END OF FULMER REGIME AT UT (AP)
Tennessee’s Phillip Fulmer, the nation’s third-winningest active coach among those with 10 years of experience, has been forced out as football coach after 17 years that included a national championship.…
MODEL CITY TEEN FACING CHARGES
KINGSPORT POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A CITY MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A BOMB THREAT PLACED TOWARD A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL LAST WEEK. ON FRIDAY, A BOMB THREAT WAS MADE TO KINGSPORT…
ELIZABETHTON MAN FACING CHARGES
AN ELIZABETHTON MAN IS FACING NUMEROUS CHARGES AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY MADE THREATS TOWARD ANOTHER PERSON AT A POPULAR LOCAL RESTAURANT. ACCORDING TO ELIZABETHTON POLICE, 32 YEAR OLD BRANDON BASS WAS…
CIRCUIT CITY CLOSING STORES (AP)
Circuit City says it’s closing about 20 percent of its U.S. stores in an effort to return the nation’s second-largest consumer electronics retailer to profitability. However, company officials say the…
BRISTOL MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON
A BRISTOL MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING FAMILY MEMBERS AND A FRIEND. 41 YEAR OLD ROBERT TIMOTHY DUTTON WAS CONVICTED IN AUGUST OF ELEVEN FELONY COUNTS…
MCCAIN TO STOP IN TRI CITIES TODAY
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOHN MCCAIN WILL PAY A VISIT TO THE TRI CITIES JUST A DAY BEFORE THE NATIONAL ELECTION. MCCAIN’S SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ROAD TO VICTORY RALLY WILL MAKE A…
TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS SET IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA HAVE BEEN SET FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING WAYS TO RESTORE WATER QUALITY IN THE IMPAIRED NORTH FORK HOLSTON RIVER. THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF…
TWO DRUG MEMBERS CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY CHARGES
TWO BRISTOL VIRGINIA MEN ACCUSED OF BEING MEMBERS OF A SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA DRUG RING HAVE BEEN CONVICTED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN ABINGDON. 37 YEAR OLD DOUGLAS STALLWORTH AND 58…
SHOOTING VICTIM IMPROVING AT AREA HOSPITAL
A BLUFF CITY MAN WHO WAS FOUND SHOT AT HIS HOME LAST WEEK IS IMPROVING AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL. 54 YEAR OLD RANDY GRAYBEAL WAS FOUND WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND…
SCOTT COUNTY FARMERS COULD GET RELIEF
VIRGINIA U.S. SENATOR JIM WEBB AND 9TH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN RICK BOUCHER ARE TRYING TO GET DROUGHT RELIEF FOR SCOTT COUNTY FARMERS. THEY HAVE PETITIONED THE U.S. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR…
FEDERAL PRISONER IN LEE COUNTY PLEADS GUILTY
A FEDERAL PRISONER HAS BEEN SENTENCED FOR ASSAULTING A LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA PRISON GUARD. 28 YEAR OLD RAFAEL GARCIA, AN INMATE AT THE FEDERAL PRISON IN JONESVILLE, PLED GUILTY TO…
FEDERAL COURT DECISION AWAITED IN VIRGINIA
Hours before Virginia voters head to the polls, the NAACP will go to federal court to demand that more voting machines be placed in minority polling places. A hearing in…