Day: August 20, 2009

A VETERAN MINER WITH 33 YEARS EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN KILLED IN WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA AFTER A MINE WALL COLLAPSES. 58 YEAR OLD WILLIAM WAYNE PARROTT OF BIG STONE GAP WILL…

The Tennessee Valley Authority board has voted to raise the basic power rate eight percent on Oct. 1. The increase in the basic rate will add $5.52 monthly to the…

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.…