Month: November 2009

A Kingsport Man Who Was Involved In A Crash Last Week Has Died From His Injuries At A Johnson City Hospital. 19 Year Old Jamin Dodd Had Been In The…

Ten Members Of The 276th Engineer Battalion Based In Richmond Virginia Are Back Home. They Flew In Yesterday At Tri Cities Regional Airport After Serving Nearly A Year In Afghanistan.…

The Body Of An Army Specialist Who Was Killed Recently In A Shooting Rampage At A Military Base In Ft. Hood Texas Has Arrived Back Tri Cities. Fred Greene Who…

The Sullivan County Commission Is Expected To Vote Today On Tax Increment Financing For A New Ethanol Business. Reclaimed Resources Incorporated Is Building A Plant That Will Convert Trash Into…

Don’t Forget…This Weekend Tdot Crews Will Begin To Repair Three Cracks In A Heavily-Traveled Bridge On Interstate 81 In Greene County. The Repairs Will Be Done On The Northbound Lane…

A Former Bluff City Alderman Has Been Hired As The City’s First City Manager. The Board Of Mayor And Alderman Voted To Hire Don Weaver To Fill The Part-Time Job.…

An Appalachia Virginia Woman Is A Bit Wealthier Today After She Won The Sweepstake’s Prize Of 10-Thousand Dollars From Publishers Clearinghouse. 70 Year Old Lavonia Henderson Says Winning The Money…

An Elizabethton lawmaker trying to regain his party credentials won’t be getting any help from a fellow lawmaker. Republican U.S. Sen. Bob Corker says he won’t get involved in whether…

Sullivan County Sheriff Wayne Anderson Has Gained The Support Of The Tennessee Fraternal Order Of Police Lodge #11 To Run For A Fourth Term. During Its Latest Monthly Meeting, Anderson…

You Might Say Christmas Will Come Early This Year For One Kingsport Family. Thanks To The Combined Efforts Of Eastman Chemical Company, Colonial Heights Presbyterian Church, And Habitat For Humanity,…

Another Meth Lab Has Been Discovered In Hawkins County. 55 Year Old Danny Carpenter Is Faces Several Drug Related Charges. Officers Went To His Carroll Road Home In The Mooresburg…

Dozens Of People Gathered In Front Of A Washington County Virginia Courthouse To Protest Regarding The Recent “No” Vote To The Health Care Reform Bill That 9th District Congressman Rick…

Speedway Children’s Charities Has Set A New Record. The Agency Handed Out 650-Thousand Dollars To 84 Area Children’s Agencies, Shattering Last Year’s Record Total Of 575-Thousand Dollars. Claudia Byrd, Director…

An Abingdon Virginia Man Has Admitted To Molestation Charges Stemming From Crimes In 2007 At A Town Apartment Complex. Tony Getman Plead Guilty To Sodomy And Aggravated Sexual Battery. The…

A Sullivan County Judge Says He Will Decide Within 60 Days Whether Or Not To Grant A New Trial For A Convicted Cop Killer. Judge Jerry Beck Will Render His…

Virginia Officials Say They Will Be Watching Retailers For The Next Month To Make Sure They Are Not Charging Too Much For Goods And Services In The Wake Of The…

Foreclosure Filings Are Down 16 Percent In Virginia Compared To 2008. Realtytrac Inc. Said 5,484 Households Were In Some Stage Of Foreclosure Activity In October. Virginia’s Foreclosure Rate, One In…

New Jobs Are Coming To Southwest Virginia. Because Of A Recent Merger, Alpha Natural Resources Is Growing And Company Officials Have Decided To Build A New Corporate Headquarters In Bristol…

A former merchant contends that selling merchandise branded with slogans and pictures critical of President Barack Obama got him evicted from an East Tennessee mall. Dan Fuchs (FYOOKS’) has reportedly…

A Former Guard At The Northeast Correctional Center In Johnson County Has Been Found Murdered In Middle Tennessee. The Body Of Marla Abel Was Located Inside Her Robertson County Home.…

A Hawkins County District Attorney General Plan To Take A Case Of Missing Funds To A Grand Jury. 15-Thousand Dollars Has Escaped From The Chancery Court Clerk And Master’s Office…

A group of music figures has begun a campaign against mountaintop coal removal. The campaign, Music Saves Mountains, is sponsored by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Gibson Foundation.…