Month: July 2008

A DOG IS UNDER QUARANTINE AT THE JOHNSON CITY ANIMAL SHELTER AFTER BITING A NINE YEAR OLD LITTLE GIRL. THE GERMAN SHEPHERD MIX LEFT FOUR OR FIVE PUNCTURE WOUNDS ON…

SEVERAL DEFENDANTS WHO WERE ORDERED TO PAY RESTITUTION TO BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA IN ITS RICO CASE AGAINST MULTIPLE “BIG COON DOG” PARTICIPANTS HAVE FILED MOTIONS TO OVERTURN A JURY’S VERDICT.…

FIREWORKS ARE USUALLY A BIG PART OF ANY FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION, BUT YOU MAY NOT KNOW – POSSESSING THEM ARE ILLEGAL IN KINGSPORT AS WELL AS IN SULLIVAN COUNTY.…

POLICE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP IN PUTTING A KINGSPORT COUPLE ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING CHILDREN BEHIND BARS. FEDERAL MARSHALS AND THE KINGSPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE LOOKING FOR JOHN AND…

THE JOHNSON CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ARRESTED A CITY MAN ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING A SMALL CHILD. 27 YEAR OLD ANGELO RACANELLI IS CHARGED WITH FELONY CHILD ABUSE AND DRIVING ON…

KROGER HAS EXPANDED ITS GROUND BEEF RECALL TO 20 STATES INCLUDING VIRGINIA. THE OHIO-BASED GROCERY CHAIN SAYS VOLUNTARY RECALL OF THE MEAT IS NECESSARY BECAUSE THE MEAT MAY BE CONTAMINATED…

IT WILL LIKELY BE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR BEFORE A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A TEENAGE GEORGIA COUPLE, WILL GO TO TRIAL. HOWARD HAWK WILLIS IS CHARGED WITH…

THE TRIAL FOR TWO HAWKINS COUNTY MEN ACCUSED IN CONNECTION WITH A FATAL STABBING EARLIER THIS YEAR HAS BEEN CONTINUED UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR. LARRY DALE DYKES AND WILLIAM DERRICK…

A NEW RECALL EFFORT IN BLUFF CITY IS ONCE AGAIN TARGETING THE CURRENT MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND TWO ALDERMEN. YESTERDAY, FORMER BMA MEMBER LON GENE LEONARD SUBMITTED BLANK RECALL PETITIONS…

THE JOHNSON CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ARRESTED A CITY MAN ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING A SMALL CHILD. 27 YEAR OLD ANGELO RACANELLI IS CHARGED WITH FELONY CHILD ABUSE AND DRIVING ON…

A KINGSPORT MAN FACING FEDERAL CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES IS SET TO APPEAR IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE LATER TODAY FOR A DETENTION HEARING. THE FBI AND THE WASHINGTON COUNTY…

GREENE COUNTY AUTHORITIES HAVE CONFIRMED THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A KINGSPORT HIGHWAY MAN WHO HAD HELD POLICE AT BAY FOR 13 HOURS BEGINNING ON TUESDAY EVENING. THE MAN, WHOSE IDENTIFY…

GREENE COUNTY AUTHORITIES HAVE CONFIRMED THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A KINGSPORT HIGHWAY MAN WHO HAD HELD POLICE AT BAY SINCE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE MAN WHOSE IDENTIFY HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED…

THE FEDERAL TRIAL FOR A BLOUNTVILLE WOMAN ACCUSED OF OPERATING A PUPPY SELLING BUSINESS OVER THE INTERNET IS EXPECTED TO LAST INTO NEXT WEEK. THE OWNER OF REBEL RIDGE KENNELS,…

ST. PAUL VIRGINIA IS WITHOUT A POLICE CHIEF YET AGAIN. THE TOWN COUNCIL FIRED ACTING CHEIF SCOTT BROOKS YESTERDAY. HE SURVIVED ONLY A YEAR SINCE THE PREVIOUS CHIEF WAS FIRED.…

A SCAM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED IN TAZEWELL COUNTY VIRIGINIA. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND THE RICHLANDS POLICE DEPARTMENT ISSUED THE WARNING AFTER RECEIVING SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT PEOPLE IMPERSONATING MEMBERS OF…

BRISTOL VIRGINIA SCHOOL LEADERS HAVE NAMED AN INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. INA DANKO, FORMER PRINCIPAL OF VIRGINIA HIGH, WAS CHOSEN YESTERDAY. SHE’S FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF DOUG ARNOLD, WHO…

BRISTOL TENNESSEE HAS A NEW MAYOR. VICE MAYOR JOEL STATON WAS GIVEN A THUMBS UP FROM HIS PEERS TO FILL THE MAYORS SEAT. THE CITY COUNCIL MADE THE DECISION LAST…

THE KINGSPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD IS TRYING TO ASSIST A COMPANY INTERESTED IN REDEVELOPING PART OF THE CITY-OWNED QUEBECOR WORLD PROPERTY. A REQUEST DUBBED, PROJECT FRIDAY, WAS FILED YESTERDAY ASKING…

KINGSPORT POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE PERSON OR PERSONS WHO BROKE INTO A CITY CAR DEALERSHIP AND STOLE 15 CATALYTIC CONVERTERS ON A SALES LOT. OVER THE WEEKEND, THE THIEVES…

BLUFF CITY POLICE HAVE MADE A SECOND ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH A RECENT RASH OF CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS INCLUDING SOME FROM SEIZED VEHICLES LOCATED IN A CITY LOT. OVER 31…

IN A SURPRISE TURN OF EVENTS, A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS VACATED ALL SEVEN JURY CONVICTIONS OF A PENNINGTON GAP, VIRGINIA DENTIST FOR MONEY LAUNDERING. JAMES JONES, CHIEF JUDGE FOR THE…