Month: June 2008

MORE JOBS ARE COMING TO SULLIVAN COUNTY. LECLERC FOODS IS MOVING IT’S U.S. HEADQUARTERS AND U.S. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INTO THE OLD CARTAMUNDI BUILDING IN THE NORTHEAST TENNESSEE BUSINESS PARK…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN WHO FELL FROM A RAILROAD TRUSSELL WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. POLICE SAID THE VICTIM, WHOSE NAME HASN’T BEEN RELEASED, WAS WALKING ALONG THE RAILROAD BRIDGE THAT CROSSES…

A KINGSPORT MAN WANTED IN FLORIDA FOR VIOLATING HIS PROBATION ON MURDER AND ROBBERY CHARGES IS BEHIND BARS IN THE SULLIVAN COUNTY JAIL. TIMOTHY COOKSTON IS CHARGED WITH EVADING ARREST.…

A Clinchco Virginia man who ran an identity theft scheme from prison will spend another seven years behind bars. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 32-year-old Dewayne Gilmore was sentenced yesterday…

BLUFF CITY HAS A NEW MAYOR IN PLACE. TODD MALONE IS THE THIRD PERSON TO HOLD THE POSITION IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS. FORMER MAYOR BOB THOMAS ACCUSED HIS FELLOW…

TWO MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND A QUANTITY OF COCAINE TAKEN OFF THE STREETS FOLLOWING A MULTI-AGENCY DRUG BUST IN ABINGDON VIRGINIA. ACCORDING TO WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF FRED NEWMAN, AUTHORITIES…

THE MOTHER OF A DALLAS COWBOY FOOTBALL PLAYER AND AN ELIZABETHTON HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH WILL BE IN JAIL FOR ONLY A BRIEF TIME. 40 YEAR OLD KIMBERLY WITTEN BARNETT,…

THE TRIAL FOR ONE OF TWO SUSPECTS ACCUSED IN THE KILLING OF A BIG STONE GAP MAN NEARLY 21 YEARS AGO HAS BEEN CONTINUED. JOHN TERRY IS CHARGED WITH FIRST…

SOME TRI CITIES SOLDIERS ARE ON THEIR WAY HOME FROM IRAQ. 120 MEMBERS OF THE 730TH QUARTERMASTER COMPANY LEFT THE TRI CITIES LAST JULY, AND HAVE BEEN SERVING IN IRAQ…

A KINGSPORT WOMAN ACCUSED OF ABUSING AND NEGLECTING HER CHILD HAS PLED GUILTY IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. AMANDA JO RAMEY PLED GUILTY TO FACILITATION OF AGGRAVATED CHILD ABUSE AND…

AN ENVIROMENTALIST CLAIMS A PROPOSED COAL FIRED POWER PLANT IN WISE COUNTY WOULD CAUSE MORE DAMAGE TO AIR AND WATER QUALITY IN THE GREAT SMOKEY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK. DON BARGER…

A JOHNSON CITY BUSINESSMAN ACCUSED OF HIRING SOMEONE TO BURN DOWN HIS HOME HAS A TRIAL DATE SET IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT. FRANK CASTEEL JR. IS CHARGED WITH…

A FORMER BRISTOL TENNESSEE YOUTH BASEBALL COACH ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING ONE OF HIS PLAYER’S SISTER HAS A TRIAL DATE SET IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. SCOTT HYATT IS CHARGED…

FUNFEST 2008 OFFICIALS HAVE ANNOUNCED THE EXCITING LINEUP FOR THIS YEAR’S EVENT. IN ADDITION TO TRADITIONAL EVENTS SUCH AS FUNSHOPS, TONS OF FOOD, AND MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, THIS YEAR’S FESTIVITIES WILL…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING AN EMPLOYEE OF A CITY CAR LOT WILL SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON. 33 YEAR OLD HARVEY BOWMAN WAS CHARGED WITH…

A SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS SQUAD OF THE JOHNSON CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS COMPLETED ITS PROBE INVOLVING TWO ESCORT SERVICES BEING OPERATED INSIDE THE CITY. THE INVESTIGATION CENTERED AROUND “CUPID’S COMFORT ZONE”…

THE RETAIL SALES PICTURE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR SHOWED A MIXED PERFORMANCE IN THE TRI CITIES. WHILE JOHNSON CITY SAW AN INCREASE IN THE DOLLAR VALUE, SALES…

MORE JOBS ARE COMING TO LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA. BENJAMIN CASE HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO ADD 27 NEW JOBS TO THE AREA BY EXPANDING IT’S MANUFACTURING FACILITIES IN THE DUFFIELD REGIONAL…

HEALTH OFFICIALS BELIEVE THEY HAVE FOUND THE SOURCE FOR A HEPITITIS- OUTBREAK IN HAWKINS COUNTY. TRACES OF HEPITITIS-A WERE DISCOVERED IN WELL WATER ALONG SLATE HILL ROAD AND EAST OF…

GROUND HAS BEEN BROKEN IN LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA FOR THE NEW CROOKED ROAD TECHNOLOGY CENTER. STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS GATHERED YESTERDAY FOR A CEREMONY AT THE SITE IN DUFFIELD WHERE…

CARSON NEWMAN COLLEGE IS JOINING THE LINEUP OF EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS INVOLVED IN KINGSPORT’S CENTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. THE PARTNERSHIP WAS CONFIRMED MONDAY. THE COLLEGE HAS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS…

A NEW TRIAL DATE IS EXPECTED TO BE SET TODAY FOR A PINEY FLATS WOMAN ACCUSED IN A 2006 DOUBLE MURDER AT A KINGSPORT BUSINESS. 25 YEAR OLD OCTAVIA BROOKS…