FAMILY CHARGED IN INMATE ESCAPE (AP)
Authorities say they’ve charged three people with helping a Carter County inmate, who escaped from prison and was later caught last week. Randy Hicks spent more than 12 hours on…
SHOOTING SUSPECT ARRESTED IN N.C.
ACCORDING TO JOHNSON CITY POLICE, A CITY MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING ANOTHER MAN IN THE PARKING LOT OF A CITY RESTAURANT HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN NORTH CAROLINA. 29 YEAR OLD…
NO HARM FROM EASTMAN SPILL (AP)
Regulators and company officials say a chemical spill at the Eastman Chemical Company plant in Kingsport caused no harm to the environment. The spill occurred Friday when one of the…
TEXAS MAN INDICTED IN KINGSPORT ROBBERY
A TEXAS MAN ACCUSED OF ROBBING A KINGSPORT BUSINESS EARLIER THIS YEAR HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY. 48 YEAR OLD KENNETH VAYDAK OF WEST VICTORIA TEXAS…
MAN SENTENCED FOR EMBEZZLING FROM COMPANY HE FOUNDED
A KINGSPORT MAN WHO PLED GUILTY TO TAKING MONEY FROM A BUSINESS HE FOUNDED HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS. JEFFREY TANKERSLEY PLED GUILTY IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT…
GREENE COUNTY WOMAN MISSING
AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING FOR A GREENE COUNTY WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN REPORTED MISSING BY HER FAMILY. 29 YEAR OLD APRIL HENSLEY OF THE LOST MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY WAS LAST SEEN SUNDAY…
NEW HEAD OF ACADEMY HAS BEEN NAMED
KING COLLEGE IN BRISTOL VIRGINIA HAS NAMED THE LEADER OF IT’S BRAND NEW PRIVATE SCHOOL. SUSAN MELKOWSKI WILL TAKE OVER THE REINS OF KING ACADEMY. THE ACADEMY IS A TUITION-BASED…
BRISTOL VIRGINIA DRUG BUST
THREE BRISTOL VIRGINIA POLICE OFFICERS WERE INJURED AND ANOTHER MAN WENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT IN THE PARKING LOT OF A CITY CONVENIENCE STORE. AUTHORITIES OBSERVED WHAT APPEARED…
DELGADO TRIAL RESUMES
TESTIMONY IS EXPECTED TO RESUME TODAY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF A JOHNSON CITY MAN. 41 YEAR OLD PONCHO JUAN DELGADO IS CHARGED WITH…
COVERED BRIDGE GETS FUNDS
A HISTORIC LANDMARK IN CARTER COUNTY HAS RECEIVED FEDERAL GRANT MONEY. ELIZABETHTON’S COVERED BRIDGE HAS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 320-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION. THE FUNDS WILL BE…