Month: September 2008

ABINGDON VIRGINIA POLICE HAVE ARRESTED SIX AREA PEOPLE IN CONNECTION WITH TWO BURGLARIES THAT NETTED OVER 5-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ELECTRONICS AND JEWELRY. THE BURGLARIES OCCURRED IN JULY OF THIS YEAR…

POWER BILLS FOR SOME TRI CITIES CUSTOMERS WILL BE GOING UP BEGINNING ON WEDNESDAY. BECAUSE OF TVA’S RECENTLY APPROVED RATE HIKE, CUSTOMERS OF BRISTOL VIRGINIA UTILITY CAN EXPECT TO SEE…

TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR VIRGINIA SENIOR CITIZENS LIVING ON FIXED INCOME TO FILE FOR AN ECONOMIC STIMULUS PAYMENT. OCTOBER 15TH IS THE DEADLINE FOR FILE A 2007 INCOME TAX…

UNITED WAY OF GREATER KINGSPORT OFFICIALS HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS TO REPORT. AFTER THE SECOND FULL WEEK OF THE COMMMUNITY CAMPAIGN, THE UNITED WAY IS HALF WAY TO MEETING ITS…

A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN KINGSPORT HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A SULLIVAN COUNTY MAN. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, 38 YEAR OLD LARRY ACORD WAS KILLED YESTERDAY MORNING…

Federal regulators have ordered coal producer Consol Energy to idle a Southwest Virginia mine. Pittsburgh-based Consol said the Mine Safety and Health Administration ordered it to stop production while new…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A FOUR YEAR OLD GIRL IS BEHIND BARS. 69 YEAR OLD LINDON HAMRICK JR IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED SEXUAL BATTERY. THE ARREST…

THE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER HAS BROKEN GROUND ON A 3.2 MILLION DOLLAR ADDITION. THE NEW 62-HUNDRED SQUARE FOOT ADDITION WILL ADD MUCH NEEDED CLASSROOM SPACE TO THE FACILITY…

THE TENNESSEE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION INCLUDING A NORTHEAST TENNESSEE LAWMAKER HAVE VOTED BY A MARGIN OF FIVE-TO-FOUR AGAINST A 700-BILLION DOLLAR EMERGENCY BAILOUT FOR THE NATION’S FINANCIAL SYSTEM. CONGRESSMAN DAVID DAVIS…

A WOMAN WHO WANTED IN UTAH FOR ABDUCTING HER EIGHT WEEK OLD BABY AND WHO WAS FOUND IN JOHNSON CITY WILL RETURNING TO UTAH. 27 YEAR OLD SHEILA CRUMP AND…

A TELFORD MAN ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO KILL HIS WIFE WON’T SERVE ANY TIME BEHIND BARS. 54 YEAR OLD ALLEN ROGERS ADMITTED TO AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF SHOVING…

BRISTOL VIRGINIA POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR A BANDIT THAT HELD UP A CITY CONVENIENCE STORE. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE QUICK STOP #37 BP STATION ON…

A NORTH CAROLINA WOMAN ACCUSED OF HOLDING UP A JOHNSON CITY BANK HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT. 20 YEAR OLD BRITTANY HILL PLED GUILTY…

THE SECRET SERVICE IS NOW INVOLVED IN A POSSIBLE HATE CRIME INCIDENT IN WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA IN WHICH A BARACK OBAMA SIGN WAS DEFACED. AUTHORITIES SAID THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE’S…

BRISTOL VIRGINIA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A HOME INVASION INCIDENT. A WOMAN TOLD AUTHORITIES SHE HAD GONE TO BED AND WAS AWAKENED BY THE SOUNDS OF HER FRONT DOOR BEING FORCED…

A TAZEWELL COUNTY VIRGINIA JURY HAS CONVICTED A FLORIDA MAN IN THE DEATH OF A CLINTWOOD MAN LAST YEAR. ANTHONY GIBSON WAS FOUND GUILTY OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE…

A MOTIONS HEARING HAS BEEN SET IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT IN THE CASE OF TWO JOHNSON CITY WOMEN ACCUSED IN A VEHICULAR HOMICIDE CASE IN WHICH THREE PEOPLE…

A NEW JERSEY BASED PHARMACEUTICAL RIVAL HAS REJECTED A TAKEOVER OFFER BY KING PHARMACEUTICALS OF BRISTOL TENNESSEE. THE CHAIRMAN OF ALPHARMA’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS PETER TOMBROS TOLD SHAREHOLDERS THEY SHOULD…

THERE WERE NO CHANGES IN CLASS SCHEDULES TODAY AT A TRI CITIES SCHOOL FOLLOWING AN EARLY MORNING FIRE. POLICE BELIEVE THE BLAZE AT DANIEL BOONE HIGH SCHOOL IN WASHINGTON COUNTY…

BRISTOL VIRGINIA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A HOME INVASION AT A RESIDENCE IN THE CITY. A FEMALE RESIDENT OF THE HOME ON BANDIT DRIVE TOLD AUTHORITIES SHE HAD GONE TO BED…

A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A COUNTY MAN. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, 38 YEAR OLD DAVID MEADE OF GRAY WAS…

THE SEARCH IS OVER FOR A CARTER COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING ANOTHER MAN EARLIER THIS WEEK. 26 YEAR OLD TRAVIS RICHARDSON IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND…