Month: May 2008

A WEEKEND DROWNING IN SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A GATE CITY MAN. AUTHORITIES SAID 30 YEAR OLD JUSTIN HALL WAS ATTEMPTING TO SWIM ACROSS THE CLINCH…

GREENEVILLE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO HELDUP A CITY CONVENIENCE STORE OVER THE WEEKEND AT KNIFEPOINT. AUTHORITIES SAID A MAN ENTERED THE QUICK STOP #10 ON ASHEVILLE HIGHWAY…

A TAZEWELL COUNTY VIRGINIA FIRE CHIEF IS BEHIND BARS FACING A TOTAL OF TEN CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CHARGES. 59 YEAR OLD WILLIAM VANCE SR. IS CHARGED WITH FIVE COUNTS OF…

A MULTI-AGENCY DRUG INVESTIGATION IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA HAS NETTED THE ARREST OF FOUR PEOPLE AND TAKEN POWERED COCAINE AND MARIJUANA OFF THE STREETS. EIGHT GRAMS OF POWDER COCAINE WAS PURCHASED…

AN ACCUSED CHILD RAPIST FROM KINGSPORT HAS HAD HIS MOTION TO SUPRESS EVIDENCE AT HIS TRIAL DENIED BY A SULLIVAN COUNTY JUDGE. DONALD LYNCH ALONG WITH HIS PUBLIC DEFENDER TRIED…

OFFICIALS WITH KING PHARMACEUTICALS IN BRISTOL TENNESSEE ARE HAPPY WITH THE FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL RESULTS. KING CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO BRIAN MARKISON IS EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE COMPANY.…

A LONG-TIME TRI CITIES DETENTION OFFICER HAS FOUND HIMSELF ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW. TIMOTHY CRAIN, A JAILER AT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE DETENTION CENTER IN JONESBOROUGH, HAS…

FIREFIGHTING CREWS CONTINUE TO BATTLE A WILDFIRE SPREADING ACROSS NORTHEAST TENNESSEE. EMERGENCY CREWS WILL BE BACK AT THE SCENE THIS MORNING AFTER NEARLY A THOUSAND ACRES ON BUFFALO MOUNTAIN NEAR…

THE BLUFF CITY BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN HAS FAILED TO PASS A PROPOSED HOTEL TAX. THE MOVE HAD CLEARED THE STATE LEGISLATURE EARLIER BUT LAST NIGHT, IT FAILED BY…

THE BRISTOL TENNESSEE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SEARCHING FOR A BANDIT WHO HELD UP A CITY BANK THIS MORNING. CAPTAIN CHARLIE THOMAS SAYS THE ROBBER WAS WEARING A PANTYHOSE MASK OVER…

CITING HEALTH REASONS, EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT DR. PAUL STANTON, JR. HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS RETIRING FROM THE POST. STANTON WILL OFFICIALLY STEP DOWN ON MARCH 1ST, 2009.…

Gov. Phil Bredesen has announced plans to lay off 2,000 state workers. Bredesen said in unveiling the plan Wednesday that the administration will make the cuts voluntary and will offer…

ONE OF THREE PEOPLE ACCUSED OF HOLDING UP TWO CONVENIENCE STORES AND SHOOTING A TAZEWELL COUNTY VIRGINIA SHERIFF’S DEPUTY WILL DIE IN PRISON. SCOTTIE STINSON WAS CONVICTED OF TWO COUNTS…

A KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING ANOTHER MAN OUTSIDE A JOHNSON CITY EATERY AND BAR HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE GRAND JURY. 19 YEAR OLD VINCENT…

THE TRI CITIES EXPERIENCED A SLIGHT DIP IN JOB LEVELS DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2008. THAT IS AMONG THE FINDINGS CONTAINED IN THE LATEST TRI CITIES LABOR MARKET REPORT.…

VOTERS IN GATE CITY VIRGINIA HAVE SAID YES TO A MIXED DRINK REFERENDUM. THE LATEST RESULTS SHOWED MORE THAN HALF THE VOTERS WERE IN FAVOR OF THE NEW MEASURE. TOWN…

FIREFIGHTETERS WITH THE TENNESSEE DIVISION OF FORESTRY AND U.S. FOREST SERVICE ARE BATTLING A BLAZE NEAR BUFFALO MOUNTAIN. STATE OFFICIALS CONFIRMED THE BLAZE YESTERDAY. THEY’VE BEEN UNABLE TO DETERMINE JUST…

AN EXPLOSION AT A CHILHOWIE VIRGINIA BUSINESS IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. EDWIN LOMANS WAS OPERATING A SHEARING MACHINE AT BERRY IRON & METAL YESTERDAY WHEN THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED. THE CAUSE IS…

A RECORD NUMBER OF VOTERS TURNED OUT IN ST. PAUL VIRGINIA FOR YESTERDAY’S ELECTION. THE INCUMBENT MAYOR JACK KISER LOST TO H. KYLE FLETCHER BY AS LITTLE AS THREE VOTES.…

IF YOU OWE BACK CHILD SUPPORT THEN YOU WON’T BE RECEIVING A REBATE CHECK FROM UNCLE SAM. THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES SAYS 45 PERCENT OF IT’S 200-THOUSAND CHILD…

A MAN IS BEHIND BARS IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA FOR ALLEGEDLY KILLING A BRISTOL VIRGINIA WOMAN EARLIER THIS WEEK. 53 YEAR OLD MICHAEL ANTHONY RIGOLY IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY HAS BEEN INDICATED BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY. 25 YEAR OLD JEFF FRANCIS TILLOTSON IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF DISTRIBUTION, ADVERTISEMENT…