Month: October 2008

THE WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE DISCOVERY OF A BODY FOUND IN AN ABANDONED HOUSE. ACCORDING TO SHERIFF FRED NEWMAN, THE BODY WAS DISCOVERED…

A HAWKINS COUNTY TEEN HAS ADMITTED TO SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A FIVE YEAR OLD GIRL. 19 YEAR OLD DANIEL ROBERT MCCLELLAN JR. PLED GUILTY TO ATTEMPTED RAPE OF A CHILD. A…

A GRAY TENNESSEE MAN CONVICTED IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF ANOTHER MAN IN SULLIVAN COUNTY HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS. 31 YEAR OLD BRYAN KEITH GOOD WAS…

A COCKE COUNTY MAN IS DEAD TODAY AFTER THE ULTRALITE AIRCRAFT HE WAS PILOTING CRASHED ON TAKEOFF IN GREENE COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND. AUTHORITIES HAVE IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM AS 46…

Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s campaign has ousted a prominent Southwest Virginia GOP figure after he wrote a racially offensive newspaper column mocking a potential Obama administration. A McCain spokeswoman…

A BLUFF CITY MAN IS BEHIND BARS IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY GOT INTO AN ALTERCATION WITH A WOMAN. A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE WARRANT WAS SERVED ON 29 YEAR…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN CONVICTED IN THE DEATH OF ANOTHER MAN AT A CITY MOTEL HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SERVE TIME BEHIND BARS. JASON AUSTIN WAS FOUND GUILTY OF SECOND…

A BLUFF CITY MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY GOT INTO AN ALTERCATION WITH A WOMAN NEAR BLUFF CITY. ACCORDING TO THE VICTIM, 29 YEAR OLD BRANDON JONES GOT…

THE CITY OF JOHNSON CITY HAS RECEIVED NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR ITS WATER AND SEWER SERVICE. THE CITY RECENTLY RECEIVED TWO PLATIMUM PEAK PERFORMANCE AWARDS FROM THE NATIIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CLEAN…

THREE MEN ACCUSED OF KILLING A KINGSPORT TEEN HAVE ENTERED NOT GUILTY PLEAS IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. 19 YEAR OLD ASHTON PHILIP, 19 YEAR OLD ALDEAN BOWMAN, AND 18…

JOHNSON CITY POLICE HAVE CHARGED A KINGSPORT MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A DEADLY CRASH EARLIER THIS WEEK. 31 YEAR OLD TRAVIS HENSLEY IS CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR HOMICIDE, FELONY RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT…

ELIZABETHTON CITY LEADERS HAVE SIGNED A DEAL TO GET THEIR WATER FROM THE WATAUGA RIVER AUTHORITY. THE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND IS WORTH ABOUT FIVE MILLION…

EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY BASED IN KINGSPORT IS HOPING TO BEAT WALL STREET EXPECTATIONS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF THE YEAR. THE COMPANY HAS ANNOUNCED EARNINGS PER SHARE ARE EXPECTED TO…

THE CASE OF A MAN ACCUSED OF VICIOUSLY ATTACKING A WOMAN AS SHE JOGGED IN UNICOI COUNTY HAS BEEN BOUND OVER TO A UNICOI COUNTY GRAND JURY. 21 YEAR OLD…

THE SUSPECT NAMED BY TRI CITIES POLICE AS A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE SEPTEMBER DEATH OF A BLUFF CITY MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY,…

A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN JOHNSON CITY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A CITY MAN. ACCORDING TO POLICE, 83 YEAR OLD J.C. ODOM DIED AS A RESULT OF INJURIES HE…

JUST THREE WEEKS INTO THE UNITED WAY OF GREATER KINGSPORT’S COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN, OFFICIALS REPORT THEY HAVE REACHED 67 PERCENT OF THE 3.45 MILLION DOLLAR GOAL. THE UNITED WAY GIVES HEALTH…

THREE MEN ACCUSED OF ROBBING AN ELDERLY JOHNSON CITY MAN WILL BE ARRAIGNED LATER TODAY. 48 YEAR OLD GARY CARR, 20 YEAR OLD GARY CARR JR., BOTH OF PINEY FLATS,…

THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND BLUFF CITY POLICE HAVE SCHEDULED AN AFTERNOON PRESS CONFERENCE TO RELEASE NEW INFORMATION ABOUT A RECENT HOMICIDE. AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN TRYING TO LOCATE ABREY…

A PRELIMINARY HEARING FOR A SULLIVAN COUNTY COUPLE ACCUSED IN A CRASH IN WHICH A TEN YEAR OLD WAS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN DRIVING HAS BEEN SET FOR LATER THIS…

THE SON OF KNOXVILLE DEMOCRATIC STATE LAWMAKER HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED AFTER BEING INDICTED BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY FOR INTENTIONALLY ACCESSING THE E-MAIL ACCOUNT OF ALASKA GOVERNOR SARAH PALIN. 20…

Knoxville police have identified the alleged gunman and victim in a shooting at a crowded shopping mall. Police say 29-year-old Ahmed Nahl (AH’-med NOLL’) died at Knoxville Center Mall yesterday.…