Month: July 2008

A LITTLE BOY FROM JOHNSON COUNTY THAT WAS TAKEN BY HIS MOTHER AND HER BOYFRIEND HAS BEEN SAFELY FOUND IN GEORGIA. AN ENDAGNERED CHILD ALERT WAS ISSUED THURSDAY FOR JORDON…

THE IDENTITY OF THE MAN WHOSE BODY WAS DISCOVERED IN A KINGSPORT LAKE YESTERDAY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. ACCORDING TO THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, THE VICTIM IS 59 YEAR OLD…

A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE COUPLE HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH TENNCARE FRAUD AFTER OFFICIALS DISCOVERED THEY WEREN’T ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM DURING THE TIME THEY WERE ENROLLED. 45 YEAR OLD BRIAN…

A SENTENCING HEARING HAS BEEN SET IN SULLIVAN COUNTY JUVENILE COURT FOR TWO TEENAGERS WHO WERE FOUND GUILTY IN A DEADLY CRASH IN BRISTOL TENNESSEE THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING ANOTHER MAN WILL BE ARRAIGNED TODAY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. 56 YEAR OLD MELVIN MOORE IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.…

A GREENEVILLE PLANT WHOSE PARENT COMPANY HAS FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY WILL NOT BE FORCED TO LAY OFF ANY WORKERS. DELFASCO, A COMPANY THAT MANUFACTURES METAL FABRICATED PRODUCTS, FILED FOR CHAPTER…

FIRE CREWS ARE STILL ON THE SCENE THIS MORNING AT A WAREHOUSE IN DOWNTOWN GREENEVILLE TENNESSEE. A POLICE OFFICER NOTICED THE BLAZE IN THE REAR OF THE OLD BERNARD WAREHOUSE…

A SULLIVAN COUNTY COUPLE ACCUSED OF TRYING TO PASS OFF COCAINE AS BAKING SODA HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY. 21 YEAR OLD JEREMY PORTER AND 19 YEAR OLD…

IN LESS THAN A WEEK, A SECOND BODY HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN A KINGSPORT LAKE. FISHERMEN SPOTTED THE BODY OF A WHITE MAN FLOATING JUST NORTH OF THE BRIDGE AT…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN IS DEAD AFTER CRASHING HIS MOTORCYCLE INTO A GUARDRAIL. 48 YEAR OLD ERIC ALLEN FAIR DIED WHILE UNDERGOING SURGERY AT JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER. THE ACCIDENT…

A JONESBORO MAN IS FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES INCLUDING DRUG AND DRIVING OFFENSES. 42 YEAR OLD DOUGLAS RAY BARNETT WAS ARRESTED FOLLOWING A TRAFFIC STOP. AFTER POLICE PULLED BARNETT OVER, THEY…

A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE COUPLE HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH TENNCARE FRAUD AFTER OFFICIALS DISCOVERED THEY WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM DURING THE TIME THEY WERE ENROLLED. 45 YEAR OLD…

A JONESBOROUGH MAN ACCUSED IN THE TRAFFIC DEATH OF A JOHNSON CITY BUSINESSMAN HAS HAD HIS TRIAL DATE CONTINUED. DAVID WILCOX IS CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR HOMICIE IN THE DEATH OF…

A SULLIVAN NORTH HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AND ASSISTANT BAND DIRECTOR ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLING MONEY FROM THE BAND BOOSTER CLUB HAS HAD HIS TRIAL DATE CONTINUED. GREG WHITE WAS SUPPOSE TO…

TWO WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE SCHOOLS HAVE FAILED TO MEET ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS REQUIREMENTS. THE REQUIREMENTS ARE MANATED BY THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND GUIDELINES. BOONES CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL AND DAVID…

THIS PAST WEEKEND’S REMOTE AREA MEDICAL, OR RAM, HEALTH EXPEDITION IN WISE, VIRGINIA, WAS DEEMED A SUCCESS FOR THE MOST PART. ORGANIZERS SAY A RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE RECEIVED CARE,…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO RUN OVER ANOTHER MAN WITH A VEHICLE WILL BE ARRAIGNED TODAY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. 40 YEAR OLD KENNETH…

OFFICIALS AT A JOHNSON CITY CHURCH ARE SURPRISED TO HEAR THEY’RE LAWBREAKERS. THE HOUSE OF PRAYER, A SMALL NON-DENOMINATIONAL CHURCH ON MILLIGAN HIGHWAY FOUND OUT THEY HAVE HELD TOO MANY…

A PRELIMINARY HEARING FOR A WELL-KNOWN RAPPER AND HIS ENTOURAGE WHO WERE ARRESTED LAST YEAR ON MARIJUANA CHARGES HAS BEEN RESET IN KINGSPORT GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. BRYAN “BIRDMAN” WILLIAMS TOUR…

A FIRST IN THE TRI CITIES. JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER HAS UNVEILED A NEW DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM WHICH ALLOW ROBOTICALLY ASSISTED SURGERIES. JCMC IS THE FIRST FACILITY IN THE…

A BRISTOL VIRGINIA MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A CONFRONTATION WITH ANOTHER MAN AT FOOD CITY ON BROAD STREET IN ELIZABETHTON. THE DRIVER OF A JEEP CHEROKEE, 66…

THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS NEARLY FIVE PERCENT OF THE STATE’S BRIDGES ARE STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT. IN THE KINGSPORT AREA, HAMMOND BRIDGE ON FORT HENRY DRIVE, THE U.S. 19E BRIDGE…