VIOLATIONS ISSUED AGAINST MINING COMPANY
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 WOMEN ATTACKED BY DOGS
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 LET GO BY I.N.S.
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…
METH LAB FOUND IN HAWKINS COUNTY
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…
CARTER COUNTY STUDENT FOUND WITH KNIFE
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…
JOHNSON CITY ROBBERY ARREST
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…
JOHNSON CITY COMMISSION AMENDS ZONING
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…
GREENEVILLE MAN ACCUSED OF TENNCARE FRAUD
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…
EVACUEES HEADED BACK HOME
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…
BEARD HAS CHARGES REDUCED IN SHOOTING
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…