD AND POLICE SEARCHING FOR THREE OTHERS. 19 YEAR OLD DERRICK KESSE WAS FOUND…

POLICE SAY SOME FUNNY MONEY HAS BEEN CIRCULATING RECENTLY IN THE TRI CITIES. BRISTOL TENNESSEE AUTHORITIES REPORT FAKE FIVE AND TEN DOLLAR BILLS HAVE BEEN USED AT SEVERAL RESTAURANTS IN…

A 15 YEAR OLD THOMAS WALKER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH STABBING ANOTHER STUDENT WITH A KNIFE LAST WEEK. THE UNNAMED TEEN IS CHARGED…

A JOHNSON CITY FIBER PRODUCER HAS ANNOUNCED THE LAYOFF OF 25 OF ITS WORKERS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. FIBER INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY OFFICIALS BLAME THE REDUCTION ON RISING OIL AND GAS PRICES. THEY…

A MASSIVE DRUG ROUNDUP IN DICKENSON COUNTY VIRGINIA LANDS NEARLY 30 PEOPLE BEHIND BARS. 43 INDICTMENTS WERE HANDED DOWN FOR DRUG DISTRIBUTION IN THE COUNTY. THOSE ARRESTED FACE MORE THAN…

A CANADIAN BASED COMPANY HAS ANNOUNCED IT WILL ESTABLISH A NEW OPERATION IN SULLIVAN COUNTY THAT WILL BRING 80 NEW JOBS. THE MANUFACTURING COMPANY IS BUYING A LARGE VACANT INDUSTRIAL…

BRISTOL TENNESSEE POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE NAMES IN A FATAL SHOOTING IN THE CITY LAST WEEK. AUTHORITIES SAID 49 YEAR OLD JOHNNY LAMBERT WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST AT HIS…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER ARE SAFE TODAY AFTER HAVING TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING OVER THE WEEKEND AT AN AIRPORT IN FLORIDA. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT ST.…

KINGSPORT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A HOMICIDE OVER THE WEEKEND IN THE CITY. AUTHORITES SAID 19 YEAR OLD DERRICK KESSE WAS FOUND INSIDE HIS HOLSTON VIEW APARTMENT ON NORTH JOHN B.…

A FARMING ACCIDENT HAS SENT A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE MAN TO THE HOSPITAL. 85 YEAR OLD J.D. WILHOIT OF CHUCKEY WAS AIRLIFTED TO JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER AFTER HE ACCIDENTALLY…

A MISTRIAL HAS BEEN DECLARED IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT IN THE TRIAL OF AN ELIZABETHTON MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING AN ELDERLY JOHNSON CITY MAN NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO.…

WITH THE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT AT MORE THAN 300 TRI CITIES WORKERS WILL BE LAID OFF FROM THEIR JOBS AT AGC THE CITY OF KINGSPORT AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ARE…

A MAGITUDE 5.4 EARTHQUAKE NEAR THE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TOWN OF WEST SALEM WAS REPORTEDLY FELT AS FAR AWAY AS THE TRI CITIES. OFFICIALS WITH THE TENNESSEE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY SAY…

A JUDGE HAS RULED THAT A MAN CHARGED IN THE DEATHS OF TWO GEORGIA NEWLYWEDS IN 2002 HAS NO RIGHT RIGHT TO ANOTHER ATTORNEY, AND WILL BE HIS OWN ATTORNEY…

A JUDGE HAS DENIED A NEW TRIAL FOR ONE OF THE TWO MEN CONVICTED OF VEHICULAR HOMICIDE IN A SEPTEMBER 2005 DRAG RACE THAT LED TO THE DEATH OF ONE…

THE SEARCH HAS ENDED FOR A MISSING SMYTH COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN WHO NEVER SHOWED UP FOR HIS WORK AT A LOCAL FACTORY OVER A WEEK AGO. GRAYSON COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY…

FOURTEEN TENNESSEE AIRPORTS WILL SHARE IN OVER 791-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN AERONAUTICAL GRANTS. THE GRANTS ARE AWARDED THROUGH THE TENNESSEE DEPARMENT OF TRANSPORTATION’S AERONAUTICS DIVISION. JULIE OAKS WITH TDOT SAYS TRI…