LEE COUNTY STUDENT SUFFERS KNIFE WOUND
A STABBING AT A LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. ACCORDING TO THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE A 15 YEAR OLD THOMAS WALKER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WAS STABBED…
FORMER HAWKINS COUNTY TEACHER PLEADS GUILTY
A FORMER HAWKINS COUNTY TEACHER AND COACH ACCUSED OF POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. MICHAEL NOEL OF KINGSPORT PLED GUILTY TO…
VERDICT EXPECTED TODAY IN GREENWELL TRIAL
JURY DELIBERATIONS WILL RESUME THIS MORNING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT IN THE TRIAL OF AN ELIZABETHTON MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING AN ELDERLY JOHNSON CITY MAN NEARLY TWO YEARS…
GIBSON’S CASE ENDS IN MISTRIAL
THE TRIAL OF A KINGSPORT WOMAN ACCUSED IN THE NEGLIGENT DEATH OF HER TWO YEAR OLD SON HAS ENDED IN A MISTRIAL IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. SHANNON GIBSON WAS…
GATE CITY DENTIST TRIAL CONTINUED
A GATE CITY VIRGINIA DENTIST ACCUSED OF CAUSING A BOATING ACCIDENT IN SULLIVAN COUNTY THAT LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD AND ANOTHER INJURED NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO HAS HAD HIS TRIAL…
AGC GLASS ANNOUNCES LAYOFFS
AGC FLAT GLASS, FORMERLY AFG INDUSTRIES, HAS ANNOUNCED IT WILL BE CUTTING NEARLY 350 JOBS LOCALLY. COMPANY LEADERS SAID THEY ARE CUTTING BUSINESS BY ROUGHTLY 40 PERCENT AS PART OF…
SHOOTING AT AREA WALMART
BRISTOL TENNESSEE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR FOUR PEOPLE WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING INCIDENT AT A CITY BUSINESS. TWO WOMEN AND TWO MEN REPORTEDLY CAME INTO THE WALMART ON…
TOTAL CRIMES UP SLIGHTLY (AP)
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says total crime grew slightly statewide in 2007, but there were fewer murders reported than in the year before. The statistics released Wednesday were in…
WASHINGTON COUNTY BUDGET CALLS FOR HIKE
THE WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE COMMISSION’S BUDGET COMMITTEE HAS PROPOSED A TEN CENT PROPERTY TAX INCREASE IN THE 2008-2009 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET. THIS WOULD RAISE TAXES FROM 2.35 CENTS PER 100…
SHOOTING PROBE CONTINUES
THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO A SHOOTING AT A KINGSPORT BUSINESS THAT LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD. THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAID 31 YEAR OLD JAMES GUINN OF ELIZABETHTON WAS SHOT…
JOHNSON CITY WOMAN CHARGED WITH NEGLECT
A JOHNSON CITY MOTHER ACCUSED OF LETTING HER TODDLER WANDER AWAY FROM HOME IS BEHIND BARS. JUDY KISER IS CHARGED WITH CHILD NEGLECT. SHE ALLEGEDLY FELL ASLEEP AND LET HER…
GREENWELL TRIAL CONTINUES
THE STATE IS EXPECTED TO WRAP UP ITS CASE TODAY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT IN THE TRIAL OF AN ELIZABETHTON MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING AN ELDERLY JOHNSON CITY…
CARTER COUNTY JAIL CLOSER TO REALITY
THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR A NEW JAIL IN CARTER COUNTY APPEARS TO BE CLOSER TO REALITY. A FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERED THE COUNTY TO HAVE A NEW FACILITY BUILT BY JUNE OF…
FUNDING FOR KINGSPORT HIGHER ED CENTER APPROVED
THE KINGSPORT BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMAN HAS APPROVED FUNDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE KINGSPORT CENTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. LAST NIGHT, THE BMA, APPROVED JUST OVER 11 MILLION DOLLARS…
MEN ABDUCT TEENS
TWO MEN ACCUSED OF HOLDING TWO TEENS AT GUNPOINT IN SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA ARE FACING CHARGES. 48 YEAR OLD TERRY GLENN PEAK AND 40 YEAR OLD LEWIS SCOTT SUMMEY ARE…
COUPLE’S RAPE CASE BOUND OVER TO GRAND JURY
A BRISTOL TENNESSEE COUPLE ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A 12 YEAR OLD CHILD HAVE HAD THEIR CASE BOUND OVER TO A GRAND JURY. 34 YEAR OLD CHARLES JAMES WALLACE AND…
SATKAMP FIGHTS EXTRADICTION
A MAN ARRESTED IN CARTER COUNTY AFTER BEING WANTED FOR NEARLY 28 YEARS FOR A ROBBERY IN OHIO IS FIGHTING HIS EXTRADITION. 49 YEAR OLD DONOVAN LEON SATKAMP IS CHARGED…
NFS TRYING TO MAKE FACILITY SAFER
NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES IN ERWIN PLEDGES TO SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON UPGRADING IT’S SAFETY. NFS WILL PUMP THE MONEY INTO INFRATRUCTURE AND MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF ITS NEW…
SECOND PERSON CHARGED IN MURDER FIGHTS EXTRADITION
A SECOND PERSON ACCUSED IN THE MURDER OF A SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA MAN NEARLY 22 YEARS AGO HAS DECIDED TO FIGHT EXTRADITION FROM NORTH CAROLINA. 47 YEAR OLD ROBERT BANKS OF…
MEN ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING TEENS AT GUNPOINT
TWO MEN ACCUSED OF HOLDING TWO TEENS AT GUNPOINT IN SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA ARE FACING CHARGES. 48 YEAR OLD TERRY GLENN PEAK AND 40 YEAR OLD LEWIS SCOTT SUMMEY ARE…
MAN CHARGED IN MOTORCYCLE WRECK
A VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF STRIKING A MOTORCYCLIST WITH HIS CAR AND THEN FLEEING THE SCENE WILL BE ARRAIGNED LATER THIS MONTH IN HAWKINS COUNTY GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. DANNY SHORTRIDGE…
JONESBOROUGH CONSIDERING SPEED CAMERAS
JONESBOROUGH TOWN LEADERS ARE CONSIDERING DOING WHAT ANOTHER SMALL NORTHEAST TENNESSEE TOWN RECENTLY DID AND THAT IS TO INSTALL SPEED CAMERAS TO HELP SLOW TRAFFIC. THE BOARD OF MAYOR AND…