Month: September 2008

THE SECOND QUARTER TRI CITIES RETAIL SALES REPORT SHOWS THAT KINGSPORT EXPERIENCED THE LARGEST JUMP IN RETAIL ACTIVITY AMONG THE THREE LARGEST CITIES. THAT ACCORDING TO DR. STEB HIPPLE WITH…

THINGS ARE BACK TO NORMAL AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE OF DOMINION’S WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT AFTER 14 PROTESTORS WHO LOCKED THEMSELVES TO STEEL DRUMS WERE ARRESTED. WISE COUNTY…

ONE OF TWO BROTHERS ACCUSED IN THE STABBING DEATH OF A BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A LESSER CHARGE IN CIRCUIT COURT. CARLOS PECK WAS CHARGED WITH…

TENESSEE’S DIVISION OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 500 COMPLAINTS ABOUT GASOLINE PRICE GOUGING AND THE PHONE CALLS AND E-MAILS ARE STILL COMING IN. STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND…

A MARINE CORP RESERVISTS CLAIMS HE WAS CARJACKED BY TWO MEN AND A WOMAN IN ELIZABETHTON. 19 YEAR OLD JOSHUA GANIOUS TOLD POLICE THAT ONE OF HIS ABDUCTORS HAD A…

AN OHIO WOMAN ACCUSED IN THE DEATH OF A PENNINGTON GAP VIRGINIA MAN HAS BEEN DENIED BOND. 25 YEAR OLD AMBER MARIE NASH IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN…

A KINGSPORT MAN WHO PLED GUILTY EARLIER IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE TO POSSESSING DRUGS HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS. 42 YEAR OLD ELLIOTT LOPEZ PLED…

TWO OF VIRGINIA’S TOP EVENTS FOR YOUNG WOMEN WILL BE RETURNING TO BRISTOL NEXT MONTH AFTER BEING GONE FOR TWO YEARS. THE 2009 MISS VIRGINIA TEEN USA AND MISS VIRGINIA…

THE AMERICAN RED CROSS HAS OPENED ITS NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER FOR DISASTER VICTIMS IN THE TRI CITIES. IN AN EFFORT TO ASSIST HURRICANE IKE VICTIMS, THE NATIONAL RED CROSS HAS…

THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION’S PROBE INTO MISSING MONEY IN THE UNICOI COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT CLERK’S OFFICE HAS FINALLY BEEN COMPLETED. THE FINDINGS FROM THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN TURNED OVER…

A JOHNSON CITY ATTORNEY HAS LOST HIS LAW LICENSE. SCOTT PRATT HAS BEEN DISBARRED BY ORDER OF THE TENNESSEE SUPREME COURT. THE DISBARMENT IS RETROACTIVE TO JANUARY 23RD, 2006. THE…

SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COULD DECIDE TODAY ON AN OVER 164 MILLION DOLLAR FISCAL 2008-2009 BUDGET. THE NEW BUDGET YEAR STARTED JULY 1ST, BUT COUNTY LEADERS DECIDED TO EXTEND IT. THIS…

A THREE YEAR OLD GREENE COUNTY TODDLER REMAINS IN SERIOUS CONDITION THIS MORNING IN THE PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT JOHNSON CITY MED CENTER AFTER BEING SHOT OVER THE WEEKEND.…

THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION HAS ISSUED A MISSING CHILD ALERT FOR A 15 YEAR OLD MT. CARMEL GIRL. BRITTANY ELIZABETH BAILEY IS DESCRIBED AS A WHITE FEMALE, FIVE SIX,…

TESTIMONY WILL RESUME THIS MORNING IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN. JOEY GOINS IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE BEATING…

ATTORNEY’S ON BOTH SIDES OF A SHAREHOLDER LAWSUIT AGAINST A BRISTOL BASED PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY ARE REPORTEDLY READY TO SETTLE THE ISSUE. A JURY TRIAL WAS SET FOR LATER THIS MONTH,…

Tennessee officials are vowing to investigate price-gouging by gasoline retailers in the wake of the Gulf Coast hurricanes as a major Tennessee-based chain of gas stations and travel centers denied…

A SULLIVAN COUNTY JUDGE APPARENTLY BELIEVES THREE COMPANIES HAD AN EQUAL HAND IN DAMAGES TO SURROUNDING HOMES DURING A 2006 BLAZE AT A BRISTOL TENNESSEE CASKET COMPANY. JUDGE BILL WATSON…

MORE JOBS ARE BEING LOST AT A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MANUFACTURING FACILITY. OFFICIALS WITH GORDON GARMENT HAVE DECLINED TO SAY HOW MANY JOBS WILL BE CUT BUT SAY THEY WILL REMAIN…

A Republican candidate from Hawkins County has been accused by a member of his party of having an extramarital affair with her. Republicans have expressed confidence that Church Hill attorney…

A KINGSPORT MAN WHO PLED GUILTY TO POSSESSING DRUGS HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO TIME BEHIND BARS IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. 42 YEAR OLD ELLIOTT ELLIS LOPEZ ADMITTED TO…

GREENE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL BE ASKED TO VOTE THIS EVENING ON SETTING THE COUNTY’S PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR THAT BEGAN JULY 1ST. THE BUDGET COMMITTEE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY…