Month: November 2008

A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSE GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE INVOLVING TWO SISTERS WHO ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 13. 37 YEAR OLD…

A KINGSPORT BUSINESS OWNER ACCUSED OF KILLING AN EMPLOYEE HAS PLED GUILTY TO A LESSER CHARGE IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. SAMUEL IRESON, OWNER OF KINGSPORT TRANSFER ON MORELAND DRIVE,…

A SEVEN MONTH OLD JONESBOROUGH BABY WHO’S MOTHER ALLEGEDLY FORCED HIM TO INGEST A SEDATIVE-TYPE PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION IS IMPROVING AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL. THE CHILD AND HIS MOTHER, 29 YEAR…

A KINGSPORT MAN HAS ACCEPTED A PLEA BARGAIN IN THE DEATH OF HIS TWO YEAR OLD SON. 37 YEAR OLD ANTHONY GIBSON ENTERED A NO CONTEST PLEA TO A REDUCED…

OFFICIALS WITH EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY PLAN TO RELEASE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SLASHING ITS BUDGET. ETSU PRESIDENT DR. PAUL STANTON HAS SAID THE BUDGET REVISION TASK FORCE HAS BEEN WORKING ON…

Greene County Sheriff Steve Burns says an autopsy has been requested on the body of a man who died shortly after he began serving a jail sentence. Burns says 50-year-old…

Iron ore producer Cliffs Natural Resources says it’s received court approval to change the date of a shareholder vote on its proposed 3.3 billion-dollar takeover of coal mine operator Alpha…

Greene County authorities say an inmate at the county jail has died. 50 YEAR OLD Michael Ray Sames of Greeneville had just turned himself in to the Greene County Sheriff’s…

Diners in Kingsport will soon have a new place to eat. City officials have announced that the restaurant known as Five Guys will be opening in the city in the…

A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A JOHNSON CITY MAN AND HIS SISTER IN CONNECTION WITH THEM ALLEGEDLY RUNNING OVER A POLICE OFFICER. 40 YEAR OLD DEARL ROGERS…

House Republican Leader Jason Mumpower says he expects to be elected speaker of the General Assembly s lower chamber when the Legislature convenes in January. The Bristol lawmaker in an…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE BASED DRUG COMPANY HAS EXPERIENCED A REDUCTION IN THIRD QUARTER REVENUE NUMBERS. BUT OFFICIALS WITH KING PHARMACEUTICAL ARE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT LONG TERM GOALS FOR THE COMPANY. TOTAL…

A JONESBORUGH WOMAN AND HER CHILD ARE HOSPITALIZED THIS MORNING FOLLOWING A DRUG OVERDOSE. ACCORDING TO JONESBOROUGH POLICE, AUDREY STORY AND HER SEVEN MONTH OLD BABY WERE DISCOVERED INSIDE A…

A GATE CITY VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED IN A MURDER-FOR-HIRE PLOT TO KILL A RELATIVE HAS ENTERED A PLEA IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. 53 YEAR OLD GEORGE THACKER WAS INDICTED…

A LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED TWO COUNTY MEN ACCUSED OF ATTACKING A MAN IN HIS HOUSE EARLIER THIS YEAR. BRIGGS SMITH AND BRANDON FEE ARE CHARGED WITH…

RESIDENTS IN BIG STONE GAP VIRGINIA ARE BEING ASKED TO IMMEDIATELY CUT WATER CONSUMPTION USE BY TEN PERCENT. WITH THE WATER LEVEL AT BIG CHERRY RESERVOIR NOW AT 13 AND…

A SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER HAS BEEN INDICTED ON FELONY CHARGES IN THE MAY SHOOTING OF A NEIGHBOR. OFFICER GARLAND “BUCKY” NESTER IS FACING CHARGES OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND…

A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MAKING A BOMB THREAT TO A COUNTY SCHOOL. ACCORDING TO SHERIFF FRED NEWMAN, CENTRAL DISPATCH RECEIVED A CALL FROM…

A FREAK ACCIDENT HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A TRI CITIES HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR. 18 YEAR OLD MICHAEL PAYNE, A STUDENT AT DAVID CROCKETT HIGH SCHOOL, DIED AFTER THE ATV…

A HEALTH ORGANIZATION SERVING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA IS SEEKING TO EXEMPT ALL ITS PROPERTIES IN NORTON FROM PAYING REAL ESTATE TAXES. NORTON CITY COUNCIL HAS AUTHORIZED A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS…

TWO JOHNSON CITY WOMEN ACCUSED IN A TRAFFIC CRASH THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF THREE PEOPLE NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO HAVE HAD THEIR TRIAL DATES SET IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE…

THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR ANSWERS CONCERNING A RECENT SHOOTING THAT LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD AND ANOTHER WOUNDED. AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING…