Month: August 2009

THE BRISTOL VIRGINIA CITY COUNCIL HAS VOTED TO RESTRUCTURE A PORTION OF ITS GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND DEBT. THE REFINANCING PLAN SPREADS OUT A 1.1 MILLION DOLLAR PAYMENT DUE THIS FISCAL…

LOWER DEMAND IS BEING BLAMED FOR LAYOFFS AT ONE BRISTOL TENNESSEE COMPANY. ROYAL MOULDINGS LIMITED ON INDUSTRIAL DRIVE HAS ANNOUNCED 14 EMPLOYEES WILL BE HANDED PINK SLIPS. BRANDON NADLER, GENERAL…

A TRI CITIES NURSING HOME AIDE IS FACING ASSAULT CHARGES. 35 YEAR OLD JAMES WRIGHT WAS INDICTED ON FOUR COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL BATTERY. EACH COUNT STEMS FROM AN INVESTIGATION…

A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A KINGSPORT TEEN ACCUSED OF HOLDING UP A CITY CONVENIENCE STORE EARLIER THIS YEAR. 19 YEAR OLD CIERRA VILLEGAS IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED…

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…

A FUED BETWEEN A STEPSON AND STEPFATHER COULD BE TO BLAME FOR A DOUBLE MURDER SUICIDE IN HAWKINS COUNTY. THE SHOOTER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 27 YEAR OLD DARRAN BLEVINS.…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS LANDLORD SEVERAL WEEKS AGO AND PLACING HIS BODY IN A DOWNSTAIRS SHED HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. 38 YEAR OLD JAMES…

A FLORIDA COMPANY IS REPORTEDLY CLOSE TO BUYING THE BANKRUPT APPCO CONVENIENCE STORE CHAIN. FLORDIA SUNSHINE INVESTMENTS ENTERED THE HIGHEST BID OF 6.25 MILLION DOLLARS. THE DEAL WILL INCLUDE THE…

KINGSPORT POLICE BELIEVE THE DEATH OF A TWO YEAR OLD TODDLER WHO WAS FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF A ROCK QUARRY WAS NOT SUSPICIOUS. DETECTIVE FRANK LIGHT SAID THERE IS…

A JOHNSON CITY MANUFACTURING COMPANY WILL BE CUTTING MORE THAN A HUNDRED JOBS IN THE COMING MONTHS. ALEMITE INCORPORATED ON ROWELAND DRIVE, MANUFACTURES GREASE GUNS AND LUBRICANT HANDLING SYSTEMS. EARLIER…

A SULLIVAN COUNTY MAN HAS ADMITTED TO VIOLATING THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION ACT. 39 YEAR OLD LARRY KEITH HUDDLE WAS CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED AGGRAVATED SEXUAL BATTERY IN 1998.…

KINGSPORT POLICE BELIEVE THE DEATH OF A TWO YEAR OLD TODDLER WHO WAS FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF A ROCK QUARRY WAS NOT SUSPICIOUS. DETECTIVE FRANK LIGHT SAID THERE IS…

THREE PEOPLE ARE REPORTED DEAD FOLLOWING AN OVERNIGHT STANDOFF AT A HAWKINS COUNTY BARN. KRISTIN HELM WITH THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF IDENTIFICATION SAID THE DEATHS INITIALLY APPEAR TO BE A…

A BUY BUST UNDERCOVER DRUG INVESTIGATION IN WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS NETTED THE ARREST OF A JOHNSON CITY MAN AND THE SEIZURE OF ONE HALF OUNCE OF CRACK COCAINE. VALUED…

THE TAZEWELL COUNTY VIRGINIA SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING A DEADLY STABBING. 43 YEAR OLD TERESA HARTWELL IS CHARGED WITH CAPITAL MURDER IN THE DEATH OF 71 YEAR OLD BOB BANDY.…

WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ACCEPTED A LAND SWAP DEAL. THE DEAL IS THE RESULT OF MORE THAN A YEAR OF NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE COUNTY, JOHNSON CITY, AND MOUNTAIN STATES…

THE WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA SCHOOL BOARD IS REVIEWING PLANS FOR THE CONSOLIDATION OF SIX OF THE COUNTY’S HIGH SCHOOLS INTO THREE NEW ONES. DURING LAST NIGHT’S MEETING, SCHOOL LEADERS REVIEWED…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF DESERTING THE U.S. ARMY IS BEHIND BARS. JOSHUA BRADLEY WAS ARRESTED ON AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT BY THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. BRADLEY ALLEGEDLY WENT AWOL…

JURY SELECTION WILL CONTINUE TODAY FOR A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER. 48 YEAR OLD DOUG YOUNG IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED RAPE,…

KINGSPORT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE DISCOVERY OF A BODY FOUND IN THE CITY. DETECTIVE RANDY MURRAY WENT TO AN ALLEN DRIVE APARTMENT TO DO A WELFARE CHECK ON THE LANDLORD,…

AN AUTOPSY HAS REVEALED A MOUNTAIN CITY TRUCK DRIVER DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES LAST WEEK IN MAINE. BRIAN ISDELL REPORTEDLY DIED OF A HEART ATTACK BROUGHT ON BY ARTERY DISEASE.…

A TOWN HALL MEETING TO TALK ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA’S CONTROVERSIAL HEALTH CARE REFORM PLAN IS SET FOR TONIGHT IN THE TRI CITIES. FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN PHIL ROE WILL CONDUCT THE…