BREDESEN SIGNS CABLE BILL (AP)
Governor Phil Bredesen has signed into law a bill to create statewide TV cable franchising in Tennessee. The measure pushed by AT&T Inc. was the result of two years of…
TRI CITIES AIRPORT LOOKING TO FORM AIRPORT AUTHORITY
THE TRI CITIES AIRPORT COMMISSION HAS COME TO A TENTATIVE CONCLUSION CONCERNING PLANS TO ESTABLISH AN AIRPORT AUTHORITY. SIX AREA MUNICIPALITIES JOINTLY OWN THE AIRPORT. THEY ARE BRISTOL TENNESSEE/VIRGINIA, KINGSPORT,…
STUDENTS VANDALISE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
FOUR SULLIVAN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE FACING CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY BREAKING INTO THE FACILITY AND VANDALIZING THE BUILDING. SEVERAL LOCKERS AND WALLS WERE SPRAY PAINTED WITH VARIOUS MESSAGES AS…
KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED IN ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING
A MAN ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO ABDUCT A KINGSPORT RESTAURANT EMPLOYEE IS BEHIND BARS. 41 YEAR OLD RONALD HUDSON IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. A FEMALE EMPLOYEE OF WAFFLE…
MOUNT CARMEL SPEED CAMERAS
The Mount Carmel traffic cameras don’t blink at initiating speeding citations. Offenders cited so far include one warning and two tickets to state troopers. The new system has also caused…
LEGIONNAIRES DISEASE REPORTED IN AREA
MOUNTAIN STATES HEALTH ALLIANCE OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED A CASE OF LEGIONNAIRES’ DISEASE. THE PATIENT, AT NORTH SIDE HOSPITAL, HAS BEEN MOVED FROM INTENSIVE CARE TO A REGULAR ROOM. LEGIONNAIRES DISEASE…
JOHNSON CITY WATER/SEWER CUSTOMERS COULD PAY MORE
JOHNSON CITY WATER AND SEWER CUSTOMERS COULD TO HAVE TO SHELL OUT MORE MONEY SOON. THE CITY COMMISSION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THE RATES IN ORDER TO PAY FOR FUTURE…
CITY OF WATAGUA TO START THEIR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT
THE CITY OF WATAUGA HAS DECIDED IT WILL PROVIDE FOR IT’S OWN POLICE PROTECTION. THE SMALL TOWN DECIDED SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO ALLOW THE CARTER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE TO PROVIDE…
HAWKINS COUNTY ACCIDENT CLAIMS TWO
A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN HAWKINS COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND HAS CLAIMED THE LIVES OF TWO COUNTY MEN. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, 23 YEAR OLD JOHNNY WAGNER OF…
TRIAL DATE RESET IN MURDER CASE
THE MURDER TRIAL OF A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING ANOTHER MAN TO DEATH HAS BEEN RESET. 21 YEAR OLD DENNIS LEE ROSE IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN…
CLICK IT OR TICKET CAMPAIGN IN VA.
Virginia State Police say they will be on the lookout for seat belt scofflaws from Monday through June 1. The enforcement effort is part of a national “Click It or…
COUPLE FACE DRUG CHARGES
TWO JOHNSON CITY RESIDENTS ARE IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW AFTER POLICE SEIZED A GOOD QUANITY OF MARIJUANA, DRUG PARPHERNALIA, AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF CASH AT A HOME THE…
TBI HOPING TO SOLVE 23 YEAR OLD COLD CASE
THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION IS HOPING TO IDENTIFY THE REMAINS OF A WOMAN FOUND IN GREENE COUNTY NEARLY 23 YEARS AGO. THE UT FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY CENTER IN KNOXVILLE HAS…
SULLIVAN COUNTY SCHOOL’S DIRECTOR SEARCH CONTINUES
THE SEARCH IS CONTINUING FOR A NEW DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS FOR SULLIVAN COUNTY. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION INTERVIEWED ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS JACK BARNES YESTERDAY. BARNES IS THE SECOND INTERNAL…
KINGSPORT MAN’S MURDER TRIAL RESET
THE MURDER TRIAL OF A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING ANOTHER MAN TO DEATH HAS BEEN RESET. 21 YEAR OLD DENNIS LEE ROSE IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN…
MORE PORN CHARGES FILED IN CASE
MORE CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST A BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO DEVELOP CHILD PORNOGRAPHY PICTURES AT A TAZEWELL COUNTY RETAIL STORE. 33 YEAR OLD ADAM STEWART…
COCKE COUNTY JUDGE IN TROUBLE
The Tennessee Court of the Judiciary has levied four charges of judicial misconduct against Cocke County General Sessions Judge John Bell. The charges follow a state investigation into the relationship…
MOTHER CLAIMS SON SET BLAZE (AP)
A northeast Tennessee woman said her adult son burned down her mobile home after she scolded him for not going to work. Sue Barlow told the Elizabethton Star her son,…
MAN ON THE LAM BACK IN CUSTODY
A MOSHEIM MAN CAPTURED 46 YEARS AFTER HE ESCAPED FROM A TENNESSEE PRISON HAS BEEN GRANTED PAROLE. LEROY ALBERT MORGAN ESCAPED FROM THE TENNESSEE STATE PENITENTIARY IN 1962 WITH TWO…
MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH
VIRGINIA GOVERNOR TIM KAINE HAS PROCLAIMED MAY AS MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH, WITH THE HOPE THAT ALL DRIVERS WILL SHARE THE ROAD. MOTORCYCLE RIDER BEHAVIOR CONTRIBUTED TO 126 MOTORCYCLE DEATHS…
PORNO PICTURES FOUND ON FILM
A BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO DEVELOP PORNOGRAPHIC PICTURES OF UNDERAGED GIRLS IS BEHIND BARS. 33 YEAR OLD ADAM STEWART YOUNG IS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF CHILD…
TRI CITIES AIRPORT CHANGES
NEW CHANGES AT TRI CITIES REGIONAL AIRPORT WILL BE VISIBLE SOON IN THE TERMINAL AREA. THINGS TRAVELERS WILL NOTICE WILL BE UPGRADES TO THE INTERIOR CARPETING, EXTERIOR PAINTING, A ROOF…