Month: May 2008

MOUNTAIN STATES HEALTH ALLIANCE WILL BREAKGROUND TODAY ON A NEW HOSPITAL IN JOHNSON CITY. FRANKLIN WOODS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WILL FEATURE 120 BEDS AND WILL REPLACE NORTH SIDE AND THE SPECIALTY…

YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT, BUT EVERY TWO SECONDS SOMEONE NEEDS BLOOD. RIGHT NOW, IT’S TIME TO ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES AS TRI CITIES BLOOD BANK OFFICIALS SAY THERE IS…

A HAWKINS COUNTY COUPLE ACCUSED OF BEATING AND ROBBING THEIR ROOMMATE IS BEHIND BARS. 36 YEAR OLD JENNIFER MABE AND 44 YEAR OLD LUTHER MABE ARE CHARGED WITH ROBBERY, ASSAULT,…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN IS AWAITING EXTRADICTION BACK TO WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA AFTER ALLEGEDLY MURDERING A WOMAN WITH A HAMMER. DEPUTIES WITH THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE WENT TO A HOME ON…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED IN THE ABUSE DEATH OF HIS GIRLFRIEND’S TWO YEAR OLD SON JUST OVER TWO YEARS AGO HAS A TRIAL DATE SET FOR LATER THIS YEAR IN…

A KINGSPORT MAN IS BEHIND BARS AS THE RESULT OF A DOMESTIC ALTERCATION. 44 YEAR OLD MARK ANTHONY HUTSON IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING, THREE COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, THREE…

A MURDER INVESTIGATION CONTINUES IN A NORTHEAST TENNESSEE COUNTY. THE HANCOCK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS REPORTEDLY INTERVIEWING SUSPECTS IN A MURDER THAT HAPPENED SUNDAY NIGHT. THE BODY OF 46 YEAR…

THE WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING WHAT APPEARS TO BE A HOMICIDE. DEPUTIES WENT TO A HOME ON RAINBOW ROAD ON A WELFARE CHECK WHEN THEY DISCOVERED THE…

WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE HOME OWNERS COULD SEE THEIR PROPERTY TAXES HEAD HIGHER IF COUNTY LEADERS AGREE ON THE 2008-2009 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET. A 35 CENT PROPERTY TAX HIKE WOULD BE…

CARTER COUNTY RESIDENTS WILL LIKELY SEE THEIR PROPERTY TAXES GO UP. THE COUNTY’S BUDGET COMMITTEE SAID THE TAX RATE IS CERTAIN TO INCREASE AT LEAST 12 CENTS IN ORDER TO…

A NORTH CAROLINA WOMAN ACCUSED OF ROBBING A JOHNSON CITY BANK WILL BE ARRAIGNED TODAY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. 20 YEAR OLD BRITTANY HILL OF RALEIGH IS…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED IN THE ABUSE DEATH OF HIS GIRLFRIEND’S TWO YEAR OLD SON JUST OVER TWO YEARS AGO HAS A TRIAL DATE SET FOR LATER THIS YEAR IN…

A KINGSPORT MAN IS BEHIND BARS AS THE RESULT OF AN APPARENT DOMESTIC ALTERCATION. WITNESSES SAID THAT 44 YEAR OLD MARK ANTHONY HUTSON HAD BEEN DRINKING AND ACTING RECKLESSLY. POLICE…

A PROPOSAL TO BRING EMERGENCY HELICOPTER SERVICES TO WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY A KINGSPORT TENNESSEE BASED HOSPITAL SYSTEM. WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM WITHDREW ITS REQUEST FOR THE MEDEVAC…

Democrat Mark Warner opened his Senate campaign over the weekend in Abingdon Virginia pledging not to forget rural areas and taking his harshest shots yet at his potential Republican rival.…

A ROGERSVILLE MAN WHO WAS INDICTED LAST YEAR IN A CHILD ABUSE CASE IS NOW FACING ADDITIONAL CHARGES. 23 YEAR OLD RICHARD TREHERN WAS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED CHILD ABUSE AS…

A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA OVER THE WEEKEND HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A NORTH TAZEWELL MAN. ACCORDING TO THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE 47 YEAR OLD EDWARD…

AN INVESTIGATION INTO A MOBILE HOME FIRE IN GREENE COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND THAT LEFT TWO PEOPLE INJURED IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE FIRE BROKEOUT AROUND THREE THIRTY SATURDAY MORNING…

A SHOOTING INCIDENT IN KINGSPORT OVER THE WEEKEND HAS SENT ONE PERSON TO JAIL. 56 YEAR OLD ROGER LYNN WARD IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, RECKLESS…

Mixed martial arts events are out at the University of Virginia-Wise after several people were injured recently in a cage fight. One person was sent to a hospital, but no…

A SURGOINSVILLE MAN ACCUSED IN THE TRAFFIC DEATH OF A ROGERSVILLE TEEN TWO YEARS AGO HAS BEEN SENTENCED. 21 YEAR OLD JONATHAN MALLORY PLED GUILTY AS PART OF A PLEA…

THE AUTOPSY RESULTS ARE IN ON A BODY EXHUMED THIS WEEK IN UNICOI COUNTY. A FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST HAS REVEALED THAT RICHARD TAPP’S DEATH 26 YEARS AGO WAS NOT CAUSED BY…