Month: August 2009

A MANHUNT CONTINUES FOR A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING, RAPING, AND BEATING HIS WIFE WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA IN A VOLKSWAGEN. THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE…

A CONSTRUCTION WORKER HAS BEEN KILLED AND TWO OTHER WORKERS ARE RECOVERING FROM THEIR INJURIES FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE IN SULLIVAN COUNTY. MARIA LIMA, JESSIS DOMINQUEZ AND…

KUDOS TO ONE TRI CITIES SCHOOL SYSTEM. JOHNSON CITY SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN NAMED ONE OF THE TOP TEN SCHOOLS SYSTEMS IN TENNESSEE. THE TENNESSEE JOURNAL COMPUTED GROWTH SCORES AMONG EIGHTH…

DUE TO A DOWNTURN IN THE ECONOMY, THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS ELECTED TO CLOSE 15 OFFICES, INCLUDING IT’S JONESVILLE LOCATION. THE NORTON VDOT OFFICE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR…

A UNICOI COUNTY JAIL INMATE WHO FAILED TO RETURN FROM WORK RELEASE HAS BEEN CAPTURED IN CARTER COUNTY. 32 YEAR OLD WILLIE JOE WHITSON IS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO RETURN.…

TWO TEENS, WHO ARE FROM OUT OF STATE, WHO PLEAD GUILTY TO VANDALIZING UNICOI COUNTY MEMORIAL PARK EARLIER THIS YEAR WILL REMAIN IN STATE’S CUSTODY. THE BOYS, AGES 16 AND…

JOHNSON CITY POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE A SHOOTING THAT LEFT A CITY MAN INJURED. THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE TUESDAY NIGHT AT A HOME ON WINTER STREET. OFFICERS SAY EUGENE…

ENROLLMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA AT WISE IS UP. THE FALL SEMESTER REACHED JUST UNDER 18-HUNDRED STUDENTS YIELDING AN INCREASE OF 1.6 PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR. RUSTY NECESSARY, UVA…

THE FOOD CITY FAMILY RACE NIGHT GETS INTO FULL SWING THIS AFTERNOON IN DOWNTOWN BRISTOL. THE EVENT GETS UNDERWAY AT ONE O’CLOCK AND RUNS UNTIL NINE O’CLOCK ON STATE STREET.…

A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WORKER WAS KILLED THIS MORNING IN SULLIVAN COUNTY AFTER THE THREE FELL INTO THE WATERS OF THE HOLSTON RIVER FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT. THE TWO MEN AND ONE…

VIRGINIA GOVERNOR TIM KAINE IS LOWERING THE STATE’S ESTIMATED REVENUE BY NEARLY 1.5 BILLION DOLLARS FOR THE TWO-YEAR BUDGET THAT ENDS IN JUNE. THE TOTAL REFLECTS REVENUES 1.2 BILLION DOLLARS…

KUDOS TO ONE TRI CITIES SCHOOL SYSTEM. JOHNSON CITY SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN NAMED ONE OF THE TOP TEN SCHOOLS SYSTEMS IN TENNESSEE. THE TENNESSEE JOURNAL COMPUTED GROWTH SCORES AMONG EIGHT…

JOHNSON CITY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT LEFT A CITY MAN INJURED. THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE LAST NIGHT AT A HOME ON WINTER STREET. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED THEY DISCOVERED…

A TWO VEHICLE CRASH IN KINGSPORT HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF ONE PERSON. IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT ON RIVERPORT ROAD NEAR THE SLUCE BRIDGE. AUTHORITIES ARE NOT RELEASING THE VICTIM’S…

THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL HAS RELEASED THE NAME OF THE VICTIM WHO DIED IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. 25 YEAR OLD LARRY WHITE OF JONESBORO WAS KILLED…

A FORMER LEGAL SECRETARY IS HEADED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR STEALING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM HER EMPLOYER IN ABINGDON, VIRGINIA. U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE JAMES JONES WENT ABOVE THE GUIDELINES…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF A HOME INVASION IS BEHIND BARS. ALLEN MAYO IS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL IMPERSONATION, AGGRAVATED BURGLARY, AND ROBBERY. POLICE WERE CALLED TO AN APARTMENT ON…

THE SULLIVAN COUNTY BUDGET COMMITTEE PLANS TO SUBMIT A LOWER PROPERTY TAX RATE TO THE STATE THIS YEAR. THE NEW TAX RATE WILL BE $2.13 PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUE.…

A RICHLANDS VIRGINIA PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD THANKS TO FEDERAL STIMULUS FUNDING. THE TOWN IS RECEIVING 2.4 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE BIRMINGHAM SEWER PROJECT. ACCORDING TO TOWN MANAGER TIM TAYLOR,…

A SMYTH COUNTY VIRGINIA FACTORY HAS REOPENED FOLLOWING A CHEMICAL SCARE THAT SHUT DOWN THE FACILITY EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE PROBLEM WAS AT GENERAL DYNAMICS ON JOHNSTON ROAD. AN UNKNOWN…

WE ALL KNOW IT PAYS TO GIVE BLOOD. BUT A JONESBORO RESIDENT GOT MUCH MORE THAN JUST THANKS FOR HER DONATION. HOLLY DECKER WON TWO CRUISE TICKETS FROM THE CAROLINAS…

IT WAS A BUSY NIGHT LAST NIGHT FOR THE CARTER COUNTY RESCUE SERVICE. A UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN IN HER LATE TEENS SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HER LEG AT TWISTING FALLS AS SHE…