GAS GOUGING IN TENNESSEE
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…
WOMAN ACCUSED IN STABBING DEATH GIVEN NO BOND
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…
TWO TOP BEAUTY PAGENTS COMING BACK TO BRISTOL
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…
UNICOI COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE TBI PROBE COMPLETED
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…
SULLIVAN COUNTY LEADERS EXPECTED TO APPROVE BUDGET
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…
MISSING MT. CARMEL GIRL ON TBI LIST
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,…
SHAREHOLDERS LAWSUIT COULD BE SETTELED AGAINST KING PHARMACEUTICALS
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,…
JUDGE RULES THREE COMPANIES RESPONSIBLE FOR FIRE
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…
HAWKINS COUNTY CANDIDATE UNDER FIRE
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…
MODEL CITY MAN GOING TO PRISON
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 TO VOTE ON TAX RATE
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…
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…