JOHNSON CITY OFFICER STRUCK BY CAR
THE SEARCH IS CONTINUING FOR THE PERSON WHO STRUCK A JOHNSON CITY POLICE OFFICER WITH A VEHICLE OVER THE WEEKEND. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AT WEST STATE OF…
GREENEVILLE STABBING INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
GREENEVILLE POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR A SUSPECT IN A WEEKEND STABBING THAT LEFT ONE PERSON INJURED. IT TOOK PLACE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ON MAPLE AVENUE. 27 YEAR OLD…
ARREST WARRANT ISSUED IN KINGSPORT STABBING
KINGSPORT POLICE HAVE ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT FOR A CITY MAN ACCUSED IN A STABBING INCIDENT THAT LEFT ONE PERSON INJURED LAST MONTH. WITNESSES HAVE IDENTIFIED 44 YEAR OLD MICHAEL…
278TH COULD GO TO AFGHANISTAN
MEMBERS OF THE 278TH ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT COULD BE HEADED TO AFGHANISTAN RATHER THAN IRAQ. THAT ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDER OF THE TENNESSEE NATIONAL GUARD. COLONEL JEFF HOLMES SAID ALTHOUGH…
REVENUE IS DOWN FOR BRISTOL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY
SECOND QUARTER REVENUES WERE DOWN FOR A TRI CITIES DRUG MANUFACTURING COMPANY. OFFICIALS WITH BRISTOL TENNESSEE-BASED KING PHARMACEUTICALS SAY TOTAL REVENUES WERE 397 MILLION DOLLARS DURING THE SECOND QUARTER, COMPARED…
KINGSPORT POLICE FIND MARIJUANA PLANTS
KINGSPORT POLICE HAVE FOUND MARIJUANA PLANTS GROWING IN THE BACKYARD OF A CITY HOME. 30 YEAR OLD MATTHEW CASH ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED TO PLANTING THE SEEDS AND GROWING THE ILLEGAL WEED…
LEE COUNTY PRISON IN LOCKDOWN MODE
A FEDERAL PRISON IN LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA IS ON LOCKDOWN TODAY. LAST NIGHT, AN INCIDENT INVOLVING APPROXIMATELY 20 INMATES FORCED OFFICALS TO TAKE ACTION. PRISON SPOKESMAN TODD SLOOP SAID DETAILS…
FCC AGENTS WON’T BE CHARGED
TWO FEDERAL AGENTS ACCUSED OF POSING AS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN CHURCH HILL EARLIER THIS WEEK WILL NOT FACE CHARGES. THE TWO FEDERAL COMMUNICATION COMMISSION AGENTS HAD BEEN ASKED TO…
ELECTION UPDATE
Freshman U.S. Rep. David Davis has been defeated in the 1st District Republican primary by Johnson City Mayor Phil Roe. Roe, a retired physician, beat Davis by 500 votes to…
JUVENILE CHARGED IN THREATS
GREENEVILLE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A 14 YEAR OLD BOY IN CONNECTION WITH VERY SERIOUS AND VERY SPECIFIC INTERNET THREATS TOWARD GREENEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. ON JULY 21ST, THE GREENEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT…
KINGSPORT MAN CHARGED IN HOLDUP
BRISTOL TENNESSEE POLICE HAVE CHARGED A KINGSPORT MAN IN THE ROBBERY OF A CITY DRUGSTORE THAT OCCURRED BACK IN JUNE. 26 YEAR OLD JOSHUA ALLEN BLAIR IS ALLEGED TO HAVE…
MANHUNT IS ON FOR MOTEL ROBBER
KINGSPORT POLICE ARE CONTINUING SEARCH FOR A MAN WHO HELD UP A CITY MOTEL AND STABBED ITS OWNER. AUTHORITIES SAY THE WHITE MALE ENTERED THE WESTSIDE INN ON STONE DRIVE…
FORMER KPD OFFICER’S TRIAL DELAYED
TRIAL FOR A FORMER KINGSPORT POLICE OFFICER ACCUSED OF ASSAULT AND PUBLIC INTOXICATION IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL LATER THIS MONTH. 35 YEAR OLD JASON MCCLAIN OF…
TWO FCC WORKERS ACCUSED OF POSING AS POLICE OFFICERS
TWO FEDERAL AGENTS WHO POSED AS POLICE OFFICERS IN CHURCH HILL DURING AN UNDERCOVER OPERATION COULD FACE CHARGES. THE TWO MEN WITH THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WERE IN CHURCH HILL…
TVA CUSTOMERS TO PAY MORE IN THE FALL
Tennessee Valley Authority customers could be facing their biggest electric rate increase in decades this fall. TVA CEO and President Tom Kilgore said in a teleconference yesterday that costs for…
TRAIN/TRUCK ACCIDENT LEAVES ONE HURT
A TRAIN/TRUCK ACCIDENT IN HAWKINS COUNTY HAS LEFT ONE PERSON INJURED. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, THE VEHICLE WAS STRUCK ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE BY A TRAIN ALONG…
SEARCH IS ON FOR MOTEL ROBBER
KINGSPORT POLICE ARE CONTINUING SEARCH FOR A MAN WHO HELD UP A CITY MOTEL AND STABBED ITS OWNER. AUTHORITIES SAY THE WHITE MALE ENTERED THE WESTSIDE INN ON STONE DRIVE…
FORMER PROSECUTOR TO OPEN PRIVATE PRACTICE
A FORMER SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ASSISTANT COMMONWEALTH’S ATTORNEY SAYS LEAVING HIS JOB WAS PLANNED, AND NOT A MATTER OF BEING FORCED FROM HIS POSITION AS THE RESULT OF HIS PUBLIC CRITICISM…
KNOXVILLE CHURCH SHOOTER WAIVES HEARING
A man charged with unleashing terror on a Sunday morning church service in Knoxville has waived a preliminary hearing. Jim D. Adkisson is an out-of-work truck driver accused of opening…
MAN ON FBI LIST ARRESTED IN CARTER COUNTY
A MAN ARRESTED BY TRI CITIES POLICE EARLIER THIS WEEK FOLLOWING A TRAFFIC STOP IS ON THE FBI’S TERROR WATCH LIST. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, 27 YEAR OLD…
PRIMARY ELECTION BEING HELD TODAY
TENNESSEE VOTERS ARE GOING TO THE POLLS TODAY TO CAST BALLOTS IN THE AUGUST PRIMARY. THREE REPUBLICANS ARE SEEKING THE 1ST CONGRESSIONAL SEAT. THEY ARE INCUMBENT DAVID DAVIS, JOHNSON CITY…
KINGSPORT OKAY’S ANNEXATION PLANS
THE KINGSPORT BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMAN HAS VOTED TO ANNEX THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF ROCK SRPINGS. THIS TOTALS APPROXIMATELY 360 ACRES OF LAND INCLUDING PARTS OR ALL OF BLAKELY…