OVERTUNRED TRUCK SPILLS FUEL
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…
VICTORY FOR ENVIRONMENTALISTS IN WISE COUNTY VA.
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…
JOHNSON CITY MAN HEADED TO PRISON
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 GIRL ALLEGEDLY PUNISHED
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…
RESCUE CREWS TO BRING MAN OUT TODAY
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…
UNICOI COUNTY JAIL PROJECT
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…
SCOTT COUNTY MURDER INVESTIGATION
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…
LUMPKINS TO REMAIN ON THE JOB FOR THE TIME BEING
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…
FREE DAY FOR JONESBOROUGH RESIDENTS AT WETLANDS
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…
MAN FALLS FROM HORSE TO HIS DEATH
GREENE COUNTY AUTHORITIES SAY A MAN HAS DIED AFTER FALLING FROM A HORSE. 47 YEAR OLD TIMOTHY HARTMAN TOLD A FRIEND HE FELL FROM A HORSE AND HURT HIS RIBS.…
HEALTHCARE COMES TO VETERANS IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
CLOSER HEALTH CARE IS ON THE HORIZON FOR VETERANS IN SMYTH COUNTY VIRGINIA. IN THE PAST, VETERANS HAVE HAD TO MAKE THE LONG JOURNEY TO THE VETERAN AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER…
ABINGDON WOMAN SENTENCED
AN ABINGDON VIRGINIA WOMAN FOUND GUILTY OF EMBEZZLING MONEY FROM HER EMPLOYER HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS. 30 YEAR OLD AMY MICHELLE HURD WAS SENTENCED TO ONE…
15 YEAR OLD ARRAIGNED IN BROTHER’S DEATH
A GRAY TENNESSEE TEENAGER ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS BROTHER HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE JUVENILE COURT. 15 YEAR OLD CALEB JAMES IS CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN…