INCORRECT BALLOTS IN SULLIVAN COUNTY (AP)
Election officials in one northeast Tennessee county say multiple voters have been given incorrect ballots and voted in the wrong state House race during early voting. Sullivan County Administrator of…
JOBLESS RATE UP IN COMMONWEALTH (AP)
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 WEDDING BUSINESS DOWN
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 CHARGED IN PROSTITUTION RING
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…
KIGNSPORT MAN CHARGED IN WEEKEND HOME INVASION SHOOTING
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…
KINGSPORT MAN INDICTED IN MURDER OF HIS WIFE
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…
TWO PEOPLE BEHIND BARS IN ROBBERY
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 REPORTS ON THIRD QUARTER
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.…