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…

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…

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 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…

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’…

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…

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…

ALTHOUGH THE CASE REMAINS OPEN, UNICOI COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY TONY CLARK SAYS NO ONE HAS BEEN INDICTED AS THE RESULT OF MORE THAN 22-THOUSAND DOLLARS MISSING FROM THE UNICOI COUNTY…

While they cannot divulge how they fared, a Greeneville family has just returned from the west coast where they appeared on an episode of America’s Funniest Home Videos. Chris and…

THE JOHNSON CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ARRESTED A KINGSPORT MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A CITY HOLDUP. 22 YEAR OLD TYRONE TAYLOR IS CHARGED WITH ROBBERY. THE ARREST COMES AFTER AN…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY HAS SIGNED A DEFINITIVE MERGER AGREEMENT. THE DEAL BETWEEN KING PHARMACEUTICALS AND ALPHARMA INCORPORATED WILL ALLOW KING TO ACQUIRE ALL OF THE OUSTANDING SHARES OF…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING ANOTHER MAN HAS A TRIAL DATE SET FOR NEXT YEAR IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT. MICHAEL COMBS IS CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE…

BRISTOL VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING A BANK HOLDUP IN THE TRI CITIES. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AROUND 1:30, POLICE SAY A WHITE MAN ENTERED NEW PEOPLES BANK AT 75 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE AND…

Highway construction crews will knock off at noon on Wednesday for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and won’t resume work until the early morning hours of Dec. 1. Tennessee Transportation Commissioner…