Month: June 2008

KINGSPORT POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A BANDIT THAT HELDUP A LOCAL PHARMACY. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT WALGREENS ON WEST STONE DRIVE. A WHITE MALE ENTERED THE BUSINESS, WENT…

A HAWKINS COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF SHOCKING HIS SISTER SEVERAL TIMES WITH A STUN GUN IS BEHIND BARS. 47 YEAR OLD THOMAS PATRICK OF ROGERSVILLE IS CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,…

Health officials in northeast Tennessee have not yet determined the cause of an outbreak of hepatitis A. State Health Department official Judith Holden says her office has received thousands of…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF HIS PART IN THE KILLING OF ANOTHER MAN HAS PLED GUILTY TO A LESSER CHARGE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT. 25 YEAR OLD…

A LARGE CROWD OF PEOPLE GATHERED AT BRISTOL VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL TO HEAR DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BARACK OBAMA DURING A TOWN HALL MEETING. THIS WAS HIS FIRST STOP SINCE GETTING…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF ROBBING A HAWKINS COUNTY HOMEOWNER AT GUNPOINT HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY. 21 YEAR OLD JARVIS SHIVERS IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ROBBERY IN…

A RECENT SPRING WRITING ASSESSMENT OF EIGHTH GRADERS IN ROGERSVILLE HAS YIELDED HIGH SCORES. 52 OUT OF 77 STUDENTS TESTED FOR WRITING SKILLS HAVE BEEN RATED ON A STRONG OR…

A MAN ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO ABDUCT A KINGSPORT RESTAURANT EMPLOYEE HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO A HAWKINS COUNTY GRAND JURY. 41 YEAR OLD RONALD HUDSON IS CHARGED…

ONE OF THE TWO MEN ACCUSED OF KILLING A JOHNSON CITY MAN NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO WILL APPEAR IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT TODAY FOR A PLEA HEARING. T.J.…

THE CORRUPTION SCANDAL THAT WAS DUBBED “OPERATION BIG COON DOG” IS BACK IN THE NEWS. SIX YEARS AFTER A DISASTROUS FLOOD, BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA IS SEEKING TO RECOVER FROM ITS…

SUPPORTERS OF DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BARACK OBAMA WILL ATTEND A TOWN HALL MEETING AT BRISTOL VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL AROUND NOON TODAY. FORMER VIRGINIA GOVERNOR AND DEMOCRATIC SENATE HOPEFUL MARK WARNER…

AN ANNOUNCEMENT DATE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF MURDER. 33 YEAR OLD HARVEY BOWMAN IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATH OF WAYLAND MANIS.…

DOWNTOWN KINGSPORT WILL BE AN EXCITING PLACE TO BE ON THE FOURTH OF JULY. THE DOWNTOWN KINGSPORT ASSOCIATION HAS ANNOUNCED THE LINEUP OF ACTIVITIES FOR THIS YEAR’S CELEBRATION. DOWNTOWN KINGSPORT…

A GREENEVILLE MAN ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO RUN OVER A ROGERSVILLE POLICE OFFICER DURING A CHASE HAS HAD HIS TRIAL DATE CONTINUED FROM THIS WEEK UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR IN…

THERE ARE A LOT OF WEB SITES ON THE INTERNET THAT OFFER CONSUMERS HEALTH INFORMATION ON PRACTICALLY EVERY DISEASE AND CONDITION. BUT WE CAN’T ALWAYS BE SURE THAT THESE SITES…

DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL BARACK OBAMA WILL BE MAKING A STOP IN TRI CITIES. HE’S SCHEDULED TO HOST A TOWN HALL MEETING AT VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL IN BRISTOL AT 11:45 TOMORROW…

THERE WILL BE NO RECALL SEEKING TO OUST THREE MEMBERS OF THE BLUFF CITY BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMAN ON THE AUGUST BALLOT. MONDAY WAS THE DEADLINE FOR RECALL PROPONENTS…

ONE OF TWO MEN ACCUSED OF KILLING A JOHNSON CITY MAN NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT. LELAND NAPIER PLED GUILTY…

GREENEVILLE HAS A NEW MAYOR TODAY. 1ST WARD ALDERMAN LARAINE KING GARNERED ENOUGH VOTES TO BEAT OUT INCUMBENT MAYOR DARRELL BRYAN YESTERDAY IN THE MUNCIPAL ELECTION. KING WILL BECOME THE…

THE HAWKINS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR A BANDIT THAT HELDUP A BULLS GAP PHARMACY. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED YESTERDAY AROUND NOON AT CUNNINGHAM DRUGS ON HIGHWAY 11E. AN ARMED…

A FORMER CARTER COUNTY TEACHER’S AID ACCUSED OF SOLICITING A 15 YEAR OLD STUDENT HAS BEEN GIVEN DIVERSION. PATTY SINGLETON WAS CHARGED WITH SOLICITATION OF A MINOR. SHE RECEIVED TWO…

THE BRISTOL TENNESSEE CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A 95 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008-2009. THIS WILL MEAN AN 8 CENT PROPERTY TAX INCREASE FOR BRISTOL TENNESSEE RESIDENTS. THE…