Month: September 2008

A FARM TRACTOR ACCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND IN GREENE COUNTY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A RHEATOWN MAN AND A TWO YEAR OLD BOY. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED SATURDAY NIGHT ON…

9TH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN RICK BOUCHER IS HAPPY TO SECURE FEDERAL GRANT MONEY TO BRING BROADBAND ACCESS IN SCOTT AND LEE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THE 1.7 MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL…

A BRISTOL DOCTOR WHO PLED GUILTY TO CHARGES FROM A NOVEMBER 2006 CRASH AND POLICE PURSUIT IS NOW APPEALING HIS PRISON SENTENCE. 55 YEAR OLD MATTHEW GANGWER PLED GUILTY TO…

BLUFF CITY POLICE ARE CALLING THE DEATH OF A 41 YEAR OLD MAN SUSPICIOUS. OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A CALL SUNDAY AT AN APARTMENT ON BLUFF CITY HIGHWAY AFTER THE VICTIM’S…

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will visit the southwest Virginia town of Lebanon tomorrow in his fourth campaign trip to the state since he clinched the nomination in June. Obama…

THE 776TH MAINTENANCE COMPANY WITH ARMORIES IN ELIZABETHTON AND MOUNTAIN CITY HAVE RECEIVED ORDERED TO MOBILIZE NEXT MONTH. THIS ISN’T A SURPRISE, BECAUSE THE COMPANY RECEIVED A WARNING ALERT IN…

THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY HAS ISSUED NOTICES OF VIOLATION IN ONE OF TWO RECENT FATAL MINING ACCIDENTS IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THE OSAKA MINING CORPORATION MINE NO.…

TWO JOHNSON CITY WOMEN ARE RECOVERING FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED WHEN THEY WERE ATTACKED BY TWO DOGS. ACCORDING TO POLICE, 50 YEAR OLD BARBARA LONDON HAD ENTERED AN OPEN GATE AND…

TWO HISPANIC MEN ARRESTED IN UNICOI COUNTY AND SET FOR DEPORTATION HAVE BEEN RELEASED. COUNTY JAILER RITA WILLIAMS SAID SUPERIORS OF TWO IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENORCEMENT EMPLOYEES ORDERED GREGORIA RODRIGUEZ…

A HAWKINS COUNTY MAN IS FACING ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY OPERATING A METH LAB IN HIS HOME. 38 YEAR OLD SHANNON COFFEE IS CHARGED WITH MANUFACTURING METH, PROMOTION OF METH…

CHARGES ARE PENDING AGAINST A CARTER COUNTY STUDENT AFTER HE BROUGHT AT KNIFE TO SCHOOL. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAID THE KNIFE WAS FOUND ON AN 8TH GRADER AT UNAKA ELEMENTARY…

A MAN ACCUSED OF ROBBING TWO JOHNSON CITY BUSINESSES IS BEHIND BARS. 28 YEAR OLD JOSHUA SUTHERLAND OF JONESBOROUGH IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS EACH OF ROBBERY AND THEFT UNDER…

THE JOHNSON CITY CITY COMMISSION HAS DECIDED TO AMEND ZONING REGULATIONS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT FACILITIES. THIS WILL MEAN DRUG COUNSELING WILL HAVE TO STAY AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS…

A GREENEVILLE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR TEENCARE FRAUD. 61 YEAR OLD TRACY WILLIAMS IS ALLEGED TO HAVE GONE TO A TENNCARE PROVIDER FOR MORPHINE AND LORTABS. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE…

NEARLY 400 HURRICANE GUSTAV EVACUEES ARE HEADED BACK HOME TO NEW ORLEANS. THE RED CROSS SAYS NINE BUSES LEFT THIS MORNING FROM THE KINGSPORT CIVIC AUDITORIUM. MOST OF THE EVACUEES…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL AND INJURING HER FATHER DURING A SHOOT OUT AT A KINGSPORT APARTMENT COMPLEX HAS HAD HIS CHARGES REDUCED AND…

A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN JOHNSON CITY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A CITY MAN. ACCORDING TO POLICE, 59 YEAR YEAR OLD LARRY GENE BUNTON WAS KILLED LAST EVENING AT…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED IN A SHOOTING AT A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT HAS BEEN ARRESTED. 20 YEAR OLD JEFFREY CHRISTOPHER SCALF IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER. HE’S…

THE SULLIVAN COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION HAS CERTIFIED RECALL PETITIONS TARGETED AT SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE BLUFF CITY BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMAN. A GROUP OF CONCERNED CITIZENS GATHERED SIGNATURES ON…

A NEW COURT DATE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING ANOTHER MAN IN THE PARKING LOT OF A CITY RESTAURANT. 29 YEAR OLD ANTHONY PARNELL…

MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA LOCAL 3871 WILL DECIDE ON A CONTRACT LATER THIS MONTH. CWA OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH EMBARQ LEADERS FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. THE THREE…

ALTHOUGH HE WAS A PROSECUTOR FOR 20 YEARS, A FORMER TRI CITIES DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN THE 1ST DISTRICT IS BACK IN THE AREA BUT THIS TIME ON THE DEFENSE SIDE…