POLICE RELEASE COMPOSITE SKETCHES
JOHNSON CITY POLICE HAVE RELEASED COMPOSITE SKETCHES OF THE SUSPECTS THEY BELIEVE WAS INVOLVED IN THE HIT AND RUN INCIDENT INVOLVING A POLICE OFFICER THIS PAST WEEKEND. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED…
KINGSPORT LANDS ELECTRONICS STORE
KINGSPORT OFFICIALS SAY A MAJOR ELECTRONICS RETAIL STORE IS COMING TO THE MODEL CITY. OFFICIALS WITH BEST BUY HAVE FILED FOR A BUILDING PERMIT FOR AN ESTIMATED 2.4 MILLION DOLLAR…
STATE GRADS FALL BELOW AVERAGE (AP)
For the third year in a row, Tennessee students taking the American College Test averaged 20.7 of a perfect score of 36 – lower than the national 21.2 average. Results…
PETITION DRIVE UNDERWAY TO KEEP MAN BEHIND BARS
A PETITION DRIVE IS UNDERWAY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE BY THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS OF A FIERY CRASH IN JOHNSON CITY THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A HOMECOMING QUEEN…
TWO TEENS ACCUSED OF BURNING BUILDING GET EXTENSION
A 30 DAY EXTENSION HAS BEEN GRANTED IN THE CASE OF TWO TEENS ACCUSED OF BURNING THE HISTORIC BERNARD WAREHOUSE NUMBER TWO AND DAMAGING FEDERAL PROPERTY NEXT DOOR. U.S. MAGISTRATE…
SULLIVAN COUNTY BUDGET IN TROUBLE
THE STATE IS GIVING SULLIVAN COUNTY UNTIL THE FIRST OF OCTOBER TO SUBMIT AN APPROVED 2008-2009 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET OR STATE FUNDING WILL BE CUT. THE SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMISSION’S BUDGET…
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…