KNIFE ATTACK LEADS TO ARREST
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…
HIGHWAY 93 PROJECT HAS LOCAL SUPPORT
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…
BANDIT ROBS BRISTOL WALGREENS OF DRUGS
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…
WARNING SENT OUT FOR TOMATOES
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 SET TO START IN LYNCH TRIAL
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…
FORMER V.A. NURSE SENTENCED FOR STEALING DRUGS
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 STRIKES HISTORIC ERWIN CHURCH
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…
KINGSPORT GOODY’S STORE TO CLOSE DUE TO BANKRUPTCY
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…
JOHNSON CITY STABBING LEAVES ONE HURT
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…