Month: November 2008

AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF A FIRE AT A HOME IN SULLIVAN COUNTY. FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO A DWELLING ON PLEASANT GROVE ROAD IN BLUFF CITY WEDNESDAY. THE GARAGE OF…

A CARTER COUNTY WOMAN ACCUSED OF LEAVING HER TWO CHILDREN UNATTENDED IS BEHIND BARS. 37 YEAR OLD DONNA RUNNION IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.…

A GREENEVILLE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ALLEGED RAPE OF A CHILD. GREENEVILLE POLICE HAVE CHARGED 19 YEAR OLD MICHAEL MCGHEE WITH RAPE OF A CHILD. A…

A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A KINGSPORT MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY STRUCK AND KILLED A TEEN MOTORCYCLIST WHILE FLEEING FROM POLICE. 25 YEAR OLD DANIEL MCGUIRE OF KINGSPORT IS…

A JOHNSON CITY WOMAN CLAIMED HER FORMER BOYFRIEND ENTERED HER HOME UNINVITED AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER. 42 YEAR OLD HARRY MEULLION IS CHARGED WITH ONE OF ATTEMPTED RAPE AND ONE…

JOHNSON CITY POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A BANDIT THAT HELDUP A CITY CONVENIENCE STORE EARLY THIS MORNING. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AROUND ONE O’CLOCK AT THE SUNOCO ON SOUTH ROAN STREET.…

ANOTHER TRI CITIES MANUFACTURING PLANT IS LAYING OFF SOME OF ITS WORKERS. MAPES PIANO STRING COMPANY ON WIRE MILL ROAD IN ELIZABETHTON IS NOT SAYING HOW MANY WORKERS WILL BE…

Officials of an animal shelter in Washington County Tennessee say they had to destroy 14 puppies and three adult dogs because of a disease scare. Director Debbie Dobbs told the…

TWO ELIZABETHTON MEN ACCUSED OF CONSPIRING TO REPORT A TRUCK STOLEN IN ORDER TO GET INSURANCE MONEY HAVE BEEN INDICTED BY A CARTER COUNTY GRAND JURY. 22 YEAR OLD DUSTIN…

THE CONDITION OF A SKATEBOARDER THAT WAS HIT BY A PICKUP TRUCK IN GREENEVILLE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL IS INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED LAST…

THE WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ANNOUNCED THE ROLL OUT OF A NEW SERVICE THAT WILL KEEP VICTIM’S OF CRIMES ALERT. VINE IS A NEW FREE NOTIFICATION PROGRAM THAT…

ANOTHER TRI CITIES MANUFACTURING PLANT IS LAYING OFF SOME OF ITS WORKERS. MAPES PIANO STRING COMPANY ON WIRE MILL ROAD IN ELIZABETHTON IS NOT SAYING HOW MANY WORKERS IT HAS…

THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL OF LEAN CUISINE DINNERS. NESTLE IS RECALLING 800-THOUSAND POUNDS OF FROZEN CHICKEN DINNERS. THE MEALS INCLUDE SOME PESTO CHICKEN WITH BOW TIE PASTA, CHICKEN MEDITERRANEAN…

THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL WILL BE OUT IN FULL FORCE THIS THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY PERIOD CONDUCTING MORE THAN 50 SOBRIETY AND DRIVER LICENSE CHECKPOINTS STATEWIDE. THANKS TO A GRANT PROVIDED THROUGH…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO STAB ANOTHER MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY. 20 YEAR OLD DONALD JOHNSON IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE…

A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH IN JOHNSON CITY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A JONESBOROUGH MAN. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, 22 YEAR OLD WILLIAM EALEY WAS TRAVELING EAST ON…

A TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCK DRIVER FROM MANCHESTER, TENNESSEE, WAS TAKEN TO A TRI CITIES HOSPITAL AFTER THE TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING RAN OFF INTERSTATE 81 NEAR COLONIAL HEIGHTS. THE ACCIDENT…

ROGERSVILLE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO MEN WHO ENTERED AN ELDERLY WOMAN’S HOME AND ROBBED HER AUTHORITIES SAID THE MEN KNOCKED ON THE DOOR OF 86 YEAR OLD KATHERIN JAYNES’…

IT WAS A TIME FOR SMILES, LAUGHS AND JUST PLAIN EXCITEMENT FOR SEVERAL FAMILIES WHO WELCOMED HOME SOLDIERS FROM THE 776TH MAINTENANCE COMPANY OUT OF ELIZABETHTON. THE NEARLY 40 TROOPS…

BRISTOL VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR A BANK ROBBER. POLICE SAY A WHITE MALE ENTERED NEW PEOPLES BANK AT 75 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND DEMANDED MONEY. THE…

THE OWNER OF A TRI CITIES MEXICAN RESTAURANT CHAIN IS FACING TAX EVASION CHARGES. 53 YEAR OLD GONZALO MORALEZ, PRESIDENT OF LA CARRETTA MEXICAN RESTAURANTS, HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A…

A NORTON VIRGINIA MAN WAS KILLED AND TWO OTHERS INJURED IN A HEAD ON CRASH IN FLORIDA. THE ACCIDENT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF 2O YEAR OLD JOEY CHRISTOPHER, AND INJURED…