Month: December 2008

A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN RUSSELL COUNTY VIRGINIA OVER THE WEEKEND HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A HONAKER WOMAN. ACCORDING TO THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE 60 YEAR OLD BARBARA JOANN…

A SUSPENDED UNICOI COUNTY PHYSICIANS ASSISTANT CONVICTED OF FORGERY HAS BEEN SENTENCED. 57 YEAR OLD RANDALL DIXON PLED GUILTY IN OCTOBER TO FORGERY. A JUDGE ORDERED DIXON TO SPEND 15…

IT’S THE NAME GAME. KINGSPORT POLICE ARE UNSURE OF THE REAL NAME OF A SHOOTING SUSPECT IN THE MODEL CITY. AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR SHAMARKUS MASON SINCE OCTOBER FOLLOWING…

A MAN ACCUSED OF VICIOUSLY ATTACKING A WOMAN AS SHE JOGGED IN UNICOI COUNTY HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED. 21 YEAR OLD BRADLEY SNEED IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED RAPE AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.…

SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA IS HOPING TO ADD HUNDREDS OF NEW JOBS TO THE AREA IN A TIME WHEN THE NATION IS SUFFERING FROM HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT. ONE BUSINESS THAT IS LOOKING…

A lawsuit accusing the outgoing Scott County Virginia registrar of using her office to retaliate against a political foe has been dismissed. A trial had been scheduled in the civil…

LEBANON VIRGINIA WILL BE LOSING ABOUT 100 JOBS. OFFICIALS AT THE IAC PLANT WILL BE HANDING OUT PINK SLIPS LATER THIS MONTH. THIS MARKS THE SECOND ROUND OF LAYOFFS AT…

AN 18 YEAR OLD KINGSPORT TEEN THAT PLED GUILTY IN SEPTEMBER TO RECKLESS HOMICIDE IN A CRASH LAST YEAR THAT KILLED HIS FRIEND, HAS HAD THE REMAINDER OF HIS SENTENCE…

A CALL CENTER THAT’S EXPECTED TO BRING 500 JOBS TO JOHNSON CITY IS CLOSE TO SIGNING A DEAL TO OCCUPY THE FORMER FINGERHUT CALL CENTER IN BOONES CREEK. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT…

Well, The owner of a Bristol parking lot that’s regarded as the birthplace of commercial country music has decided not to sell it at auction after all. Starwood Properties owner…

The owner of a Bristol parking lot that’s regarded as the birthplace of commercial country music has decided not to sell it at auction after all. Starwood Properties owner Tim…

THE FORMER BOYFRIEND OF A WHEELCHAIR-BOUND WOMAN HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF RAPING HER IN A JOHNSON CITY HOTEL LAST YEAR. THIS AFTERNOON, A WASHINGTON COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT JURY CONVICTED…

THREE MEN ACCUSED IN A HOME INVASION IN JOHNSON CITY ARE BEING HELD IN THE WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE DETENTION CENTER AWAITING AN APPEARANCE IN COURT NEXT WEEK. VANNASONE THIRAKUL OF…

STUDENTS OF KINGSLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BLOOMINGDALE ARE BACK TO CLASSES TODAY. A BOILER MALFUNCTION FORCED THE SCHOOL TO BE CLOSED YESTERDAY. THIS CAUSED TEMPERATURES IN SOME PARTS OF THE…

THE CITY OF JOHNSON CITY IS GOING GREEN. THE CITY HAS PARTNERED WITH ENERGY SYSTEMS GROUPP TO RENOVATE ALL CITY FACILITIES TO MAKE THEM MORE ENERGEY EFFICIENT. TWO MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS…

ATTENTION BIDDERS. YOU CAN BUY THE BIRTHPLACE OF COUNTRY MUSIC IN BRISTOL..FOR A PRICE. LATER TODAY, FOUR TRACTS OF THE MOST HISTORIC LAND IN BRISTOL WILL GO ON THE AUCTION…

Washington County Tennessee 9-1-1 officials say all lanes of Interstate 26 are back open. Crews were on the scene more than two hours as they worked to clean up a…

THE FATE OF A MAN CHARGED WITH VIOLENTLY RAPING HIS THEN-GIRFRIEND AT A JOHNSON CITY HOTEL LAST YEAR WILL BE LEFT UP TO A JONESBORO JURY. NICHOLAS TIPTON TOOK THE…

HAWKINS COUNTY AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED THREE PEOPLE WHO ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTED TO SMUGGLE CIGARETTES, CANDY, AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS INTO THE COUNTY JAIL. MT. CARMEL OFFICE STACY VAUGHAN WAS LEAVING THE JAIL…

THE SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAVE APPROVED A THREE MILLION DOLLAR LINE OF CREDIT TO ENSURE TEACHERS RECEIVE THEIR PAYCHECKS. THE FUNDING WAS APPROVED AS A RESULT OF…

UNDER THE GUN LIKE MANY JAILS TO COME UP WITH A PLAN TO CORRECT THE OVERCROWDING PROBLEM, GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF STEVE BURNS SAYS THE STATE HAS RE-CERTIFIED HIS JAIL FOR…

FIRE OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF AN EARLY MORNING BLAZE AT A HAWKINS COUNTY PLANT. FIRE CREWS WERE CALLED OUT TO THE P M T PLANT JUST…