Month: June 2008

A CHILHOWIE VIRGINIA TEEN WHO WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY THE FORMER TOWN POLICE CHIEF AND ONE OF HIS OFFICERS, IS SEEKING OVER 30 MILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGES FROM TOWN OFFICIALS.…

FOUR PEOPLE ACCUSED OF HOLDING UP A JOHNSON CITY BANK EARLIER THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN INDICTED BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY. 28 YEAR OLD DANIEL ROUSE, 24 YEAR OLD TIMOTHY…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF LETTING HIS TODDLER WANTER AROUND IN THE STREET UNATTENDED WHILE HE SLEPT HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. JONATHAN BULLA PLED…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF ATTACKING A MOUNT CARMEL MAN WITH A KNIFE IS BEHIND BARS. 36 YEAR OLD ALLEN MCDAVID IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, UNLAWFUL…

A PROJECT TO EXTEND HIGHWAY 93 FROM THE SULLIVAN GARDENS AREA TO INTERSTATE 81 IN FALL BRANCH AND MAKE IT A FIVE-LANE HIGHWAY HAS THE BACKING OF NORTHEAST TENNESSEE STATE…

BRISTOL TENNESSEE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN THAT HELD UP A CITY PHARMACY. POLICE SAID A WHITE MALE ENTERED THE WALGREENS ON WEST STATE STREET LAST NIGHT AND DEMANDED…

THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE SALMONELLA BELIEVED TO HAVE COME FROM CERTAIN TOMATOES. 145 CASES OF SALMONELLA SAINTPAUL INFECTION HAVE BEEN REPORTED SINCE APRIL, INCLUDING…

TESTIMONY IS EXPECTED TO GET UNDERWAY THIS MORNING IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT IN THE TRIAL OF A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF MORE THAN 50 SEXUAL CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN. 67…

A FORMER VETERANS AFFAIRS NURSE WHO ADMITTED TO DIVERTING DRUGS HAS BEEN SENTENCED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. 30 YEAR OLD KAREN WHITAKER OF BIG STONE GAP VIRGINIA PLED…

LIGHTENING HAS DESTROYED AN ERWIN CHURCH THAT HAS STOOD FOR MORE THAN A HALF CENTURY. DURING SEVERE WEATHER YESTERDAY, LIGHTNING STRUCK THE STEEPLE OF THE CHURCH OF THE BRETHEREN ON…

A KINGSPORT CLOTHING STORE WILL SOON CLOSE ITS DOORS FOR GOOD. GOODY’S FAMILY CLOTHING INCORPORATED HAS FILED FOR CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION AND WILL SHUTDOWN 69 STORES INCLUDING IT’S KINGSPORT…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING ANOTHER MAN IS FREE ON BOND. 19 YEAR OLD MITCHELL CALL IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. POLICE SAID CALL ALLEGEDLY STABBED 20 YEAR…

A FORMER VETERANS AFFAIRS NURSE WHO ADMITTED TO DIVERTING DRUGS HAS BEEN SENTENCED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. 30 YEAR OLD KAREN WHITAKER OF BIG STONE GAP VIRGINIA PLED…

Records from East Tennessee State University highlight a shoddy accounting system that allowed administrators to overdraw by nearly $230,000 for concerts by Carrie Underwood and the GooGoo Dolls. The records,…

TWO MEN HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW IN CARTER COUNTY FOLLOWING A TRAFFIC STOP THAT LED TO DRUGS AND MONEY BEING SEIZED. 27 YEAR OLD…

KINGSPORT HAS HIRED A SPORTS CONSULTANT TO DECIDE IF EVERYTHING IS OK OR IF MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE. THE PRESIDENT OF SPORTS MARKETING MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING, DON SHUMACHER…

A JURY HAS AWARDED BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA A HALF-A-MILLION DOLLARS IN A CIVIL SUIT FOR MONEY IT SPENT IN FLOOD RELIEF WORK AFTER FEDERAL MONEY FOR THE PROJECT WAS USED…

AN 11 YEAR OLD BRISTOL VIRGINIA GIRL HAS HIT THE BIG TIME. AMBER DIXON WILL GET A CHANCE TO PERFORM HER TALENTS ON THE REALITY TELEVISION SHOW “THE NEXT CHILD…

CARTER COUNTY EMERGENCY CREWS WERE ABLE TO RESCUE A WOMAN FROM THE WATERS OF THE BLUE HOLE RECREATION AREA. THE UNNAMED WOMAN SLIPPED AT THE TOP OF THE WATERFALL AND…

AN INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING IN GREENE COUNTY IN THE APPARENT MURDER/SUICIDE OF A COUNTY COUPLE OVER THE WEEKEND. THE BODIES OF 45 YEAR OLD ROGER GOSNELL AND 41 YEAR OLD…

A CHURCH HILL MAN ACCUSED OF CHOKING A YOUNG BOY IS BEHIND BARS. 39 YEAR OLD BERTUS MINER IS CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE, DOMESTIC ASSAULT, AND PUBLIC INTOXICATION. HE’S ACCUSED…

A FUN TIME IN THE WATER HAS TURNED DEADLY FOR A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA TEEN. ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, 18 YEAR OLD JACOB BOWERS WAS SWIMMING IN THE NORTH…