Month: July 2008

KINGSPORT IS TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO CUT IT’S FUEL USE. CITY MANAGER JOHN CAMPBELL HAS REQUESTED A 5 PERCENT REDUCTION IN FUEL CONSUMPTION, WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY SAVE THE CITY…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ABUSING CHILDREN WILL BE ARRAIGNED TODAY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. 29 YEAR OLD TRAVIS GARLAND IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS…

ERWIN HAS A NEW POLICE CHIEF THIS MORNING. THE BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMAN CHOSE INVESTIGATOR REGAN TILSON LAST NIGHT. HE WILL TAKE OVER FOR JIM HICKS, WHO IS RETIRING…

A FEDERAL JURY HAS FOUND A TRI CITIES KENNEL OWNER GUILTY OF SEVEN OF TEN CHARGES AGAINST HER IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. GINA PRICE SOLD SICK PUPPIES IMPORTED…

A NEW YORK MAN INVOLVED IN A DOUBLE HOMICIDE IN KINGSPORT NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO IS SET TO BE SENTENCED ON TUESDAY IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. CLYDE GREEN IS…

A LOCAL MILITARY UNIT IS ENGAGED IN SOME ARDUOUS TRAINING. THE MARINES AND SAILORS OF LIMA COMPANY, BASED IN JOHNSON CITY, HAVE DEPARTED FROM THEIR RESERVE TRAINING CENTER AND JOINED…

WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS HAD ITS FIRST CONFIRMED CASE OF RABIES IN 2008. ACCORDING TO SHERIFF FRED NEWMAN, THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CONTACTED ANIMAL CONTROL PERSONNEL ON JULY 10TH…

A GREENE COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING A STORE CLERK AND THEN A POLICE OFFICER IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT TODAY. 66 YEAR OLD HUGH ARNOLD CLARK…

THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING INTO THE TRAFFIC DEATH OF A 17 YEAR OLD BOY OVER THE WEEKEND IN KINGSPORT. 25 YEAR OLD DANIEL ELI MCGUIRE IS CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR HOMICIDE,…

WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM HAS NAMED A NEW INTERIM CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER. MIKE SNOW, WHO’S NOT A CANDIDATE FOR THE PERMANENT POSITION, WILL TAKE OVER TODAY. HE SUCCEEDS WELLMONT PRESIDENT AND…

IF YOU’VE DRIVEN AROUND THE TRI CITIES LATELY YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW THIS, BUT KINGSPORT GAS STATIONS ARE GETTING MORE MONEY OUT OF YOUR WALLET. THE MODEL CITY HAS THE…

JOHNSON CITY LEADERS HAVE SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT TODAY AFTER RECENTLY RECEIVING SOME GOOD FINANCIAL NEWS. FITCH RATINGS ASSIGNED THE CITY AN INITIAL AA RATING WHICH HELPS IT REACH A…

Dominion’s coal-fired power plant under construction in Wise County Virginia will add to southwest Virginia’s air pollution. But Appalachian Power’s existing generating station in nearby Russell County will reduce some…

A CHUCKEY TENNESSEE MAN WHO WAS INJURED WHEN HE FELL FROM MARGUERITE FALLS IN GREENE COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND IS RECOVERING FROM HIS INJURIES. AUTHORITIES SAID 21 YEAR OLD JUSTIN…

WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING THE ROBBERY OF A MEADOWVIEW BANK JUST BEFORE NOON TODAY. THE ROBBERY OCCURRED AT THE BB & T BANK AT EXIT 24 OF INTERSTATE…

A police roundup of 63 people indicted on charges involving prescription drugs is under way in Wise County Virginia. So far, 32 people have been gathered up by loca and…

THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW COAL FIRED POWER PLANT IN WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS LEAD TO LOWER EMISSION STANDARDS AT A SIMILAR FACILITY IN RUSSELL COUNTY. APPALACHIAN POWER’S CLINCH RIVER…

A LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA DENTIST ACCUSED OF DEFRAUDING MEDICAID HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME IN A FEDERAL PRISON. U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE JAMES JONES SENTENCED ROY SHELBURNE TO TWO…

A SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA SCHOOL IS GETTING BIGGER. A 30-MILLION DOLLAR CONVOCATION CENTER IS IN THE FUTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA’S COLLEGE AT WISE. SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THE CENTER WILL…

A BULLS GAP TEEN ACCUSED IN A HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A MOTORCYCLE HAS HAD HER CASE BOUND OVER TO A HAWKINS COUNTY GRAND JURY. 19 YEAR OLD NENA…

A WOMAN AND FIVE MEN ACCUSED IN THE KILLING OF ANOTHER MAN HAVE HAD THEIR CASES BOUND OVER TO A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE GRAND JURY. 39 YEAR OLD BRENDA BOLTON…

PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, AND OTHER INTERESTED ELIZABETHTON CITIZENS HAVE ATTENDED A RALLY IN FAVOR OF A SALES TAX INCREASE IN ORDER TO UPGRADE FIVE CITY SCHOOL BUILDINGS. THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE…