Month: July 2008

AN ELIZABETHTON WOMAN HAS RUN AFOUL OF THE LAW AFTER AUTHORITIESY SAY SHE WAS INVOLVED IN AN INTRICATE MONEY LAUNDERING SCAM. IN JANUARY, AUTHORITIES BEGIN TO INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS BY TWO…

NEW COURT DATES HAVE BEEN SET FOR TWO DICKENSON COUNTY VIRGINIA BROTHERS ACCUSED OF KILLING ANOTHER MAN. 37 YEAR OLD JOHNNY PECK AND 38 YEAR OLD CARLOS PECK ARE CHARGED…

CARTER COUNTY WILL BE RECEIVING AN ENHANCEMENT GRANT FOR THE ROAN MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. THE 225-THOUSAND DOLLARS WILL BE USED TO CONSTRUCT A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER THE DOE RIVER…

PRELIMINARY AUTOPSY RESULTS ARE SHEDDING NEW LIGHT ON THE RECENT DEATH OF A CHURCH HILL INFANT. SIX MONTH OLD ZOEY HAWKINS WAS ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO HAVE DIED FROM SUDDEN INFANT…

THE MOTHER OF A TWO YEAR OLD KINGSPORT BOY WHO DIED AFTER CLIMBING INTO THE FAMILY CAR WHILE BOTH PARENTS SLEPT HAS ACCEPTED A PLEA DEAL. SHANNON GIBSON PLED GUILTY…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN ACCUSED OF CHILD ABUSE HAS BEEN CLEARED BY A SULLIVAN COUNTY JURY. 22 YEAR OLD MICHAEL EDWARDS HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE. HE’D BEEN ACCUSED…

AN ABINGDON, VIRGINIA MINING COMPANY HAS BEEN SOLD. OFFICIALS WITH CLEVELAND CLIFFS SAY THEY WILL PURCHASE ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES FOR NEARLY 10-BILLION DOLLARS IN CASH AND STOCK. THE MOVE IS…

SULLIVAN COUNTY AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE A STABBING INCIDENT AT AN OLD STORE BUILDING IN BLUFF CITY FOLLOWING SOME TYPE OF ALTERCATION. AUTHORITIES SAID IT HAPPENED AT THE CORNER OF…

A LOCAL WOMAN IS BEING CALLED A HERO AFTER SHE RESCUED A WOMAN FROM A BURNING HOME ON WEDNESDAY. Fire crews from Carters Valley and Stanley Valley volunteer fire department…

MOTORISTS IN JOHNSON CITY SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION THIS MORNING AT THEY COMMUTE BECAUSE TWO SCHOOLS IN THE CITY AT STARTING TODAY. WOODLAND AND SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS KICK OFF…

THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING ANOTHER PERSON AT AN OLD STORE BUILDING IN BRISTOL TENNESSEE. AUTHORITIES SAID IT HAPPENED AT THE CORNER…

SENTENCING FOR A NEW YORK MAN INVOLVED IN A DOUBLE HOMICIDE IN KINGSPORT NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO HAS BEEN DELAYED UNTIL NEXT YEAR. CLYDE GREEN WAS ONE OF SIX PEOPLE…

THE KINGSPORT BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN HAS APPROVED ON FIRST READING, THE ANNEXATION OF 360 ACRES IN THE ROCK SPRINGS COMMUNITY. THE APPROVED AREAS WILL GO FOR A SECOND…

A JOHNSON CITY RESTAURANT HAS ABRUPTLY CLOSED IT’S DOORS FOR GOOD LEAVING EMPLOYEES WITHOUT A JOB. CUSTOMERS WHO SHOWED UP AT THE LONE STAR STEAKHOUSE AND SALOON ON NORTH ROAN…

WITH WATER PROBLEMS HOPEFULLY BEHIND IT, THE TOWN OF GRUNDY VIRGINIA IS READY FOR A REBIRTH. A FLOOD WALL HAS BEEN COMPLETED, SO THE TOWN IS LEFT PROTECTED BY A…

CHARGES HAVE BEEN DROPPED AGAINST A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING HIS GIRLFRIEND AND DAUGHTER AND HOLDING THEM AGAINST THEIR WILL. 36 YEAR OLD KIRBY GILLIS HAD BEEN CHARGED…

TWO KINGSPORT BROTHERS ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING ANOTHER MAN AT A CITY NIGHT SPOT EARLIER THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN INDICTED BY A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY. 32 YEAR OLD DONNIE HUTCHINS…

WITH REGIONAL BLOOD LEVELS BELOW NORMAL IN THE TRI CITIES, LOCAL AMERICAN RED CROSS OFFICIALS ARE MAKING AN URGENT PLEA TO THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR HELP. GWEN HUNTER, JOHNSON CITY…

AN ERWIN MAN ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A YOUNG GIRL MULTIPLE TIMES IS BEHIND BARS. 26 YEAR OLD SCOTT HONEYCUTT IS CHARGED WITH 30 COUNTS OF CHILD RAPE. THE CHARGES…

Country singer Kathy Mattea says riding the Santa Train will be the highlight of her Christmas this year. The Cross Lanes, West Virginia, native says the trip will allow her…

A ROGERSVILLE MAIL CARRIER ACCUSED OF TRYING TO KILL HER HUSBAND HAS HAD HER PRELIMINARY HEARING DATE RESET. 37 YEAR OLD TRACY JOHNSON IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER…

A PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND IN MORRISTOWN HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A GREENE COUNTY MAN. POLICE SAID 48 YEAR OLD ROBERT MCCRAVEY WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE SUNDAY…