Month: August 2008

Tennessee Valley Authority customers could be facing their biggest electric rate increase in decades this fall. TVA CEO and President Tom Kilgore said that costs for coal and purchased power…

WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE RESIDENTS, YOU COULD END UP PAYING HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES. THE COUNTY BUDGET COMMITTEE VOTED YESTERDAY TO RECOMMEND A 10 CENT PROPERTY TAX HIKE. THE NEW MONEY RAISED…

A KINGSPORT NURSING HOME HAS BEEN ORDERED BY THE STATE TO REFUND MORE THAN 85-THOUSAND DOLLARS. ACCORDING TO AN AUDIT REPORT FROM THE TENNESSEE COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE, THE WEXFORD HOUSE REPORTED…

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…

THE OWNER OF A KINGSPORT GOLF STORE IS IN TROUBLE AFTER ALLEGEDLY STEALING OVER 45-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM A LOCAL INVESTOR. A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY INDICTED 56 YEAR OLD RICHARD…

THE DAMASCUS VIRGINIA TOWN COUNCIL TOOK NO ACTION TO HIRE A NEW POLICE CHIEF THIS WEEK. MAYOR CREED JONES SAID THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES FOR THE JOB HAS BEEN NARROWED…

A MARION VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED IN THE DEATH OF HIS 11 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER HAS A NEW COURT DATE SET IN SMYTH COUNTY JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURT FOR NEXT…

MOUNTAIN STATES HEALTH ALLIANCE OFFICIALS WILL DEDICATE THE GRAND OPENING OF THE NEW CHILDREN’S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE NEW CHILDREN’S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WILL BE…

About 2,000 state employees have applied for voluntary buyout packages under a plan to reduce Tennessee’s state work force by 5 percent. Buyouts were offered to about 12,000 state employees…

OFFICIALS IN GRUNDY, VIRGINIA SAY COAL MINING ACTIVITY IN THE REGION COULD PAVE THE WAY FOR THE COALFIELDS EXPRESSWAY. PIONEER AND ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES ARE BOTH MINING IN THE HAWK’S…

A ROGERSVILLE MAIL CARRIER ACCUSED OF TRYING TO KILL HER HUSBAND HAS HAD HER CASE BOUND OVER TO A HAWKINS COUNTY GRAND JURY. 37 YEAR OLD TRACY JOHNSON IS CHARGED…

TWO PEOPLE WANTED ON MURDER CHARGES OUT OF SOUTH CAROLINA HAVE WAIVED EXTRADITION IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE. JEFFREY AND BRENNA JENNINGS WERE ARRESTED IN JOHNSON CITY…

A MARION VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED IN THE DEATH OF HIS 11 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER WILL APPEAR IN SMYTH COUNTY JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURT THIS WEEK. 26 YEAR OLD TRAVIS…

A FEDERAL JUDGE IN ABINGDON VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION THAT WILL PUT LOGGING ON HOLD IN WISE COUNTY. TWO ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS HAVE ASKED FOR THE LOGGING ON THE…

A GREENE COUNTY MAN WANTED FOR QUESTIONING IN A WEEKEND SHOOTING THAT LEFT ONE PERSON SERIOUSLY INJURED IS NOW BEHIND BARS. 30 YEAR OLD DANIEL PETE DAVIS TURNED HIMSELF INTO…

A FALL BRANCH COUPLE ACCUSED OF BEATING AND ROBBING THEIR LANDLORD HAVE A TRIAL DATE SET IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT. JAMES THOMAS IS CHARGED WITH ESPECIALLY AGGRAVATED ROBBERY,…

BRISTOL VIRGINIA IS ONLY ONE OF 57 FINALISTS FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES 2008 MUNICIPAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS. THE NOMINATION IS A RESULT OF THE CITY’S GROUNDBREAKING BROADBAND TELECOMMUNICATIONS INITIATIVE.…

BOND HAS BEEN SET FOR ONE OF THE TWO GREENEVILLE TEENS ACCUSED OF SETTING A FIRE THAT DESTROYED A FORMER DOWNTOWN TOBACCO WAREHOUSE. 18 YEAR OLD MATTHEW ROSE AND 18…

A TRI CITIES WOMAN IS RECOVERING AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A BOAT WHILE SWIMMING ON BOONE LAKE OVER THE WEEKEND. 45 YEAR OLD JOYCE GENTRY IS LISTED IN SERIOUS BUT…

AN ELIZABETHTON MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER POLICE SAY HE STABBED HIS BROTHER AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX OVER THE WEEKEND. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT LYNN RIDGE APARTMENTS ON BLUEFIELD AVENUE…

East Tennessee State University is tightening its tobacco free policy. Beginning August 11th, the only place people will be able to legally light up on campus will be inside personal…

A SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE HAS RULED THE JUVENILE COURT HISTORY OF NEW YORK GIANTS RUNNING BACK AHMAD BRADSHAW WILL REMAIN SEALED FROM THE PUBLIC. THE 22 YEAR OLD…