Month: September 2009

Bristol tennessee police are searcing for a woman who tried to hold up a city convenience store at knifepoint early this morning. According to police the bandit entered the shell…

A SULLIVAN COUNTY JURY HAS FAILED TO REACH A VERDICT IN THE TRIAL OF A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED IN A DOUBLE MURDER NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO. AS A RESULT JUDGE…

ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED BY THE STATE, GREENE COUNTY’S JOBLESS RATE FELL LAST MONTH. THE RATE DROPPED ONE AND-A-HALF PERCENT FROM 17.3 PERCENT IN JULY TO 15.8 PERCENT IN AUGUST.…

THE PRESIDENT OF NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES IN ERWIN SAYS THE COMPANY IS MAKING PROGRESS IN IMPROVING SAFETY. DAVE KUDSIN SAID THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEE IDENTIFIED SAFETY ITEMS AND EMPLOYEE REPORTED…

A FORMER RICHLANDS VIRGINIA FIRE CHIEF ACCUSED OF SEXUAL BATTERY HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF THE CRIME. WILLIAM DARRELL VANCE WAS CONVICTED OF EIGHT COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL BATTERY AND…

SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES HAVE TARGETED 56 PEOPLE IN A LARGESCALE DRUG ROUNDUP AFTER A GRAND JURY HANDED DOWN 272 INDICTMENTS EARLIER THIS WEEK. SHERIFF JOHN PUCKETT SAID THE OPERATION…

HAWKINS COUNTY AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THEY HAVE SOLVED A RASH OF CHURCH BURGLARIES WITH THE ARREST OF TWO MEN. KEITH KROWNOVER AND JARED HINES HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH BUGLARIZING AND STEALING…

HAWKINS COUNTY AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THEY HAVE SOLVED A RASH OF CHURCH BURGLARIES WITH THE ARREST OF TWO MEN. KEITH KROWNOVER AND JARED HINES HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH BUGLARIZING AND STEALING…

A SULLIVAN COUNTY JURY TOLD JUDGE ROBERT MONTGOMERY THAT IT WAS UNABLE TO REACH A VERDICT IN THE TRIAL OF A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED IN A DOUBLE MURDER NEARLY THREE…

STATE AGENCIES IN TENNESSEE ARE WARNING TOBACCO RETAILERS TO STOP SELLING INDIVIDUAL CIGARETES THAT CAN BE AS CHEAP AS 25 CENTS A PIECE, BUT POSE A HEALTH THREAT TO YOUNG…

FORBES DOT COM HAS NAMED VIRGINIA AS THE BEST STATE TO DO BUSINESS FOR A FOURTH STRAIGHT YEAR. FORBES DOT COM, THE INTERNET SITE OF FORBES BUSINESS PUBLICATIONS, SAYS THE…

THE WISE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION PLAN WILL NOT COME TO FRUITION. THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VOTED DOWN THE ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR PLAN LAST NIGHT, WHICH CALLED FOR…

THREE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA TEENAGERS FACING CHARGES IN AN ALLEGED MURDER-FOR-HIRE PLOT HAVE BEEN ARRAIGNED IN SCOTT COUNTY DISTRICT COURT. 18 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER JONES OF PENNINGTON GAP, 18 YEAR OLD…

MORE THAN 100 JOBS ARE COMING TO ABINGDON VIRGINIA. LOWE’S HOME IMPROVEMENT STORES HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO BUILD A NEW 12 MILLION DOLLAR STORE AT EXIT 19 OFF INTERSTATE 81,…

A SULLIVAN COUNTY JURY WILL RESUME DELIBERATIONS IN THE TRIAL OF A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED IN A DOUBLE HOMICIDE NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO. MICHAEL DAVID FIELDS IS CHARGED WITH TWO…

SOME BAD ECONOMIC NEWS FOR THE TRI CITIES. THE TRACO PLANT IN JOHNSON CITY HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO CLOSE ITS DOORS. THE MOVE WILL PUT 180 PEOPLE OUT OF WORK.…

A HELICOPTER CRASH IN WYTHE COUNTY VIRGINIA IS UNDER INVESTIGATION THIS MORNING. THE PILOT OF THE VIRGINIA NATIONAL GUARD AIRCRAFT MADE A HARD LANDING YESTERDAY NEAR RURAL RETREAT. A GUARD…

A HAWKINS COUNTY MAN ACCUSED IN A WEEKEND STABBING INCIDENT IS BEHIND BARS. 38 YEAR OLD LLOYD CAVIN OF ROGERSVILLE IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE STABBING…

A KINGSPORT CHEMICAL COMPANY IS AMONG THE GREENEST COMPANIES IN AMERICA. EASTMAN HAS BEEN RANKED 95TH ON NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE’S LIST OF THE 500 GREENEST COMPANIES. THE NEWSWEEK RANKINGS IS THE…

CALLING ALL BLOOD DONORS. MARSH REGIONAL BLOOD CENTER OFFICIALS HAVE ANNOUNCED SUPPLIES OF O-NEGATIVE BLOOD ARE EXTREMELY LOW IN THE TRI-CITIES AND MARSH OFFICIALS STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THOSE WITH THAT BLOOD…

A SHOCKER IN BLOUNTVILLE. THE STATE HAS RESTED ITS CASE IN DAY THREE IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT IN THE TRIAL OF A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED IN A DOUBLE MURDER…

SOME BAD ECONOMIC NEWS FOR THE TRI CITIES. THE TRACO PLANT IN JOHNSON CITY HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO CLOSE ITS DOORS. THE MOVE WILL PUT 180 PEOPLE OUT OF WORK.…