SECOND QUARTER RETAIL SALES REPORT
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…
COCKE COUNTY JUDGE TO GO TO TRIAL
Cocke County General Sessions Judge John Bell faces trial Sept. 22 before the Tennessee Court of the Judiciary. The Newport Plain Talk reported Bell withdrew objections and agreed to answer…
PROTESTERS AT WISE POWER PLANT ARRESTED (AP)
FOURTEEN PROTESTERS WHO LOCKED THEMSELVES TO STEEL DRUMS AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE OF DOMINION VIRGINIA’S WISE COUNTY COAL FIRED POWER PLANT HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. CAPTAIN MIKE HOLBROOK OF THE WISE…
ARMED ROBBERY AT LINGERIE SHOP IN GREENEVILLE
TUSCULUM POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN ARMED ROBBERY AT A LINGERIE AND NOVELTY SHOP IN GREENE COUNTY. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT INTIMATE TREASURES ON EAST ANDREW JOHNSON HIGHWAY. STORE…
DRAG RACING ACCIDENT LEAVES ONE IN SERIOUS CONDITION
A DRAG RACING ACCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND IN KINGSPORT HAS LEFT A CITY MAN IN SERIOUS CONDITION. WITNESSES CLAIM 22 YEAR OLD JOSEPH CORNELL WAS DRAG RACING HIS FORD MUSTANG…
KINGSPORT UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY
THE UNITED WAY OF GREATER KINGSPORT HAS KICKED OFF ITS 2008 CAMPAIGN. THE EVENT WAS HELD YESTERDAY AT THE RENAISSANCE CENTER. THIS YEAR’S GOAL IS 3.45 MILLION WHICH IS THE…
TWO KINGSPORT MEN ACCUSED OF ATTACKING MAN
TWO KINGSPORT MEN ACCUSED OF BUSTING INTO A CITY MAN’S APARTMENT AND ASSAULTING HIM ARE BEHIND BARS. 26 YEAR OLD SAMUEL MURPHY AND 29 YEAR OLD JASON WILLIAMS ARE CHARGED…
TRI CITIES AIRPORT TO GET FEDERAL DOLLARS
THE TRI CITIES REGIONAL AIRPORT COMMISSION HAS APPROVED TWO SECURITY RELATED PROJECTS AND FEDERAL FUNDS WILL BE USED TO PAY FOR IT. THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION IS PROVIDING A FIVE…
KINGSPORT TEACHER IN TROUBLE
A FORMER MATH TEACHER AT A KINGSPORT HIGH SCHOOL IS UNDER INVESTIGATION AFTER ALLEGATIONS SURFACED THAT HE PROVIDED ALCOHOL TO MINORS. GREG WRIGHT RESIGNED FROM HIS JOB AT DOBYNS-BENNETT HIGH…
OHIO COMPANY WANTS TO THWART HEDGE FUND
AN OHIO COMPANY THAT IS TRYING TO AQUIRE AN ABINGDON VIRGINIA COAL MINING FIRM IS URGING ITS SHAREHOLDERS TO REJECT THE OVERTURES OF A HEDGE FUND INVESTOR. THE BRISTOL HERALD…
MAN ACCUSED OF INJURING OFFICER IN SOLICITATION INCIDENT
A KINGSPORT MAN FACES SEVERAL CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO SOLICIT AN UNDERCOVER POLICE OFFICER AND THEN DRAGGING THE OFFICER WITH HIM. 23 YEAR OLD BRIAN O’CONNER IS CHARGED WITH…
KING PHARMACEUTICALS UPS OFFER
A BRISTOL TENNESSEE BASED PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY IS UPPING ITS OFFER TO PURCHASE ALPHARMA INCORPORATED. OFFICIALS WITH KING PHARMACEUTICALS ARE PROPOSING TEN PERCENT MORE BRINGING THE OFFER TO THIRTY SEVEN DOLLARS…
BRISTOL VIRGINIA MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN DOUBLE MURDER
A BRISTOL VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE AND HER CO-WORKER HAS ADMITTED TO A LESSER CHARGE IN ORDER TO AVOID THE DEATH PENALTY. 37 YEAR OLD CARL…
SULLIVAN COUNTY EMS WORKER DISCIPLINED
A SULLIVAN COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OPERATIONS MANAGER HAS BEEN FORCED TO TAKE TIME OFF WITH VACATION PAY AFTER MAKING REMARKS AGAINST TENNESSEE GOVERNOR PHIL BREDESEN. MARK VANCE, WHO’S A…
HAWKINS COUNTY PROBATION OFFICER ON THE WRONG SIDE
A TENNESSEE PROBATION/PAROLE OFFICER IN HAWKINS COUNTY IS FINDING HERSELF ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW. ACCORDING TO THE KINGSPORT TIMES NEWS, 36 YEAR OLD JULIE TRENT IS CHARGED…
ROGERSVILLE PHARMACIST ACCUSED OF STEALING MEDS
A ROGERSVILLE WALGREENS PHARMACIST IS ACCUSED OF STEALING PRESCRIPTION PAINKILLERS. 49 YEAR OLD KIRK STEVE ETHRIDGE OF BULLS GAP IS CHARGED WITH MISDEMEANOR THEFT UNDER 500 DOLLARS FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING…
RICHLANDS DOCTOR CHARGED WITH RAPE
A RICHLANDS VIRGINIA DOCTOR ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT WILL APPEAR IN GENERAL DISTRICT COURT THIS MORNING FOR A HEARING. DR. ROY GOMEZ IS CHARGED WITH FORCIBLE RAPE. POLICE WERE AT…
PUCKETT HAS TRIAL CONTINUED
A BLOUNTVILLE MAN ACCUSED IN THE 2004 DEATH OF HIS GIRLFRIEND’S BABY HAS HAD HIS TRIAL RESET IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. 26 YEAR OLD NATHAN PUCKETT IS CHARGED WITH…
MEDICAL EXAMINER IDENTIFIES SKELETAL REMAINS
SMYTH COUNTY, VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES SAY A MEDICAL EXAMINER HAS IDENTIFIED THE SKELETAL REMAINS FOUND NEAR HUNGRY MOTHER STATE PARK OVER A WEEK AGO. SHERIFF DAVID BRADLEY SAID THE HUMAN REMAINS…
BRISTOL ATTORNEY HAS LICENSE SUSPENDED
The Supreme Court of Tennessee has temporarily suspended the license of Bristol, Tennessee lawyer Suzanne Shackelford Queen. According to a press release from the Board of Professional Responsibility, Queen must…
14 PEOPLE INDICTED ON DRUG CHARGES
TEN DRUG DEALERS ARE BEHIND BARS IN KINGSPORT AFTER A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY INDICTED THEM RECENTLY. THIS WAS THE RESULT OF AN EIGHT MONTH INVESTIGATION INTO ILLEGAL DRUG SALES…
POLICE SEARCHING FOR PERSON OF INTEREST
THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR A PERSON OF INTEREST CONCERNING A RECENT HOMICIDE IN BLUFF CITY. 40 YEAR OLD ARTHUR BURCHARD JR. WAS FOUND IN HIS APARTMENT…