ELIZABETHTON HAS A NEW MAYOR
ELIZABETHTON HAS A NEW MAYOR. CURT ALEXANDER HAS BEEN SELECTED TO GOVERN THE CITY. ALEXANDER WAS THE ONLY PERSON NOMINATED FOR THE SEAT. SEVEN PEOPLE SERVE ON THE CITY COUNCIL.…
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ELIZABETHTON HAS A NEW MAYOR. CURT ALEXANDER HAS BEEN SELECTED TO GOVERN THE CITY. ALEXANDER WAS THE ONLY PERSON NOMINATED FOR THE SEAT. SEVEN PEOPLE SERVE ON THE CITY COUNCIL.…
TWO INMATES AT A FEDERAL PRISON IN LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAVE BEEN GIVEN ADDITIONAL PRISON TIME FOR ASSAULTING ANOTHER FEDERAL INMATE. 30 YEAR OLD RONNIE VAUGHN AND 31 YEAR OLD…
OFFICIALS AT A SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA BUSINESS THAT CAUGHT FIRE THIS WEEK PLAN TO REOPEN THIS MORNING. THE BLAZE HAPPENED YESTERDAY MORNING AT A STORAGE FACILITY AT DYNO NOBLE IN…
A ROGERSVILLE MAN ACCUSED OF RUNNING OVER A WOMAN’S HEAD WITH HIS PICKUP TRUCK IS BEHIND BARS. 46 YEAR OLD GERGORY LEAKE IS CHARGED WITH LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN…
POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF ROBBING A KINGSPORT CREDIT UNION. POLICE SAID A MAN ROBBED THE APPALACHIAN CREDIT UNION ON OCTOBER 31ST. THEY HAVE ADDED…
SEVERAL TRI CITIES FAMILIES ARE RECEIVING THE BEST HOLIDAY GIFT EVER. 100 MEMBERS OF THE 776TH MAINTENANCE COMPANY WILL COME HOME BEFORE BEING SENT TO IRAQ. 50 GUARDSMEN WILL RETURN…
THE KINGSPORT BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMAN HAS APPROVED A PLAN TO ISSUE JUST OVER 34 MILLION DOLLARS IN BONDS FOR A SERIES OF PROJECTS. THE BMA AUTHORIZED THE BOND…
WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO MASKED MEN WHO ALLEGEDLY ROBBED A JONESBORO MAN AFTER FORCING HIS VEHICLE OFF THE ROADWAY. ACCORDING TO SHERIFF ED GRAYBEAL, THE MAN…
KINGSPORT POLICE ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN LOCATING A MISSING TEENAGER. 18 YEAR OLD SARA ELIZABETH CURRIE HAS BEEN REPORTED MISSING OR ENDANGERED BY HER MOTHER, JANET WARD,…
A HAWKSIN COUNTY TEENAGER IS MISSING. 15 YEAR OLD EMILY CLAGG OF SURGOINSVILLE IS CONSIDERED AN ENDANGERED RUNAWAY. SHE’S DESCRIBED AS A WHITE FEMALE, WITH BROWN HAIR WHICH MAY BE…
OFFICIALS SAY A SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA EXPLOSIVES FACILITY THAT CAUGHT FIRE THIS WEEK IS EXPECTED TO REOPEN ON WEDNESDAY. THE BLAZE HAPPENED TUESDAY MORNING AT A STORAGE FACILITY OPERATED BY…
GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS AS SALES TAX COLLECTIONS CONTINUE TO GROW IN KINGSPORT. MODEL CITY SALES TAX COLLECTIONS ARE UP ALMOST NINE PERCENT IN THE NOVEMBER REPORT REPRESENTING SEPTEMBER SALES. COLLECTIONS…
SOME OF UNICOI COUNTY’S TOP INVESTIGATORS ARE IN MISSOURI TODAY TO TESTIFY AGAINST THE MOST ELUSIVE FUGITIVE IN THE COUNTY’S HISTORY. DARRELL TIPTON IS ON TRIAL IN SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI FOR…
AGENTS OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL DRUG TASK FORCE HAVE ARRESTED TWO NEW YORK MEN ON DRUG CHARGES AND FOR BEING FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE. 44 YEAR OLD ANTHONY WATTS AND 39…
THE LABOR MARKET IN THE TRI CITIES METRO AREA TOOK A DOWNTURN DURING THE THIRD QUARTER. THAT ACCORDING TO DR. STEB HIPPLE WITH THE EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF…
THE SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMISSION IS OPPOSING JOHNSON CITY’S ANNEXATION OF A FOOD CITY STORE BEING BUILT IN PINEY FLATS. COUNTY MAYOR STEVE GODSEY SAID HIS OFFICE HAS YET TO BE…
FOUR PEOPLE ACCUSED IN SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF INTIMIDATION AND VIOLENCE ARE BEHIND BARS. SEAN LYONS AND TERRY MOORE WERE ARRESTED OVER THE WEEKEND IN IOWA. LYONS AND EVELYN WOREX ARE…
Cliffs Natural Resources has called off its proposed $3.3 billion takeover of coal producer Alpha Natural Resources based in Abingdon Virginia. Cliffs announced what it called a joint decision to…
GOOD NEWS FOR CUSTOMERS OF BRISTOL VIRGINIA UTILITIES. YOU’RE GOING TO SEE YOUR ELECTRIC RATES GO DOWN BY ABOUT 4.5 PERCENT. BVU SAYS THE REDUCTION IS THE RESULT OF A…
A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF CARJACKING AN EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT LAST WEEK HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CALIFORNIA. 38 YEAR OLD DAVID FORNEY II IS CHARGED WITH CARJACKING…
A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND IN JOHNSON CITY HAS LANDED A CITY MAN IN JAIL. 39 YEAR OLD JERRY HARWOOD IS CHARGED WITH FELONY AGGRAVATED DOMESTIC ASSAULT. THE…
AN ACCIDENT AT A GREENEVILLE COMPANY OVER THE WEEKEND HAS LEFT A WORKER SERIOUSLY INJURED. ACCORDING TO THE GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, A WORKER WAS TRAPPED BETWEEN A FRONT END…