NRC TO VISIT NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES IN ERWIN
THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WILL BE HOLDING MEETINGS NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS AND REVIEW NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES EFFORTS TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE. NRC STAFF MEMBERS WILL BE HOLDING THE…
GREENE COUNTY SCHOOLS GET FUNDING
THE GREENE COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS BEEN AWARDED JUST UNDER 500-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FEDERAL GRANT MONEY. THE MONEY WILL BE USED ALONG WITH MATCHING FUNDS FROM THE NISWONGER FOUNDATION AND…
DROUGHT RELIEF COULD BE COMING
DROUGHT RELIEF MAY BE COMING TO FARMERS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE. STATE REPRESENTATIVE DALE FORD, A JONESBORO REPUBLICAN, HAS MET WITH GOVERNOR BREDESEN ABOUT THE MATTER, AND SAYS FARMERS ARE…
MINING ACCIDENT IN WISE COUNTY
A MINING ACCIDENT IN WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS INJURED AN EMPLOYEE AFTER THE BULLDOZER HE WAS DRIVING FELL OFF A 25 FOOT WALL. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ABOUT 10:30 WEDNESDAY EVENING…
MANAGEMENT JOBS BEING TRIMMED
JOBS ARE BEING CUT AT ONE BRISTOL, TENNESSEE PLANT. BRISTOL COMPRESSORS HAS ANNOUNCED IT WILL BE CUTTING 15 UPPER MANAGEMENT JOBS IN AN EFFORT TO RESTRUCTURE. COMPANY OFFICIALS SAID THE…
WEBER CITY WOMAN INDICTED
A SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA WOMAN FACES A MAXIMUM OF 70 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER BEING INDICTED BY A WISE COUNTY GRAND JURY ON 14 DRUG CHARGES. 49 YEAR OLD GWEN…
INCREASED NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE REGISTERING TO VOTE
IF INCREASED REGISTRATION NUMBERS ARE ANY INDICATION, TRI CITIES AREA ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY YOUNG PEOPLE, PARTICULALY WOMEN UNDER 25, ARE COMING OUT IN DROVES TO BE ABLE TO VOTE IN…
WOMAN ACCUSED OF STEALING FROM EMPLOYER
A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA WOMAN ACCUSED OF STEALING MONEY FROM HER EMPLOYER IN ORDER TO BUY DIET PILLS IS BEHIND BARS. 40 YEAR OLD ANNETTE KILGORE IS CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT,…
MAN ACCUSED IN DEATH OF HIS DAUGHTER WAIVES PRELIMINARY HEARING
A MARION VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED IN THE DEATH OF HIS 11 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO A GRAND JURY. 26 YEAR OLD TRAVIS RAY HESTER…
HAMBLIN COUNTY DEPUTY ACCUSED OF LYING TO FBI
A FORMER HAMBLEN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY ACCUSED OF FORCING WOMEN TO TAKE INAPPOPRIATE ACTIONS TO GET OUT OF CITATIONS IS BEHIND BARS. ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, DEXTER…
FATHER CONVICTED OF RAPING HIS DAUGHTER
A jury in Tazewell Tennessee convicted a Claiborne County man of raping and torturing his teenage daughter with an animal shock collar. The Knoxville News Sentinel reported the verdicts were…
BRISTOL COMPRESSORS REVAMPING WORKFORCE
JOBS ARE BEING CUT AT ONE BRISTOL, TENNESSEE PLANT. BRISTOL COMPRESSORS HAS ANNOUNCED IT WILL BE CUTTING 15 UPPER MANAGEMENT JOBS IN AN EFFORT TO RESTRUCTURE. COMPANY OFFICIALS SAID THE…
OLD ROUTE RETURNS TO THE TRI
ALLEGIANT AIRLINES HAS REVERSED IT’S DECISION TO CUT DIRECT FLIGHTS FROM THE TRI-CITIES TO FT. LAUDERDALE FLORIDA. YOU MAY REMEMBER, THE AIRLINE CUT THIS SAME ROUTE BACK IN JULY, BUT…
TEENS PLEAD GUILTY TO SETTING FIRE
TWO GREENEVILLE TEENAGERS HAVE PLED GUILTY IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT TO SETTING A FIRE THAT CAUSED MASSIVE DAMAGE TO A DOWNTOWN HISTORIC WAREHOUSE. 18 YEAR OLD MATTHEW KEITH ROSE AND…
SEARCH ON FOR CARTER COUNTY MAN
THE CARTER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR A COUNTY MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A STABBING THIS MORNING. POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR 26 YEAR OLD TRAVIS RICHARDSON WHO IS ALLEGED…
LOCAL WOMEN FACING DRUG CHARGES
TWO WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE WOMEN ARE FACING NUMEROUS DRUG-RELATED CHARGES AFTER BEING INDICTED BACK IN JUNE. 55 YEAR OLD PATRICIA WOODS OF LIMESTONE IS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE TWO,…
RASH OF THEFTS IN BRISTOL VIRGINIA
BRISTOL VIRGINIA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A RASH OF THEFTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED AT A PARKING LOT IN THE 200 BLOCK OF BOB MORRISON BOULEVARD. THE PARKING LOT IS ADJACENT TO…
OWENS TRIAL CONTINUED IN FEDERAL COURT
THE TRIAL FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF SETTING A FIRE THAT DESTROYED AN HISTORIC LANDMARK IN WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS HAD HIS TRIAL IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN ABINGDON, CONTINUED.…
NEWPORT JUDGE STRIKES DEAL
A judge in Newport has struck a deal to get ethics charges against him dropped. In an order filed Tuesday, Cocke County General Sessions Court Judge John Bell agreed to…
MAN ACCUSED IN CARTER COUNTY SHOOTING HAS CASE BOUND OVER
A CARTER COUNTY MAN ACCUSED IN A FATAL SHOOTING THIS PAST SUMMER HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO A GRAND JURY. 21 YEAR OLD CASEY REED OF ELIZABETHTON IS…
JUDGE UPSET OVER WOMAN GIVEN SICK TIME
UNBELIEVABLE. THAT’S HOW JUDGE ROBERT CUPP REACTED WHEN HE DISCOVERED A WOMAN WHO PLED GUILTY TO STEALING NEARLY 300-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM HER EMPLOYER WAS PAID APPROXIMATELY 7-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR HER…
TENNESSEE WATCHDOG GROUP UPSET OVER RED LIGHT CAMERAS
A TENNESSEE WATCHDOG GROUP IS CALLING FOR THE REMOVAL OF RED LIGHT CAMERAS ACROSS THE STATE INCLUDING THE ONES IN KINGSPORT. A NEW REPORT BY THE TENNESSEE CENTER FOR POLICY…