Month: August 2009

A JOHNSON CITY MAN WHO TOLD POLICE HE WAS SITTING ON HIS PORCH WHEN HE WAS SHOT BY AN UNKNOWN ASSAILANT HAS DIED AT JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER. THE SHOOTING…

ALL LANES OF INTERSTATE 81 ARE BACK OPEN. THIS FOLLOWING AN EARLY MORNING THREE VEHICLE ACCIDENT. THE SOUTHBOUND LANES AROUND MILE MARKER 41 WERE SHUT DOWN AFTER A TRACTOR TRAILER…

A GROUP CALLED FREEDOM 4 ALL HAS RECEIVED A PERMIT FROM THE CITY OF KINGSPORT FOR A TEA PARTY RALLY TO BE HELD ON LABOR DAY. THE EVENT WILL BE…

RUNWAY EXPANSION PLANS ARE MOVING AHEAD AT TRI CITIES REGIONAL AIRPORT. PLANS CALL FOR THE PURCHASE OF SIX VACANT RESIDENTIAL LOTS FOR 417-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE GRANDE HARBOR SUBDIVISION TO…

HAWKINS COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THE DEATH OF A ROGERSVILLE MAN WHO WAS FOUND DEAD ON HIS LIVING ROOM FLOOR LAST WEEK AS A HOMICIDE. ACCORDING TO SHERIFF…

A 15 YEAR OLD GRAY TENNESSEE TEEN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS OLDER BROTHER IS FREE ON BOND. CALEB JAMES IS CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN THE STABBING DEATH OF…

The East Tennessee State University and General Shale Brick Natural History Museum celebrates its two-year anniversary today. School officials say the museum has had about 160,000 visitors representing every state…

A SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA DRUG RAID HAS NETTED THE ARREST OF 22 SUSPECTS. WISE COUNTY COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY RON ELKINS SAID THE ARRESTS OF THE PEOPLE FROM THE COEBURN, WISE, AND NORTON…

THE FUTURE FOR A JOHNSON CITY BRAKE MANUFACTURER WHICH HAS BEEN CONSIDERING SHUTTING ITS DOORS COULD BE KNOWN SOON. BOSCH BRAKING SYSTEMS COULD HAVE A NEW OWNER, WHICH COULD MEAN…

RUNWAY EXPANSION PLANS ARE MOVING AHEAD AT TRI CITIES REGIONAL AIRPORT. PLANS CALL FOR THE PURCHASE OF SIX VACANT RESIDENTIAL LOTS FOR 417-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE GRANDE HARBOR SUBDIVISION TO…

HAWKINS COUNTY AUTHORITIES SAY A ROGERSVILLE MAN FOUND DEAD ON HIS LIVING ROOM FLOOR EARLIER THIS WEEK WAS THE RESULT OF MURDER. ACCORDING TO HAWKINS COUNTY SHERIFF ROGER CHRISTIAN, 56…

BRISTOL VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES SAY A FAMILY ARGUMENT ERUPTED INTO VIOLENCE AND LEFT A WOMAN FACING CHARGES. 39 YEAR OLD TAMMY BARRETT IS ACCUSED OF STABBING HER HUSBAND, WILLIAM BARRETT. HE…

THE FORMER OWNER OF A KINGSPORT NIGHT CLUB WILL BE SPENDING TIME BEHIND BARS ON MULTIPLE DRUG RELATED CHARGES. JAMES SWAFFORD JR. PLED GUILTY TO CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY TO POSSESS MORE…

A HAWKINS COUNTY PLASTICS COMPANY IS FACING FINES FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF AN EMPLOYEE. 61 YEAR OLD LONNIE MOWL WAS KILLED IN APRIL WHEN HE WAS CRUSHED BY AN INJECTION…

The FBI says it has identified a man suspected of robbing at least 10 banks in Tennessee, the Carolinas and Kentucky. The FBI’s Knoxville office issued a press release late…

IT WILL BE LATER THIS YEAR BEFORE TRIAL BEGINS FOR A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HIS SON IN APRIL. TONY GLENN COLEMAN WILL HAVE A JURY TRIAL…

A DOWNTOWN JOHNSON CITY HEALTH CARE CLINIC IS BEGINNING TO SEE THE UNINSURED. THE DISPENSARY OF HOPE, PART OF A STATEWIDE NETWORK OF FREE PHARMACIES THAT OFFER NON-NARCOTIC MEDIATIONS TO…

A PRELIMINARY HEARING DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR A GREENE COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A MORRISTOWN WOMAN. 47 YEAR OLD LEONARD HILL IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN…

A SULLIVAN COUNTY JURY HAS FOUND A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN GUILTY OF RAPING AND KIDNAPPING HIS WIFE OVER A YEAR AGO. 48 YEAR OLD DOUG YOUNG WAS CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED…

A SULLIVAN SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER WHO DIED THIS PAST WEEKEND DURING A GAME IN KNOXVILLE WILL BE LAID TO REST TODAY. A LARGE NUMBER OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY…

A DEDICATION CEREMONY WILL BE HELD IN KINGSPORT TOMORROW FOR THE KINGSPORT CENTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. THE 17-MILLION DOLLAR 54-THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT FACILITY IS THE NEWEST PART OF THE CITY’S…

HOME PRICES IN KINGSPORT AND BRISTOL WERE UP SLIGHTLY OVER THE YEAR THAT ENDED JUNE 30TH, AND REALTORS ARE HOPEFUL THE TREND WILL CONTINUE. HOWEVER, HIGHER-PRICED HOME DID NOT SEE…