Month: October 2008

A SPECIAL DEPUTY FOR THE UNICOI COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS RESIGNED AFTER BEING CHARGED LAST WEEK WITH ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING A DOCTOR AFTER SHE CUT HIM OFF IN TRAFFIC. JACK CARPENTER…

A CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING AN ERWIN HEALTH CARE PATIENT HAS PLED GUILTY TO THE CRIME IN UNICOI COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. 20 YEAR OLD JORDAN FOSTER RECEIVED JUDICIAL…

NINE OF 11 PEOPLE CHARGED IN A PROTEST LAST MONTH AT A COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT IN WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAVE ENTERED GUILTY PLEAS. HOWEVER, THEY WILL SPEND NO TIME BEHIND…

A GREENEVILLE MAN ACCUSED IN A WEEKEND STABBING IS BEHIND BARS AWAITING HIS ARRAIGNMENT IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. 23 YEAR OLD RICKY LEE JONES IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT IN…

A COUPLE ARRESTED IN KNOXVILLE FOR ALLEGEDLY COMMITTING OVER A HUNDRED HOME INVASION, ROBBERIES AND BREAK-INS HAVE TIES TO THE TRI CITIES. LIGER GRADY AND MEGAN FREEMAN WERE ARRESTED FRIDAY…

A KINGSPORT SHOPPING COMPLEX WILL BE SHUTTING ITS DOORS BY THE END OF THE YEAR. OFFICIALS WITH CAROLINA POTTERY AT THE FACTORY STORES OF AMERICA MALL ANNOUNCED THE CLOSURE ON…

A LARGE SCALE DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION THAT WAS DISCOVERED DURING A TRAFFIC STOP IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE HAS FIVE PEOPLE WITH A TRIAL DATE SET IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN…

NINE OF 11 PEOPLE CHARGED IN A PROTEST LAST MONTH AT THE COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT IN WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAVE ENTERED GUILTY PLEAS. HOWEVER, THEY WILL SPEND NO TIME BEHIND…

A VIRGINIA MAN WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF A BLUFF CITY MAN HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION’S TOP TEN MOST WANTED FUGITIVES LIST. 31…

A FIELD OF MARIJUANA WORTH AN ESTIMATED FOUR MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN A FIELD IN SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA. JUST OVER 1400 PLANTS BETWEEN SIX INCHES AND SIX FEET…

NEW DETAILS ARE BEING RELEASED CONCERNING THE DISCOVERY OF A BODY FOUND EARLIER THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THERE’S A TATTOO WITH THE WORD ANGEL…

A MAN ACCUSED OF GUNNING DOWN HIS FATHER EARLIER THIS YEAR HAS PLED NOT GUILTY IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. 21 YEAR OLD ERIC JOHN LAMBERT WAS INDICTED LAST MONTH…

A recent report by a state research group shows most of the growth in Tennessee within the last 10 years remains concentrated among a small number of its counties. Specifically,…

AN ELIZABETHTON COMPANY WILL BE HANDING OUT PINK SLIPS TO SOME OF ITS EMPLOYEES. COMPANY OFFICIALS AT PRO-PLASTI HAVE CONFIRMED THEY’RE REDUCING THEIR WORKFORCE. THEIR PARENT COMPANY, MI WINDOWS AND…

A FAMOUS RAPPER FACING DRUG CHARGES IN KINGSPORT IS SET TO APPEAR IN COURT TODAY. RAPPER BRYAN BABY WILLIAMS, BEST KNOWN AS BIRDMAN, IS CHARGED WITH DRUG POSSESSION. THE CHARGE…

A HAWKINS COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF SHAKING HIS FOUR MONTH OLD BABY HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF THE CRIME AND ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS. 24 YEAR OLD RICHARD…

A MISTRIAL HAS BEEN DECLARED FOR AN ERWIN HEALTH CARE WORKER ACCUSED OF ABUSING AN ADULT PATIENT. 20 YEAR OLD ANDREW FOSTER WAS ARRESTED BY THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION…

A HEARING OFFICER WITH THE TENNESSEE BOARD OF PAROLES HAS DENIED EARLY RELEASE FOR A MAN CONVICTED OF VEHICULAR HOMICIDE IN A FIERY DRAG RACING CRASH IN JOHNSON CITY IN…

A VIRGINIA MAN WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF A BLUFF CITY MAN HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION’S TOP TEN MOST WANTED FUGITIVES LIST. 31…

NINE WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS AND A TENNESSEE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIER WHO DIED WITH HIS ERWIN UNIT WILL BE HONORED THIS WEEKEND. IN FACT, THE ARMORY IN ERWIN WILL…

GREENE COUNTY POLICE SAY A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT HAS CLAIMED THE LIVES OF TWO BROTHERS WHO ATTENDED WEST GREENE HIGH SCHOOL. THE ACCIDENT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF 16 YEAR OLD…

A JUDGE’S ORDER WILL KEEP A KINGSPORT DRUG SUSPECT BEHIND BARS FOR A WHILE LONGER. JIMMY SWAFFORD IS CHARGED WITH DRUG CONSPIRACY. THE CHARGES STEM FROM AN INVESTIGATION INTO A…