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AWARD-WINNING WATER QUALITY IN THE TRI CITIES. THE CITY OF BRISTOL TENNESSEE HAS MAILED OUT A COPY OF THE 2008 WATER QUALITY REPORT TO ITS CUSTOMERS. AND DAVID ST. JOHN,…
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AWARD-WINNING WATER QUALITY IN THE TRI CITIES. THE CITY OF BRISTOL TENNESSEE HAS MAILED OUT A COPY OF THE 2008 WATER QUALITY REPORT TO ITS CUSTOMERS. AND DAVID ST. JOHN,…
A FORMER REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER WHO PORTRAYED SANTA CLAUS AT KINGSPORT-AREA CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITY CENTERS, HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS. 62 YEAR OLD JIMMY SPRAGUE WAS…
SULLIVAN COUNTY IS ONE OF FIVE COUNTIES IN THE STATE TO TRY A NEW PAPER BALLOT VOTING SYSTEM MANDATED BY STATE LAW. COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO VOTE EARLY FOR THE AUGUST…
A UNICOI COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF GROWING MARIJUANA WILL BE ARRAIGNED TODAY IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. 58 YEAR OLD JERRY MCNABB IS CHARGED WITH FELONY MANUFACTURING MARIJUANA AND EVADING ARREST.…
LOCAL RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS CONTINUE TO PROVIDE RELIEF EFFORTS TO THE VICTIMS OF THE RECENT MIDWEST FLOOD. NINE VOLUNTEERS FROM THE TRI CITIES REGION HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED WHILE FOUR OTHER…
A BRISTOL TENNESSEE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY WHO TEAMED UP WITH ANOTHER FIRM TO STUDY A NEW MEDICATION GEARED AT DETERRING PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE, SEEMS TO BE HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS. KING…
LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS BEEN AWARDED A HIGHWAY CONTRACT. THE 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS WILL BE USED TO REPLACE THE BRIDGE BEAMS, CONCRETE DECK, AND PERFORM SOME MINOR REPAIRS TO THE…
A FEDERAL MAGISTRATE JUDGE HAS REVOKED THE BOND OF A FORMER COEBURN VIRGINIA VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER ACCUSED OF SETTING A BLAZE THAT DESTROYED A POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTION. 22 YEAR OLD NICHOLAS…
AN ESCAPED JAIL INMATE IN VIRGINIA WHO KILLED A HOSPITAL SECURITY GUARD AND A SHERIFF’S DEPUTY HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY A JUDGE IN A MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT. WILLIAM…
TWO TRI CITIES ATTORNEYS ARE SEEKING A SEAT ON THE TENNESSEE SUPREME COURT. TWO OF THE SEVEN APPLICANTS INCLUDE ATTORNEYS BRUCE SHINE AND FORMER JOHNSON CITY MAYOR VANCE CHEEK JR.…
SIX PEOPLE FROM DICKENSON AND RUSSELL COUNTY VIRGINA HAVE BEEN INDICTED ON FEDERAL DRUG DISTRIBUTION AND FIREARMS CHARGES. 55 YEAR OLD DANNY LAFORCE, 26 YEAR OLD KRISTY RASNICK, 25 YEAR…
A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A GIRL UNDER 13 YEARS OLD HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. 53 YEAR OLD TONY DARRELL WINSTON PLED…
A BURNSVILLE NORTH CAROLINA MAN ACCUSED OF HOLDING UP A CASH CHECKING PLACE IN UNICOI COUNTY TENNESSEE HAS PLED GUILTY TO A REDUCED CHARGE OF ROBBERY. 27 YEAR OLD RICHARD…
A JOHNSON CITY MAN WAS AT THE THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. 36 YEAR OLD JEREMY WELLS WAS GETTING GAS FOR HIS CAR WHEN AN OFF-DUTY JOHNSON CITY…
BRISTOL VIRGINIA OFFICIALS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WATER LEVELS AT SOUTH HOLSTON LAKE. THE WATERWAY IS THE CITY’S ONLY SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER. MAYOR JIM RECTOR SAID THE ONLY THING…
A NEW YORK GIANTS FOOTBALL PLAYER FROM SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA IS APPARENTLY TRYING TO CLEAR UP HIS NAME. RUNNING BACK AND FORMER GRAHAM HIGH SCHOOL STAR AHMAD BRADSHAW WAS BEING HELD…
BRISTOL VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED THREE SUSPECTS IN CONNECTION WITH STREET GANG-RELATED ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA. 19 YEAR OLD BOBBY LAWHORNE, 20 YEAR OLD MICHAEL RAY CLARK, AND 24 YEAR…
A MAN ACCUSED OF HOLDING UP AN ERWIN BANK HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN UNICOI COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. 41 YEAR OLD JEFFREY MELTON OF BULLS GAP PLED GUILTY TO…
BRISTOL VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED THREE SUSPECTS IN CONNECTION WITH STREET GANG-RELATED ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA. TWO RECENT INCIDENTS REPORTED TO POLICE INVOLVED A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS BELIEVED TO BE…
A former West Virginia man has been captured in Tazewell Virginia 18 years after failing to show up for sentencing in the sexual assault of a 5-year-old boy. Tazewell Police…
IT WAS A BEE MOVIE ALL OF ITS OWN. MORE THAN 10-THOUSAND BEES HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM DOWNTOWN KINGSPORT AFTER A PASSERBY DISCOVERED THEM ON A POWER POLE IN…
Tennessee’s unemployment numbers rose sharply to 6.4 percent in May, nearly a full percentage point above the national rate. Governor Bredesen says the unemployment figures underline the importance of the…