Day: June 20, 2008

BRISTOL VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED THREE SUSPECTS IN CONNECTION WITH STREET GANG-RELATED ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA. TWO RECENT INCIDENTS REPORTED TO POLICE INVOLVED A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS BELIEVED TO BE…

A former West Virginia man has been captured in Tazewell Virginia 18 years after failing to show up for sentencing in the sexual assault of a 5-year-old boy. Tazewell Police…

IT WAS A BEE MOVIE ALL OF ITS OWN. MORE THAN 10-THOUSAND BEES HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM DOWNTOWN KINGSPORT AFTER A PASSERBY DISCOVERED THEM ON A POWER POLE IN…

Tennessee’s unemployment numbers rose sharply to 6.4 percent in May, nearly a full percentage point above the national rate. Governor Bredesen says the unemployment figures underline the importance of the…

MORE JOBS ARE COMING TO SULLIVAN COUNTY. LECLERC FOODS IS MOVING IT’S U.S. HEADQUARTERS AND U.S. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INTO THE OLD CARTAMUNDI BUILDING IN THE NORTHEAST TENNESSEE BUSINESS PARK…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN WHO FELL FROM A RAILROAD TRUSSELL WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. POLICE SAID THE VICTIM, WHOSE NAME HASN’T BEEN RELEASED, WAS WALKING ALONG THE RAILROAD BRIDGE THAT CROSSES…

A KINGSPORT MAN WANTED IN FLORIDA FOR VIOLATING HIS PROBATION ON MURDER AND ROBBERY CHARGES IS BEHIND BARS IN THE SULLIVAN COUNTY JAIL. TIMOTHY COOKSTON IS CHARGED WITH EVADING ARREST.…

A Clinchco Virginia man who ran an identity theft scheme from prison will spend another seven years behind bars. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 32-year-old Dewayne Gilmore was sentenced yesterday…

BLUFF CITY HAS A NEW MAYOR IN PLACE. TODD MALONE IS THE THIRD PERSON TO HOLD THE POSITION IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS. FORMER MAYOR BOB THOMAS ACCUSED HIS FELLOW…