Month: August 2009

THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF A COUPLE WHO LIVE PART OF THE YEAR IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE, A JOHNSON CITY CHILDREN’S MEDICAL FACILITY WILL REAP THE BENEFITS. DOUG AND JUDY…

ELIZABETHTON FIREFIGHTERS EVACUATED AN APARTMENT BUILDING AND TWO ADJACENT APARTMENT COMPLEXES AFTER A RENTER REPORTED AN EXPLOSION. THE INCIDENT LEFT A SMALL HOLE IN A WALL AT TALLEDEGA APARTMENTS ON…

A JOHNSON CITY WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON THEFT AND DRUG-RELATED CHARGES. 31 YEAR OLD CRYSTAL LINGERFELT IS ACCUSED OF GOING TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT NORTH SIDE HOSPITAL AND…

AS THE HEALTH CARE REFORM DEBATES CONTINUES TO HEAT UP IN WASHINGTON, SEVERAL TOWN HALL MEETINGS TO TALK ABOUT IT ARE COMING UP IN OUR AREA. FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN PHIL…

BURGLARY CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST A KINGSPORT MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY STOLE SOME ITEMS FROM THE HOME OF HIS GRANDMOTHER ON WADLOW GAP ROAD IN SULLIVAN COUNTY EARLIER THIS MONTH.…

A JONESBORO MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO A FEDERAL PRISON IN SOUTH CAROLINA ON GUN RELATED CHARGES. 46 YEAR OLD SCOTT KEYS, JR., WAS ORDERED TO SPEND EIGHT YEARS AND…

A RICHMOND JUDGE HAS INVALIDATED A PERMIT FOR A COAL BURNING POWER PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. CIRCUIT JUDGE MARGARET SPENCER RULED THAT DOMINION VIRGINIA POWER SHOULD HAVE OBTAINED…

A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN KINGSPORT HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A DUNGANNON VIRGINIA MAN. ACCORDING TO POLICE, A VEHICLE BEING DRIVEN BY 20 YEAR OLD JEREMY MCNEW WAS TRAVELING…

A FORMER WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE TEACHER ACCUSED OF POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY HAS ADMITTED TO A LESSER CHARGE IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. 43 YEAR OLD ANTHONY HOLCOMBE PLED GUILTY…

TESTIMONY WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING IN A BENCH TRIAL FOR A FORMER JOHNSON CITY EMPLOYEE ACCUSED IN A SCHEME TO DEFRAUD THE CITY. 56 YEAR OLD DANNY DAVIS IS CHARGED…

BRISTOL VIRGINIA POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THREE PEOPLE AFTER A 6-YEAR OLD GIRL WAS ALLEGEDLY TIED UP AT HER HOME AND SCARED WITH RUBBER SNAKES AND SPIDERS AS PUNISHMENT FOR TAKING…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS NEPHEW HAS HAD THE CHARGES DROPPED IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT. JOHNNY LOPEZ JR. WAS INDICTED ON SECOND-DEGREE MURDER CHARGES LAST…

FANS OF THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY CAN ENJOY NASCAR’S MOST POPULAR TRACK WITH THE RELEASE OF “BRISTOL NIGHTS,” A COMPACT DISC THAT HONORS THE WORLD’S FASTEST…

TRAFFIC IS BACK TO NORMAL FOLLOWING SOME TENSE MOMENTS IN POUND VIRGINIA AFTER A TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCK OVERTURNED SPILLING AN ESTIMATED 7-THOUSAND GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL ONTO THE ROADWAY AND…

A RICHMOND JUDGE HAS INVALIDATED A PERMIT FOR A COAL BURNING POWER PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. CIRCUIT JUDGE MARGARET SPENCER RULED THAT DOMINION VIRGINIA POWER SHOULD HAVE OBTAINED…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN WHO ADMITTED TO POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AND AMMUNITION BY A CONVICTED FELON IS HEADED TO PRISON. 44 YEAR OLD ARTHUR ANDREW NELSON WAS ORDERED TO…

BRISTOL VIRGINIA POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THREE PEOPLE AFTER A 6-YEAR OLD GIRL WAS ALLEGEDLY TIED UP AT HER HOME AND SCARED WITH RUBBER SNAKES AND SPIDERS AS PUNISHMENT FOR TAKING…

CARTER COUNTY RESCUE TEAMS HAVE WORKED OVERNIGHT TO BRING A STRANDED HIKER TO SAFETY. THEY RECEIVED A CALL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON SAYING A MAN WAS INJURED ON THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL NEAR…

AN 8-MONTH PROJECT IN UNICOI COUNTY IS MOVING ALONG. A NEW UNICOI COUNTY JAIL WORKHOUSE IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT EIGHT MONTHS. THE JAIL COMMITTEE HAS DECIDED…

THE SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA SHERRIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE DISCOVERY OF A BODY IN A REMOTE AREA OF THE COUNTY. THE REMAINS WERE FOUND FRIDAY NIGHT IN DEBRIS PILED ALONG…

DEMOCRATIC HAWKINS COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR PATRICIA LUMPKINS IS CONTINUING AS ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR FOR NOW. SHE HAD A HEARING SET IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN NASHVILLE YESTERDAY BUT IT WAS POSTPONED…

HERE’S A CHANCE TO BEAT THE HEAT. WETLANDS WATER PARK IN JONESBOROUGH IS OFFERING FREE ADMISSION TODAY TO TOWN RESIDENTS. MAYOR KELLY WOLFE SAID THE BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN…