Day: July 22, 2008

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

TRAGEDY IN THE MODEL CITY. KINGSPORT POLICE SAY A FOUR YEAR OLD BOY WAS KILLED AT LEE APARTMENTS ON DALE STREET. A WORKER FOR THE KINGSPORT HOUSING AUTHORITY WAS DRIVING…

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…