WOMAN ACCUSED IN DRUG OVERDOSE TO BE ARRAIGNED
A JONESBOROUGH TENNESSEE WOMAN ACCUSED OF OVERDOSING HERSELF AND HER INFANT SON HAS TURNED HERSELF INTO AUTHORITIES AND IS SET TO APPEAR IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT TODAY FOR ARRAIGNMENT. 29…
REPORT RELEASED ON DEATH OF COAL MINER
FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS HAVE RELEASED INFORMATION ON THE DEATH OF A BIG STONE GAP VIRGINIA COAL MINER THAT WAS KILLED EARLIER THIS YEAR. AUTHORITIES SAY AN ERROR IN BOLTING THE ROOF…
HAWKINS COUNTY DOCTOR PLEADS NOT GUILTY
A FORMER HAWKINS COUNTY DOCTOR ACCUSED OF DRUG AND FRAUD CHARGES HAS PLED NOT GUILTY TO THE CRIME. 47 YEAR OLD JOHN HANCOCK IS CHARGED WITH HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND…
GILLIAM HAS CASE BOUND OVER TO GRAND JURY
A MAN ACCUSED OF SETTING A HOUSE FIRE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE LAST MONTH HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO GRAND JURY. JOSHUA GILLIAM IS CHARGED WITH ARSON CONCERNING…
CARJACKING SUSPECT COULD RETURN THIS WEEK
A MAN SUSPECTED OF CARJACKING AN EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT EARLIER THIS MONTH COULD BE BACK IN THE TRI CITIES THIS WEEK TO FACE FEDERAL CHARGES. DAVID LEE FORNEY…
BRISTOL VIRGINIA MAN IN TROUBLE
A BRISTOL VIRGINIA MAN WHO POSED AS A PEST CONTROL EMPLOYEE IS IN TROUBLE AFTER ALLEGEDLY TAKING MONEY FROM A HOME. 37 YEAR OLD GEORGE PAGE IS CHARGED WITH THEFT…
GILLIAM CASE BOUND OVER
A MAN ACCUSED OF SETTING A HOUSE FIRE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE LAST MONTH HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO GRAND JURY. JOSHUA GILLIAM IS CHARGED WITH ARSON CONCERNING…
DENTIST HAS LICENSE SUSPENDED
A GATE CITY VIRGINIA DENTIST CONVICTED IN A BOATING ACCIDENT THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF ONE MAN AND INJURED ANOTHER HAS HAD HIS DENTAL LICENSE SUSPENDED. WRAY CHAFFIN WAS CONVICTED…
GREENE CO. MAN FACING CHARGES
A GREENE COUNTY MAN IS FACING CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HIS PICKUP TRUCK STRUCK A MOBILE HOME AND KNOCKED IT OFF ITS FOUNDATION. 29 YEAR OLD ABRAHAM JOSHUA JONES WAS…
TEEN COULD BE TRIED AS AN ADULT
A ROGERSVILLE TEEN WILL BE TRIED AS AN ADULT FOR A WRECK THAT HAPPENED WHEN HE WAS 16 YEARS OLD. HAWKINS COUNTY JUVENILE JUDGE JAMES TAYLOR RULED THAT JOSHUA JUNIOR…
NEW TRI CITIES MEDICAL SCHOOL
CITING THE NEED TO IMPROVE A CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF PHYSICIANS IN THE TRI CITIES AREA, KING COLLEGE ANNOUNCED PLANS YESTERDAY TO OPERATE ITS OWN MEDICAL SCHOOL TO BE OPENED BY…
A FIRST FOR ALLEGIANT AIRLINES
A FIRST FOR AN AIRLINE CARRIER WHICH OPEATES OUT OF TRI CITIES REGIONAL AIRPORT. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, ALLEGIANT AIR CELEBRATED ITS FIRST FLIGHT TO ST. PETERSBURG/CLEARWATER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. AIRPORT MARKETING DIRECTOR…
CARJACKER TO BE EXTRADICTED SOON
A MAN SUSPECTED OF CARJACKING AN EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT LAST WEEK COULD BE BACK IN THE TRI CITIES AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK TO FACE FEDERAL CHARGES. DAVID…
MISSING TEENAGER FOUND UNHARMED
A KINGSPORT GIRL REPORTED MISSING EARLIER THIS WEEK HAS BEEN FOUND UNHARMED. THE MOTHER OF 18 YEAR OLD SARA ELIZABETH CURRIE HAD REPORTED HER MISSING FROM THE SALVATION ARMY SHELTER…
UNICOI COURT COSTS GOING UP
The way Unicoi County officials see it, increases in the litigation fee the courts charge are sort of a user tax. Two increases this year have upped the cost of…
GREENEVILLE SKATEBOARDER INJURED
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…
NEW VICTIM NOTIFICATION SYSTEM ANNOUNCEMENT
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…
LEAN CUISINE RECALL POSTED
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…
KINGSPORT MAN INDICTED ON ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE
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…
ACCIDENT SENDS MAN TO HOSPITAL
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…
TROOPS FROM 776TH BACK HOME FOR A SHORT TIME
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…
LA CARRETA OWNER FACING CHARGES
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…