LOCAL MURDER TRIAL CONTINUES
DAY THREE IN THE SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT TRIAL IN THE JUNE 2002 MURDER OF 51 YEAR OLD TERRY RHYMER OF BRISTOL TENNESSEE IS SET TO BEGIN THIS MORNING. JOEY…
BOND SET FOR RICHLANDS DOCTOR
A ONE-MILLION BOND HAS BEEN SET FOR A RICHLANDS VIRGINIA DOCTOR ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. DR. ROY GOMEZ IS CHARGED WITH FORCIBLE RAPE. POLICE WERE AT HIS HOME ON LINWOOD…
SULLIVAN COUNTY BUDGET PASSED
SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS USED RESERVES TO HELP BALANCE AN OVER 164 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR THAT BEGAN JULY 1ST. THE SPENDING PLAN WAS BASED ON LAST YEAR’S…
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…
DOMINION PROTEST LEADS TO ARRESTS
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…
PECK CONVICTED ON LESSER CHARGES
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…
MARINE RESERVISTS CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN CARJACKED
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…
KINGSPORT MAN SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT
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…
RED CROSS OPENS RESPONSE CENTER IN MODEL CITY
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…
JOHNSON CITY ATTORNEY DISBARRED
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…
GREENE COUNTY TODDLER INJURED IN SHOOTING
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.…
GOINS TRIAL UNDERWAY IN SULLIVAN COUNTY
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…
GAS PRICE GOUGING UNDER INVESTIGATION
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…
BRISTOL TENNESSEE GARMENT PLANT TO LAYOFF
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…