SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY INDICTS MAN ON MURDER CHARGES
A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE IN MAY OF LAST YEAR HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY. 50 YEAR OLD JOSEPH ADKINS IS CHARGED…
FORMER DAMASCU POLICE CHIEF HAS TRIAL CONTINUED
THE TRIAL FOR THE FORMER POLICE CHIEF OF DAMASCUS VIRGINIA HAS BEEN DELAYED. TONY RICHARDSON IS CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF DRUG DISTRIBUTION, TWO COUNTS OF IMITATION SCHEDULE II DISTRIBUTION,…
COAL RESEARCH GRANT APPROVED
A federal grant will enable Virginia Tech scientists to increase their research on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from burning coal. Ninth District Congressman Rick Boucher said that the Department of…
BLOOD SUPPLIES AT DANGEROUS LEVELS
LEVELS OF SEVERAL BLOOD TYPES IN THE TRI CITIES ARE DANGEROUSLY LOW. ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, THERE IS LESS THAN A 24-HOUR SUPPLY OF TYPE “O” NEGATIVE AND…
WILLIS SEEKS A MOTION TO CONTINUE TRIAL
A MAN ACCUSED IN A DOUBLE MURDER IN JOHNSON CITY IS ONCE AGAIN ATTEMPTING TO DELAY HIS TRIAL. 57 YEAR OLD HOWARD HAWK WILLIS IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF…
RICHLANDS TEEN ACCUSED OF BOMB THREAT
A TAZEWELL COUNTY VIRGINIA TEEN ACCUSED OF MAKING A BOMB THREAT TO A COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL LAST MONTH IS FACING CHARGES. THE UNNAMED BOY IS CHARGED WITH A FELONY IN…
STILTNER TRIAL CONTINUED UNTIL NEXT MONTH
A BRISTOL VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A WOMAN OVER FIVE YEARS AGO HAS HAD HIS TRIAL CONTINUED IN WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA CIRCUIT COURT. 45 YEAR OLD CHARLES STILTNER IS…
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA JUDGE PLEADS GUILTY
A SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA JUDGE HAS PLED GUILTY TO LESSER CHARGES AFTER BEING ARRESTED RECENTLY FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. JUDGE MICHAEL KEITH BLANKENSHIP ADMITTED TO RECKLESS DRIVING AND REFUSING A…
STORE MANAGER ACCUSED OF THEFT
THE MANAGER OF A TRI CITIES CONVENIENCE MARKET HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION INTO MISSING MONEY AT THE STORE WHERE HE WORKED. ELIZABETHTON POLICE SAY OFFICIALS DISCOVERED MONEY HAD…
HURLEY MAN FAKES BEING A QUADRAPLEGIC
A HURLEY VIRGINIA MAN THAT FAKED BEING A QUADRAPLEGIC IN ORDER TO GET BENEFITS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE TO SPEND TIME IN A FEDERAL PRISON. 31 YEAR OLD…
BRISTOL VIRGINIA SUPERINTENDENT SET TO RETIRE
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS IN BRISTOL VIRGINIA HAS DECIDED TO HANG UP HIS EDUCATIONAL ROBE. DOUG ARNOLD HAS SUBMITTED HIS LETTER OF RETIREMENT TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WHICH HAS…
LEADER OF METH RING SENTENCED
THE LEADER OF A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA METHAMPHETAMINE RING HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO TIME BEHIND BARS IN U.S. DISTRICT IN ABINGDON. 57 YEAR OLD LONNIE EDWARD MALONE OF ABINGDON WAS…
DB NAMED AMONG TOP HIGH SCHOOLS
A KINGSPORT HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN NAMED IN THE TOP FIVE PERCENT OF PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS BY A NATIONAL MAGAZINE. IN THE MAY 19TH EDITION OF NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE, DOBYNS BENNETT…
ABINGDON GROCERY STORE ROBBED
WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO HELD UP AN ABINGDON GROCERY STORE. POLICE SAID A MAN ENTERED THE FOOD COUNTRY OFF ROUTE 19 LAST NIGHT AND…
HURLEY MAN SENTENCED FOR FAKING ILLNESS
A HURLEY VIRGINIA MAN THAT FAKED BEING A QUADRAPLEGIC IN ORDER TO GET BENEFITS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE TO SPEND TIME IN A FEDERAL PRISON. 31 YEAR OLD…
GREENEVILLE ATTORNEY HAS LICENSE PULLED
THE TENNESSEE SUPREME COURT HAS DISBARRED A GREENEVILLE ATTORNEY. ACCORDING TO THE BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, LAWRENCE WELCH JR. IS ACCUSED OF MISUSING HIS MOTHER’S AND DECEASED FATHER’S CREDIT CARDS…
FORMER TRI CITIES INSURANCE AGENT PLEADS GUILTY
A FORMER TRI CITIES INSURANCE AGENT ACCUSED OF STEALING OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. MICKEY KENDRICK PLED GUILTY TO EMBEZZLING…
ASSISTANT SULLIVAN COUNTY SCHOOLS DIRECTOR OFFERED TOP JOB
THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD HAS CHOSEN A NEW LEADER FOR IT’S SCHOOLS. CURRENT DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS, GLENN ARWOOD, WILL RETIRE JUNE 30TH AFTER 49 YEARS IN THE SYSTEM. THE…
FORMER JOHNSON CITY WORKER HAS CASE CONTINUED
AN AUGUST COURT DATE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR A FORMER JOHNSON CITY EMPLOYEE ACCUSED OF LAUNDERING MONEY FROM THE CITY, 55 YEAR OLD DANNY DAVIS IS CHARGED WITH MONEY LAUNDERING,…
POLICE SEARCH FOR WOMAN IN ATTEMPTED ROBBERIES
JOHNSON CITY POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A WOMAN WHO ATTEMPTED TO ROB TWO LOCAL BUSINESSES OVER THE WEEKEND. POLICE SAID THE WOMAN TRIED TO HOLDUP THE MOVIE GALLERY ON SOUTH…
GREENE COUNTY SHOOTING PROBE
THE GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT IN A SHOOTING OVER THE WEEKEND. 29 YEAR OLD JAMES BROBECK RECEIVED A GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS RIGHT FOOT DURING…
CAR-BUS CRASH CLAIMS ONE LIFE
A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT INVOLVING A GREENE COUNTY SCHOOL BUS HAS LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, 29 YEAR OLD PAUL HAMMITT OF AFTON WAS KILLED…