FORMER LAWMAN ENTERS PLEA
A FORMER DAMASCUS VIRGINIA POLICE CHIEF HAS PLEAD NO CONTEST TO TWO DRUG-RELATED CHARGES IN WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA CIRCUIT COURT. TONY RICHARDSON ENTERED THE PLEA TO CHARGES THAT HE SOLD…
ETSU PRESIDENT STAYING PUT
EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT DR. PAUL STANTON, JR. HAS WITHDRAWN HIS RETIREMENT. THAT MEAN’S HE WILL BE STAYING ON AS THE SCHOOL’S PRESIDENT. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE BY TENNESSEE…
LOCAL MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON
A SULLIVAN COUNTY MAN HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SERVE TIME BEHIND BARS AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO FIRARMS RELATED CHARGES. 55 YEAR OLD DANIEL HENRY LANE, JR. WAS SENTENCED TO 15…
AREA JAIL FACING DECERTIFICATION
THE CLOCK IS TICKING IN GREENE COUNTY FOR SOMETHING TO BE DONE TO DEAL WITH OVERCROWDING AT ITS JAIL OR FACE DECERTIFICATION. THE STATE HAS IMPLEMENTED A DECEMBER 3RD DEADLINE…
MOTHER LEAVES CHILD BARRICADED (AP)
Johnson City police say a mother already on probation for attempted child neglect has been charged with leaving her 3-year-old barricaded in a bedroom while she went to a bar.…
TERRY TRIAL CONTINUED UNTIL NEXT YEAR
A WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A BIG STONE GAP MAN OVER 21 YEARS AGO HAS HAD HIS TRIAL CONTINUED UNTIL NEXT YEAR. JOHN TERRY IS CHARGED WITH…
SULLIVAN COUNTY SHOOTING UPDATE
THE INVESTIGATION INTO A SHOOTING IN SULLIVAN COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND IS CONTINUING. 42 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER MORRISON WAS FOUND OUTSIDE OF HIS HOME ON MILL CREEK ROAD EARLY SATURDAY…
SULLIVAN COUNTY DEPUTY CLEARED
AN INDEPENDENT PROSECUTOR’S INVESTIGATION HAS CLEARED A SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY OF ANY WRONGDOING IN THE FATAL SHOOTING OF A SUSPECT IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED DEPUTY…
FORMER SURGOINSVILLE MAYOR UNDER FIRE
A report by the office of the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury accuses longtime Surgoinsville official Hanes Cooper of misappropriating funds. He’s accused of taking more than 65-Thousand Dollars since…
ETHEL KENNEDY TO MAKE VISIT TO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
THE WIFE OF A FORMER U.S. SENATOR IS COMING TO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA THIS WEEK TO STUMP FOR DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL BARACK OBAMA. ETHEL KENNEDY, THE WIDOW OF ROBERT KENNEDY, IS…
BRISTOL MAN SENTENCED
A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN CONVICTED OF RAPING HIS FORMER WIFE LAST YEAR HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SERVE TIME IN PRISON. JUDGE ROB MONTGOMERY SENTENCED 48 YEAR OLD DOUG YOUNG TO…