Month: October 2008

Virginia’s September unemployment rate was 4.2 percent, up 1.2 percentage points from the same time a year ago, and the highest jobless rate for the month since 1996. The Virginia…

Sevier County’s chapel owners have got the wedding bell blues. Business has dropped 29.5 percent over the last seven years, and with the current state of the economy, a turnaround…

THREE PEOPLE ACCUSED OF RUNNING A TRAVELING PROSTITUTION BUSINESS IN JOHNSON CITY AND OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ARE BEHIND BARS. 18 YEAR OLD CHANNELLE GASKINS, 25 YEAR OLD SYLIVA…

THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ARRESTED A KINGSPORT MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A HOME INVASION THIS PAST WEEKEND AT A HOME IN SULLIVAN GARDENS THAT LEFT A MAN SHOT…

A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A KINGSPORT MAN IN THE DEATH OF HIS ESTRANGED WIFE LAST YEAR. JOSEPH ADKINS IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER, FELONY MURDER, AGGRAVATED…

AN ELIZABETHTON MAN ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING AND ROBBING ANOTHER MAN IS BEHIND BARS. 18 YEAR OLD DEREK BROWN IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED AGGRAVATED ROBBERY, AGGRAVATED BURGLARY, AND THREE COUNTS OF…

EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY OFFICIALS HAVE A REASON TO SMILE TODAY. THE KINGSPORT BASED FIRM HAS REPORTED AN INCREASE IN SALES AND NET EARNINGS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.…

A HIGH SPEED SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE HAS CLAIMED THE LIVES OF TWO LIMESTONE RESIDENTS. ACCORDING TO SHERIFF ED GRAYBEAL, THE DRIVER OF THE CAR 20 YEAR…

A THREE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN CARTER COUNTY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF AN OHIO MAN. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, JAMES GANO DIED AFTER TWO CARS STRUCK HIS MOTORCYCLE…

A NEW PRELIMINARY HEARING DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE TEENAGER ACCUSED OF BRIBING A 12 YEAR OLD TO HAVE SEX WITH HIM. 18 YEAR OLD MICHAEL…

WITH ONLY A FEW WEEKS LEFT IN THE UNITED WAY OF GREATER KINGSPORT’S COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN, THINGS ARE FALLING INTO PLACE. IN FACT, THE KINGSPORT CHAPTER HAS REACHED ALMOST 85 PERCENT…

A JOHNSON CITY WOMAN WHO PLED GUILTY EARLIER THIS YEAR TO SCAMMING HER GRANDMOTHER HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO SERVE TIME IN PRISON. 33 YEAR OLD CARLA DEVOTI PLED GUILTY IN…

ACCORDING TO THE WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY, THREE COEBURN TEENS MAY BE FACING ADULT CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH ALLEGED BEATINGS AT THE PINE CAMP AREA LAST MONTH. COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY…

A DICKENSON COUNTY VIRGINIA WOMAN HAS HAD HER MURDER TRIAL POSTPONED IN RUSSELL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT. DENISHA SWEENEY OF HAYSI IS CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN THE SHOOTING DEATH…

HERE’S A STORY THAT MIGHT CONFUSE YOU A LITTLE. A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A COUNTY MAN FOR STEALING A CAR THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN STOLEN. 31 YEAR…

SOME IMPORTANT FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS COMING TO A SMALL MEDICAL CLINIC IN TAZEWELL COUNTY VIRGINIA. 9TH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN RICK BOUCHER HAS ANNOUNCED A GRANT FROM THE HEALTH…

THE BARTER FOUNDATION AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAVE REACHED A SETTLEMENT CONCERNING DISABILITY ACCESS TO THE BARTER THEATER IN ABINGDON VIRGINIA. AN INVESTIGATION AND COMPLIANCE REVIEW WAS SPARKED…

A KINGSPORT BAIL BONDSMAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO OBTAIN SEXUAL FAVORS FROM AN UNDERCOVER OFFICER IS BEHIND BARS. 48 YEAR OLD JERRY PRATT IS CHARGED WITH INDECENT EXPOSURE. HE ALLEGEDLY…

A BODY FOUND IN AN ABANDONED HOME NEAR ABINGDON VIRGINIA ON OCTOBER 12TH BY SOME DEER HUNTERS HAS BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THAT OF A LOCAL WOMAN. DURING THE COURSE…

THE U.S COURT OF APPEALS IN CINCINNATI HAS UPHELD THE DRUG AND FIREARMS CONVICTION OF A FORMER LIMESTONE DAIRY FARMER. A THREE-JUDGE APPEALS COURT PANEL AFFIRMED THE 40 YEAR PRISON…

FOR THE SECOND TIME IN RECENT DAYS, TWO VIRGINIA MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION INTO NUMEROUS CATALYTIC CONVERT THEFTS IN THE TRI CITI CITIES. JOHNSON CITY AUTHORITIES 31…

AN EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL TEACHER HAS RESIGNED AMID ALLEGATIONS OF STUDENTS DRINKING ON A SCHOOL TRIP. CHRISTY LAWRENCE WAS A SPECIAL ED TEACHER AT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL. SHE WAS…