Month: August 2008

TWO TEENS ACCUSED OF SETTING FIRE TO A FORMER DOWNTOWN TOBACCO WAREHOUSE IN GREENEVILLE LAST MONTH ARE EXPECTED TO ENTER GUILTY PLEAS NEXT MONTH IN FEDERAL COURT. A HEARING IS…

KINGSPORT POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR ONE OF TWO MEN ACCUSED IN A SHOOTOUT AT A CITY HOUSING COMPLEX THAT LEFT A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL INJURED. 30 YEAR…

A MAN WANTED IN A KINGSPORT NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING LAST YEAR HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN WEST VIRGINIA. HUBERT SCRUGGS IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. HE’S ACCUSED OF SHOOTING DESHANNON BRADLEY…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING AND SEXUALLY ATTACKING A FEMALE EARLY THIS MORNING IS BEHIND BARS IN THE WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE DETENTION CENTER. 33 YEAR OLD JOHNATHAN HULSE…

Virginia wildlife officials are reminding Virginians that effective September 1, it will be illegal to feed deer. The statewide prohibition runs through the first Saturday in January. The regulation took…

A HAWKINS COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR ACCUSED OF STEALING SCHOOL PROPERTY HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY. 68 YEAR OLD RALPH HURD IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF…

A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE JURY HAS CONVICTED A JOHNSON CITY MAN ON A LESSER CHARGE INVOLVING THE MURDER OF ANOTHER MAN NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO. THE JURY FOUND JASON AUSTIN…

SOME GOOD NEWS FOR TENNESSEE TRAVELERS THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. HOLIDAY MOTORISTS WILL HAVE SMOOTH SAILING THROUGH THE STATE DURING THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY PERIOD. THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS…

TWO GREENEVILLE TEENS CHARGED WITH SETTING A FIRE THAT DESTROYED A FORMER DOWNTOWN TOBACCO WAREHOUSE IN JULY ARE EXPECTED TO ENTER GUILTY PLEAS NEXT MONTH. A HEARING IS SET FOR…

THE SULLIVAN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS TRIMMED ONE MILLION DOLLARS FROM IT’S INITIAL 91.4 MILLION DOLLAR 2008-2009 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET. THE BUDGET COMMITTEE HAS VOTED TO SET THE SCHOOL…

WITH THE BUSY LABOR DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND JUST AROUND THE CORNER, RED CROSS OFFICIALS WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THE NEED FOR BLOOD DONATIONS DOESN’T TAKE A HOLIDAY. GWEN…

TWO MEN WHO HAD OVER 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH IN THEIR VEHICLE ARE BELEIVED TO HAVE BEEN PLANNING TO BUY DRUGS BUT INSTEAD HAVE TAKEN UP RESIDENCY IN THE KINGSPORT…

A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE JURY WILL NOW DECIDE THE FATE OF A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING ANOTHER MAN OUTSIDE A JOHNSON CITY MOTEL NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO. 28 YEAR OLD…

A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF A TRI CITIES CABLE SATELLITE COMPANY HAS FOUND HIMSELF ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW. 35 YEAR OLD JON NEELY IS CHARGED WITH 24 COUNTS…

The Washington County Tennessee Sheriff’s office is asking for the public’s help in finding out who poisoned three dogs, two of them fatally. Authorities said the two were fed lunch…

A HILTONS VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED IN THE STABBING DEATH OF A SCOTT COUNTY WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED IN CIRCUIT COURT WITH A TRIAL DATE SET. JEFFREY DEPEW IS CHARGED WITH…

MORE PROBLEMS FOR THE TOWN OF DAMASCUS VIRGINIA. ANOTHER POLICE OFFICER IS CALLING IT QUITS. 23 YEAR OLD NATHAN MILLER HAS ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION. A FORMER CHIEF AND FORMER ACTING…

AN ALTERCATION BETWEEN TWO BRISTOL TENNESSEE MEN HAS LANDED ONE OF THEM IN JAIL. 47 YEAR OLD FRANK ALLEN ROYAL IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE ATTACK…

AN ALTERCATION BETWEEN TWO BRISTOL MEN AT A CITY RESIDENCE HAS LANDED ONE MAN IN JAIL ACCORDING TO BRISTOL POLICE, THE TWO HAD BEEN DRINKING BEER AT A HOME WHEN…

IT TOOK JUST 90 MINUTES FOR A SULLIVAN COUNTY JURY TO CONVICT A BRISTOL MAN ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE. 47 YEAR OLD DOUG YOUNG WAS CONVICTED ON…

Rain from the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay doused an East Tennessee wildfire near the North Carolina border. The Greeneville Sun reported that about 75 firefighters were sent home Tuesday…

A GREENEVILLE MAN HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SERVE NEARLY 30 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER BEING CONVICTED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES. 34 YEAR OLD BRIAN RUSSELL GRICE WAS ACCUSED OF RECEIVING…