BUCHANAN COUNTY STILL FIGHTING FOR MONEY
BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA IS IN A DOG FIGHT OF ITS OWN. THE COUNTY HAS SPENT SEVERAL YEARS WRESTLING A HALF-A-MILLION DOLLARS FROM VANSANT LUMBER COMPANY AND K.J. STEPHENS AND ASSOCIATES…
KINGSPORT WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY IN SHOOTING
A KINGSPORT WOMAN HAS ADMITTED TO HER PART IN A DOUBLE HOMICIDE AT A CITY BUSINESS. 25 YEAR OLD OCTAVIA BROOKS PLED GUILTY IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT LAST WEEK…
SEVERAL POUNDS OF DOPE FOUND IN KINGSPORT
THREE PEOPLE ARE FACING DRUG CHARGES AFTER A LARGE QUANTITY OF MARIJUANA WAS FOUND INSIDE A KINGSPORT APARTMENT. 31 YEAR OLD AMY CARRICO, 23 YEAR OLD MICHAEL NEFF, AND TERRY…
TEEN PLEADS GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
A BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA TEEN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS FATHER HAS PLED NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY. ADAM CHAPMAN WAS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE SHOOTING DEATH…
SKELETAL REMAINS FOUND IN SMYTH COUNTY
THE SMYTH COUNTY VIRGINIA SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE HUMAN REMAINS FOUND BY HIKERS OVER THE WEEKEND THAT ARE BELIEVED TO BE THOSE OF A MISSING MISSOURI MAN. A…
KINGSPORT WOMAN ACCUSED OF PUSHING AND DRAGGING YOUNG CHILD
A KINGSPORT WOMAN ACCUSED OF DRAGGING AND PUSHING A YOUNG CHILD ONTO A CONCRETE PORCH WILL BE IN COURT TOMORROW. RICCI COLEY IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF DOMESTIC ASSAULT…
MILLIGAN COLLEGE SEES INCREASINE IN ENROLLMENT
MILLIGAN COLLEGE HAS SET A STUDENT ENROLLEMENT RECORD. 1,026 STUDENTS REGISTERED FOR THE FALL SEMESTER WHICH BEGAN AUGUST 20TH. MILLIGAN PRESIDENT DON JEANES ATTRIBUTED THE GROWTH TO NEW ACADEMIC AND…
JOHNSON CITY ROBBERY INVESTIGATION
JOHNSON CITY POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A BANDIT THAT HELD UP A CITY YOGART SHOP. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT TCBY ON WEST MARKET STREET. AN EMPLOYEE SAID A…
TRIAL DATE SET FOR HAWKINS CO. MAN
A HAWKINS COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF RAPING A MENTALLY CHALLENGED WOMAN EARLIER THIS YEAR HAS A TRIAL DATE SET IN CRIMINAL COURT NEXT MONTH. 46 YEAR OLD KENNETH WHITE IS…
CWA – EMBARQ REACH ACCORD
A TENTATIVE CONTRACT AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA LOCAL 3871 IN BLUFF CITY AND EMBARQ. THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS REACHED OVER THE WEEKEND…
CRAZY CAJUN CATCHES ON FIRE
FIRE OFFICIALS ARE STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT STARTED A FIRE AT A POPULAR RESTAURANT LOCATED BETWEEN KINGSPORT AND JOHNSON CITY. THE CRAZY CAJUN, A NEW ORLEANS STYLE EATERY ON…
EVACUEES SPENDING A THIRD DAY IN KINGSPORT
EVACUEES FROM NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA ARE SPENDING THEIR THIRD DAY IN THE TRI CITIES AFTER FLEEING THE AREA BECAUSE OF HURRICANE GUSTAV. OVER 300 PEOPLE ARE TEMPORARILY CALLING THE TRI…
HULSE TO APPEAR IN COURT TODAY
A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING AND SEXUALLY ATTACKING A FEMALE LAST WEEK WILL APPEAR IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE GENERAL SESSIONS COURT THIS MORNING. 33 YEAR OLD JOHNATHAN HULSE…
EXTENSIVE AUTOPSY ORDERED IN CHILD’S DEATH
AN EXTENSIVE AUTOPSY IS BEING CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE HOW AN 11 MONTH OLD SMYTH COUNTY VIRGINIA GIRL WAS KILLED. 26 YEAR OLD TRAVIS HESTER IS CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER IN…
RESTAURANT CHAIN CO-FOUNDER DIES
Raymond L. Danner Sr., one of the founders of the restaurant chains Shoney’s and Captain D’s, has died. He was 83. The Danner Co., the firm he started after retiring…
CARTER COUNTY OFFICER UPDATE
A CARTER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY WHO WAS SHOT IN THE LINE OF DUTY OVER THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND IS SHOWING SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT. OFFICER STEPHANIE SIMPSON WAS SHOT IN THE…