INTERIM DAMASCUS POLICE CHIEF RESIGNS
DAMASCUS VIRGINIA WILL SOON BE WITHOUT YET ANOTHER POLICE CHIEF. ACTING CHIEF STEVEN MCVEY SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION TO THE TOWN COUNCIL YESTERDAY. HE WAS APPOINTED INTERIM CHIEF AFTER POLICE CHIEF…
FATHER ACCUSED OF KILLING DAUGHTER HAS HEARING SET
A PRELIMINARY HEARING HAS BEEN SET FOR A MARION VIRGINIA MAN WHO POLICE SAY CONFESSED UNDER QUESTIONING TO KILLING HIS 11-MONTH OLD DAUGHTER. TRAVIS RAY HESTER WAS ARRAIGNED IN SMYTH…
COUPLE ACCUSED OF STEALING CATALYTIC CONVERTERS
ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS IN OUR AREA IS PEOPLE WHO STEAL CATALYTIC CONVERTERS OFF VEHICLES AND RESALE THEM. MARCUS DOVER OF CHATTANOOGA AND KRYSTAL DAVIS OF JOHNSON CITY HAVE…
BRISTOL VIRGINIA MAN FALLS FROM CLIFF
A BRISTOL VIRGINIA MAN HAS SUFFERED INJURIES AFTER FALLING FROM A CLIFF. AUTHORITIES SAID GILBERT WRIGHT FELL 90 FEET FROM A CLIFF AT ABRAMS FALLS YESTERDAY. HE WAS FLOWN BY…
FORMER JAILER ORDERED TO APPEAR IN COURT NEXT MONTH
A FORMER WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE DETENTION OFFICER FACING NUMEROUS FELONY CHARGES WILL APPEAR IN COURT AGAIN NEXT MONTH. TIMOTHY CRAIN WAS TERMINATED AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH EIGHT FELONY COUNTS INVOLVING…
FORMER NURSING HOME OWNER SENTENCED
A FORMER WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE NURSING HOME OWNER CONVICTED OF DEFRAUDING MEDICAID OUT OF 1.4 MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN SENTENCED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. FEDERAL JUDGE RONNIE GREET…
FORMER JAILER HAS NEXT COURT DATE SET
A LONG-TIME TRI CITIES DETENTION OFFICER FACING NUMEROUS FELONY CHARGES WILL APPEAR IN COURT AGAIN NEXT MONTH. TIMOTHY CRAIN, A JAILER IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE, WAS TERMINATED AFTER BEING CHARGED…
VICTIMS FAMILIES LAUNCH PETITION
A PETITION DRIVE IS UNDERWAY BY THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS OF A REAR-END COLLISION IN JOHNSON CITY THAT CLAIMED THE LIVE OF A HOMECOMING QUEEN AND SEVERLY BURNED HER…
HILTONS MAN BACK IN COURT
A NEW COURT DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR A HILTONS, VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED IN THE STABBING DEATH OF A SCOTT COUNTY MAN. 47 YEAR OLD JEFFREY DEPEW IS CHARGED WITH…
UNICOI COUNTY JAIL STANDS TO BE DECERTIFIED
THE UNICOI COUNTY JAIL COULD BE FACING DECERTIFICATION DUE TO OVERCROWDING PROBLEMS. THE CURRENT JAIL AVERAGES 81 INMATES PER DAY, BUT IT’S ONLY CERTIFIED TO HOLD 62. THE STATE PLACED…
TWO TRI CITIES PEOPLE INJURED IN SEPARATE BOATING ACCIDENTS
THE TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES AGENCY IS INVESTIGATING TWO UNRELATED BOATING ACCIDENTS IN HAMBLEN COUNTY INVOLVING TRI CITIES RESIDENTS. A KINGSPORT MAN IS RECOVERING FROM INJURIES HE SUSTAINED ON CHEROKEE LAKE.…
TWO MEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH MOTEL ROBBERY
KINGSPORT POLICE HAVE ARRESTED TWO MEN IN CONNECTION WITH THE ROBBERY OF A CITY MOTEL LAST WEEK. 36 YEAR OLD ALLEN ROGERS, JR.OF KINGSPORT WAS ARRESTED IN KNOXVILLE DURING A…
NFS COULD GET A NEW OWNER SOON
AN ERWIN COMPANY WILL SOON HAVE A NEW OWNER. AN AFFILIATE OF BABCOCK AND WILCOX COMPANY HAS ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAS ENTERED INTO A DEFINITEVE AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE NUCLEAR FUEL…
KRECZMER TRIAL DELAYED
THE MURDER TRIAL FOR A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND HAS BEEN POSTPONED. JOHN KRECZMER IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE AUGUST 2006 STABBING DEATH…
ILLEGAL TIRE DUMP FOUND IN GREENE COUNTY
AN ILLEGAL TIRE DUMP HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN GREENE COUNTY. A PASSERBY FOUND THE DEBRIS IN LICK CREEK JUST BELOW A BRIDGE ON MARVIN ROAD NEAR ROUTE 60. HUGH WELLS,…
DAVIS HIRES ATTORNEY TO LOOK AT ELECTION
Tennessee Congressman David Davis, whose re-election bid was ended in a Republican primary loss, says he believes there may have been improper influence on the election. Johnson City Mayor Phil…
BEAR ATTACKS BOY IN GREAT SMOKEY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
Officials at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park say a black bear mauled an 8-year-old Florida boy and the boy’s father was injured while defending him. Park rangers later killed…
TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT CLAIMS ONE
A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA OVER THE WEEKEND HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A RAVIN MAN. ACCORDING TO THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE, 21 YEAR OLD JOSHUA AUSTIN…
MURDER CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST HOMELESS MAN
A MURDER CHARGE AGAINST ONE OF TWO JOHNSON CITY HOMELESS MEN ACCUSED OF KILLING ANOTHER HOMELESS MAN WITH AN AX HAS BEEN DIMISSED. AN ATTORNEY FOR 58 YEAR OLD TERRY…
MULLINS SEEKS WORK RELEASE
A MAN CONVICTED IN A DRAG RACING INCIDENT THAT LEFT A HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMING QUEEN DEAD AND HER FRIEND SEVERELY INJURED IS ASKING FOR WORK RELEASE. 20 YEAR OLD BRADLEY…
LAWSUIT FILED IN CONNECTION WITH INMATE’S DEATH
A 30 MILLION DOLLAR WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF A SULLIVAN COUNTY JAIL INMATE. THE FAMILY OF 61 YEAR OLD GARY ROBINSON FILED…
JUDGE EXPECTED TO ISSUE RULING ON LOGGING SOON
A FEDERAL COURT JUDGE IS EXPECTED TO RULE THIS WEEK ON THE ISSUE OF WHETHER CLEAR CUTTING OF TIMBER AT THE PROPOSED SITE OF A SURFACE MINE IN WISE COUNTY…