WISE COUNTY HEALTH CLINIC HELD THIS WEEKEND
THE NINTH ANNUAL REMOTE AREA MEDICAL (RAM) HEALTH EXPEDITION AT THE WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA FAIRGROUNDS BEGINS TODAY. THE EVENT OFFERS FREE MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND EYE CARE SERVICES. LAST YEAR’S RAM…
TBI RELEASES HOMICIDE STATS
THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION CRIME STATISTICS UNIT HAS CONDUCTED ITS FIRST EVER HOMICIDE STUDY AS PART OF A GRANT AWARDED BY THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE. THE STUDY SHOWED THAT…
MAN BREAKS INTO JAIL
MOST PEOPLE TRY TO BREAK OUT OF JAIL BUT NOT THIS GUY. AUTHORITIES SAID 40 YEAR OLD MARK EVAN FERGUSON ALLEGEDLY CLIMBED ON THE ROOF OF THE GREENE COUNTY WORK…
RELEFORD PLEAD GUILTY AND WAS SENTENCED
A KINGSPORT MAN CONVICTED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING AN 11 YEAR OLD GIRL HAS BEEN SENTENCED IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. 40 YEAR OLD RANDALL RELEFORD HAS PLED GUILTY TO SEVEN…
FORMER FIREFIGHTER HAS TRIAL RESET
A FORMER COEBURN VIRGINIA VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER ACCUSED OF SETTING FIRE TO A SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA LANDMARK IN WISE COUNTY LAST YEAR HAS HAD HIS TRIAL DATE RESET IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT…
OHIO WOMAN HELD IN LEE COUNTY STABBING DEATH
AN OHIO WOMAN ACCUSED IN THE STABBING DEATH OF HER BOYFRIEND IN LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED. 25 YEAR OLD AMBER NASH IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN…
DAVIS HAS CASE BOUND OVER TO GRAND JURY
A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE MAN ACCUSED OF RAPING TWO YOUNG GIRLS HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO A GRAND JURY. 37 YEAR OLD ARTHUR DAVIS IS CHARGED WITH 20…
MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AT VEHICLE
AN ABINGDON VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AT A VEHICLE IN BRISTOL VIRGINIA IS BEHIND BARS. 24 YEAR OLD AUSTIN HUGGINS IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER, DISCHARGE OF A…
COCKE COUNTY JUDGE WANTS CHARGES DIMISSED
Cocke County General Sessions Judge John Bell has asked the Tennessee Court of the Judiciary to dismiss formal charges against him. Investigators have alleged that Bell sentenced defendants to probation…
HAWKINS COUNTY PLANT LAYS OFF 30
SEVERAL JOBS HAVE BEEN LOST AT A PLANT IN THE PHIPPS BEND INDUSTRIAL PARK IN HAWKINS COUNTY. COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE HAS LAID OFF 30 OF IT’S FULL-TIME WORKERS. THE REDUCTION IS…
CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST TWO MEN
CHARGES HAVE BEEN DROPPED AGAINST TWO UNICOI COUNTY MEN ACCUSED IN THE DRUG OVERDOSE DEATH OF A COUNTY WOMAN. 49 YEAR OLD RANDY MARTIN AND 50 YEAR OLD FRANKLIN NELSON…
PIZZA BANDIT STILL BEING SOUGHT
ROGERSVILLE POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR A MAN WHO HELD UP A CITY RESTAURANT OVER THE WEEKEND. AUTHORITIES SAID A MASKED GUNMAN SHOT THROUGH THE GLASS DOOR OF THE…
MODEL CITY DRUG BUST
THE KINGSPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT’S VICE AND NARCOTICS UNIT HAS ARRESTED A CITY MAN FOLLOWING A DRUG BUST EARLY THIS MORNING. OFFICERS ALONG WITH SWAT, EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT THE…
GENERAL SHALE REDUCES WORKFORCE
WITH DECLINING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, A TRI CITIES COMPANY IS REACTING WITH A TEMPORARY HALT TO PRODUCTION. GENERAL SHALE OFFICIALS SAID THEY HAVE SENT LAYOFF NOTICES TO WORKERS ABOUT THE MOVE.…
LAWSUIT FILED IN GREENE COUNTY
A SIX MILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED IN GREENE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT AGAINST A COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE LAWSUIT IS IN CONNECTION WITH A FATAL 2007 TRAFFIC ACCIDENT…
CARTER COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES GOING UP
LAND OWNERS IN CARTER COUNTY ARE GOING TO BE PAYING MORE IN PROPERTY TAXES SOON. THE CARTER COUNTY COMMISSION VOTED LAST NIGHT IN FAVOR OF A 12 CENT PROPERTY TAX…
ELIZABETHTON WOMAN ACCUSED IN CHECK SCAM
AN ELIZABETHTON WOMAN ACCUSED OF PARTICIPATING IN AN INTERNATIONAL INTERNET SCAM HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A CARTER COUNTY GRAND JURY. LAURIE OUCHAIB IS CHARGED WITH 29 COUNTS OF VIOLATION OF…
KINGSPORT MAN SET FOR ANNOUNCEMENT NEXT MONTH
A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF HIS ESTRANGED WIFE WILL BE BACK IN SULLIVAN COUNTY COURT NEXT MONTH. 49 YEAR OLD JOSEPH ADKINS IS CHARGED WITH FIRST…
TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT CLAIMS ONE
A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A COUNTY MAN. ACCORDING TO THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE, 45 YEAR OLD KEITH MCCLAIN WAS TRAVELING SOUTH…
NEW COURT DATE SET FOR LEWIS
A NEW COURT DATE HAS BEEN SLATED FOR A KINGSPORT MAN FACING CHARGES RELATED TO A SHOOTING AT A JOHNSON CITY RESTAURANT MORE THAN A YEAR AGO. DJUAN ANTHONY LEWIS…
COULD BULLS GAP GET A NEW POLICE DEPARTMENT?
ALTHOUGH A HAWKINS COUNTY TOWN HAS BEEN WITHOUT ITS OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR FIVE YEARS, LEADERS ARE CONSIDERING THE POSSIBILITY OF RE-ESTABLISHING ONE. THE BULLS GAP BOARD OF MAYOR AND…
MISSING SOLDIER FOUND ALIVE
A MISSING ROGERSVILLE SOLDIER HAS BEEN FOUND ALIVE IN EL PASO, TEXAS. 29 YEAR OLD JENEESA LEWIS FAILED TO SHOW UP FOR WORK ON FRIDAY MORNING WHICH PROMPTED A CALL…