TRIAL DATE SET FOR FORMER COACH
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…
LINEUP FOR 2008 FUNFEST UNVEILED
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…
KINGSPORT MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE
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…
ESCORT SERVICES BUSTED IN JOHNSON CITY
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”…
TRI CITIES RETAIL SALES PICTURE FOR FIRST QUARTER
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…
JOBS COMING TO DUFFIELD VIA LEE COUNTY
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 OFFICIAL BLAME WELLS ON HEPITITIS OUTBREAK
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…
TECHNOLOGY CENTER TO OPEN IN DUFFIELD
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 JOINS KINGSPORT ED CENTER
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…
BROOKS SET FOR COURT TODAY
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…
BRISTOL VIRGINIA SCHOOLS LOOK FOR A NEW SUPT.
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…
BRENDA WATERS DIES AFTER BATTLE WITH CANCER
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…
ALLIGATOR FOUND IN SALTVILLE
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…