Day: April 21, 2008

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.…