TWO GREENE COUNTY MEN ARRESTED IN IOWA
TWO GREENE COUNTY MEN FACING VARIOUS CHARGES HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN IOWA. TERRY MOORE OF MOSHEIM IS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A WEAPON BY A CONVICTED FELON. SEAN LYONS, ALSO…
TRIAL DATE SET FOR TWO ACCUSED OF EXTORTION
TWO BRISTOL VIRGINIA MEN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO EXTORT MONEY FROM A MOUNTAIN CITY BUSINESSMAN HAVE A TRIAL DATE SET FOR NEXT YEAR IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. 44…
TPI LOOKING TO EXPAND LOCAL OPERATION
A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE COMPANY IS EXPECTED TO ADD MORE PEOPLE BY NEXT SPRING TO ITS ALREADY 570-STRONG WORK FORCE. OFFICIALS WITH TPI CORPORATION SAID A SHUTDOWN OF A NORTHWEST…
ANOTHER TEEN DIES IN LOCAL CRASH
IT HAS BEEN A DEADLY WEEK FOR TEENS IN THE TRI CITIES. THE LATEST OCCURRED IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE WHEN 18 YEAR OLD ROBERT SHANE GOOD OF AFTON WAS KILLED…
POSSIBLE SCAM HITTING THE TRI CITIES
CHURCH HILL POLICE ARE WARNING RESIDENTS TO BEWARE OF POSSIBLE CON MEN WORKING IN THE AREA. CHIEF MARK JOHNSON SAID HIS DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED REPORTS OF MEN CANVASSING THE AREA…
CO-KINGSPORT NIGHTCLUB OWNER SENTENCED
THE CO-OWNER OF A KINGSPORT NIGHTCLUB HAS BEEN GIVEN PROBATION FOR RUNNING A GAMBLING OPERATION IN THE CITY. DONNIE GODSEY WAS GIVEN SIX MONTHS OF PROBATION AND ORDERED TO PERFORM…
FORMER SCOTT COUNTY FUNERAL DIRECTOR SENTENCED
A FORMER SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA FUNERAL HOME DIRECTOR ACCUSED OF DEFRAUDING 17 PEOPLE WILL SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS. ANTHONY ROBBINS WAS SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN JAIL AND TEN YEARS…
ERWIN PLANT EXPECTED TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE
AN ERWIN PLANT COULD BE CLOSER TO ADDING MORE JOBS SOON. THE UNICOI COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD HAS PLACED NN BALL AND ROLLER CLOSER TO SELLING SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN…
ABINGDON BUSINESS TO SHUTDOWN SOON
For 14 years, race fans have flocked to Victory Lane Racing in Abingdon Virginia, the region’s last independently owned NASCAR-themed store. But that will end in January, when the store…
BETSY TOWN OKS NEW TICKET FEES
MOTORISTS WHO SPEED AND VIOLATE TRAFFIC LAWS IN ELIZABETHTON COULD SOON COUGH UP MORE MONEY. A NEW 25 DOLLAR FEE WILL HELP THE CITY’S POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE ELIZABETHTON CITY COUNCIL…
SOLDIERS COULD BE WITH FAMILIES (AP)
State Sen. Rusty Crowe of Johnson City says members of a northeast Tennessee National Guard unit might get to spend Thanksgiving with their families. The Johnson City Press reported Crowe…
TVA RATE HIKE LESS THAN EXPECTED
Attention Tri Cities Tennessee Valley Authority customers – your light bills will still be going up, but not as much as originally announced. TVA will be trimming electric rates by…
LOCAL ECONOMY SLOW TO IMPROVE
EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY ECONOMIST DOCTOR STEBB HIPPLE IS PROJECTING THE LOCAL ECONOMY WON’T LIKELY IMPROVE UNTIL 2010. HIPPLE SPOKE TO AREA MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTE FOR SUPPLY MANAGEMENT LAST…
KING PHARMACEUTICALS LAWSUIT SETTLED
A BRISTOL TENNESSEE BASED DRUG MAKER HAS SETTLED A CONTROVERSIAL LAWSUIT. ATTORNEYS FOR THE SHAREHOLDER PLAINTIFFS OF KING PHARMACEUTICALS – WHO BROUGHT THE LAWSUIT IN 2003 TO RECOUP LOSSES ALLEGEDLY…
CONSTRUCTION UP IN MODEL CITY
WHILE THE NATIONAL ECONOMY CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE, KINGPORT ACTUALLY BUCKED THE TREND BY REALIZING 43.8 MILLION DOLLARS IN NEW CONSTRUCTION AND INVESTMENTS IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. CITY SPOKESMAN TIM WHALEY…
CHARGES DROPPED IN CARTER CO. CASE
A SERIES OF CHARGES AGAINST A CARTER COUNTY MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A SEPTEMBER HOME INVASION HAVE BEEN DISMISSED IN SESSIONS COURT. 26 YEAR OLD TRAVIS RICHARDSON WAS FACING CHARGES…
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT CHARGED
A DAVID CROCKETT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON NUMEROUS CHARGES INCLUDING WEAPONS CHARGES. ACCORDING TO WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF ED GRAYBEAL, THE 16 YEAR OLD WAS ARRESTED WHEN A…
KINGSPORT WOMAN INDICTED IN ROBBERY
A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY HAS HANDED DOWN AN INDICTMENT AGAINST A KINGSPORT WOMAN ACCUSED OF HELPING A JUVENILE ROB THREE WOMEN AT GUNPOINT. 23 YEAR OLD CHASITY CODY IS…
RETRAINING ORDER PLACED AGAINST REPUBLICAN OPERATIVE
A Sullivan County circuit judge issued a restraining order against a Republican operative in a state House campaign for using running Web sites named after the Democratic incumbent in the…
KINGSPORT MAN INDICTED IN ROBBERY
A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF ROBBING A CITY RETAIL STORE AT KNIFEPOINT HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY. 37 YEAR OLD ALLEN ROGERS ALLEGEDLY ENTERED THE DOLLAR…
CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST CARTER COUNTY MAN
A SERIES OF CHARGES AGAINST A CARTER COUNTY MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A SEPTEMBER HOME INVASION HAVE BEEN DISMISSED IN SESSIONS COURT. 26 YEAR OLD TRAVIS RICHARDSON WAS FACING CHARGES…
HIGH SCHOOL MOURNS LOSS OF STUDENT
STUDENTS AND FACULTY AT SULLIVAN SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL ARE MOURNING THE LOSS OF ONE OF THEIR OWN. 16 YEAR OLD ZACH STAMPER WILL KILLED IN AN EARLY MORNING ACCIDENT ON…