Month: June 2008

THE BRISTOL VIRGINIA CITY SCHOOL BOARD WILL MEET TODAY TO DISCUSS THE SEARCH FOR A NEW SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT, DOUG ARNOLD, NOTIFIED THE BOARD LAST MONTH THAT HE…

A LONGTIME VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SPOKESWOMAN HAS LOST HER BATTLE WITH CANCER. BRENDA WATERS DIED YESTERDAY AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER FOUR YEARS AGO AND IT SPREADING TO…

IT’S NOT EVERYDAY THAT YOU SEE THIS. AN ALLIGATOR WANDERING ON A ROADWAY IN SALTVILLE VIRGINIA. POLICE SAID JACOB FERLEY WAS DRIVING INTO TOWN ON HIGHWAY 107 WHEN HE RAN…

A KINGSPORT TAX PREPARER ACCUSED OF ASSISTING IN THE PREPARATION OF FALSE TAX RETURNS AND BANK FRAUD HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIMES IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. 48 YEAR…

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…

A NEW COURT DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR A TAZEWELL COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF GUNNING DOWN HIS NEIGHBOR. 71 YEAR OLD PAUL JARRETT IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER…

A SUPREME COURT RULING HAS DELAYED THE SENTENCING OF A PENNINGTON GAP VIRGINIA DENTIST CONVICTED OF PROVIDING SHODDY CARE AND DEFRAUDING THE STATE AND PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES. ROY SHELBURNE WAS…

A MAN ACCUSED OF ATTACKING A WOMAN AS SHE JOGGED IN UNICOI COUNTY HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. 21 YEAR OLD BRADLEY SNEED IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED AGGRAVATED…

A HAWKINS COUNTY WOMAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HER HUSBAND WHILE HE SLEPT IS BEING HELD BEHIND BARS. 37 YEAR OLD TRACY JOHNSON IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER. SHE’S…

EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY’S NEW STATE OF THE ART FORENSIC CENTER AND MORGUE HAS BEEN NAMED. ETSU NAMED THE CENTER AFTER FORMER CONGRESSMAN BILL JENKINS YESTERDAY. THE WILLIAM L. JENKINS…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE DENTIST HAS HAD HIS LICENSE PLACED ON PROBATION AFTER SEVERAL VIOLATIONS. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DR. VINCENT TILLER IS ACCUSED OF ADVERTISING ON HIS…

A MAN ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE AND THEIR FOUR YEAR OLD SON IN SOUTH CAROLINA IS BEHIND BARS IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. 45 YEAR OLD ROBERT WILLIAM CUSTER WAS…

TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND DRUGS AND CASH SEIZED IN KINGSPORT AS THE RESULT OF A MULTI-AGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT DRUG BUST AT A RESIDENCE. THE SULLVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE…

THE WORLD’S FASTEST HALF-MILE TRACK HAS BEEN NAMED ONE OF THE TOP TEN TRACKS TO WATCH AND RACE ON BY A STOCK CAR RACING MAGAZINE. THE LATEST DESIGNATION FOR BRISTOL…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN IS ACCUSED OF PULLING A KNIFE ON A JUVENILE DURING AN ALTERCATION AT BRISTOL MALL OVER THE WEEKEND. 33 YEAR OLD RONNIE WHOOTEN IS FREE ON…

A TRI CITIES JAIL HAS BEEN GIVEN A TIMETABLE OF 60 DAYS TO DEAL WITH ITS OVERCROWDING CONDITIONS, OR FACE BEING DE-CERTIFIED. LAST WEEK, A STATE JAIL INSPECTOR PAID AN…

A MAN ACCUSED OF VICIOUSLY ATTACKING A WOMAN AS SHE JOGGED IS BEING HELD IN THE UNICOI COUNTY JAIL. 21 YEAR OLD BRADLEY SNEED IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED AGGRAVATED RAPE…

SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COULD DECIDE TODAY IF THEY WILL CUT OFF FUNDING TO LOCAL AMERICAN LEGION PROGRAMS. IF THAT ACTION IS TAKEN, THE MONEY WOULD BE REDIRECTED TO PAY FOR…

WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM’S SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA CANCER CENTER WILL OPEN TODAY IN NORTON. THE 6.5 MILLION DOLLAR FACILITY IS LOCATED OFF U.S. ROUTE 58 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. ROUTE 23.…

KINGSPORT HAS RECEIVED A 1.5 MILLION DOLLAR FEDERAL GRANT FOR ITS CENTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. U.S. SENATORS BOB CORKER AND LAMAR ALEXANDER AND CONGRESSMAN DAVID DAVIS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN SECURING…

ALTHOUGH FOUL PLAY ISN’T SUSPECTED IN THE DEATH OF A JONESBOROUGH WOMAN OVER THE WEEKEND, JOHNSON CITY POLICE SAY THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE 25 YEAR OLD SARA CLEMENTS…

THE STRIKE AT A MARION VIRGINIA COMPANY HAS FINALLY BEEN RESOLVED. AN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED BETWEEN UNION LEADERS AND GENERAL DYNAMICS. THE UNION VOTED IN FAVOR OF APPROVING A…