Month: December 2009

An Annual Event Celebrating The Spirit Of Christmas On The Frontier Is Slated For This Weekend. Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park In Limestone Will Be Decorated In Pioneer Christmas Spirit…

Kingsport Based Eastman Chemical Company Has Announced Plans To Discontinue One Of Its Texas Based Projects. According To A Press Release, High Capital Costs, Environmental Issues And Uncertainity In Petroleum…

Mother Nature Flexed Her Muscles In The Tri Cities And Southwest Virginia. Trees Were Reported Down In Many Areas. Also High Water Made Some Areas Very Dangerous. At One Point,…

An Early Christmas Present For Tri Cities Residents Looking For A Job. Universal Fibers In Bristol, Virginia Has Announced It Will Expand Its Manufacturing Facility And Hire 84 New Employees…

Another Tri Cities Town Is Looking At Adding Redlight Cameras. Rogersville Mayor Jim Sells Appointed A Committee This Week To Study The Possibility Of Installing Them At A Traffic Light…

A Kingsport Teen Accused In A Fatal Car Chase Shooting Won’t Go On Trial Until Next Year. 18 Year Old Christopher Nunley Was Arrested Following The January 11th Incident Near…

**Cancelled** ———————– Due To A High Wind Advisory Issued Through Tonight For Our Region And Excessive Water In Certain Areas, Bristol Motor Speedway Officials Have Announed That All Activities For…

A Kingsport Police Officer Who Shot And Killed A Pit bull Has Been Cleared Of Any Wrongdoing. A Sullivan County Grand Jury Decided To Take No Action Against Officer Darrell…

The American Red Cross In Johnson City Is Hoping You Won’t Forget To Give The Gift Of Life This Holiday Season. Donating Blood Doesn’t Take Much Time And The Feeling…

A Buchanan County Virginia Man Convicted In The Stabbing Death Of Another Man Has Been Ordered To Spend The Rest Of His Life Behind Bars. 35 Year Old Travis Wade…

Accreditation Has Been Reaffirmed For King College In Bristol, Tennessee. The Southern Association Of Colleges And Schools Commission On Colleges Reaffirmed King’s Accreditation Yesterday And Removed A One Year Warning…

The Kingsport Rotary Club Will Be Handing Out A Check Today To Second Harvest Food Bank To Help Feed Children This Holiday Season. The 86-Hundred Dollar Amount Is Up 28…

A Johnson City Man Convicted In A Deadly Car Crash That Claimed The Life Of A Homecoming Queen Has Had His Request For Work Release Denied. Bradley Mullins Was Found…

A Carter County Woman Who Was Convicted Nearly Two Years Ago In The Shooting Death Of Her Boyfriend Has Had A New Trial Date Set In Criminal Court. 32 Year…

A Bristol Tennessee Man Convicted In The Beating And Raping Of His Ex-Wife Has Had His Motion For A New Trial Denied. Doug Young Was Ordered To Serve 50 Years…

An Audit Report Released By The Tennessee Comptroller Of The Treasury’s Office Has Verified There Where Missing Funds From The Hawkins County Chancery Court Clerk And Master’s Office. The Findings…

It was a cowlick of a different nature that raised a Hawkins County man’s hair. Jerry Lynn Davis called the sheriff, saying his neighbor’s cows had been licking his house…

Over 300 Students Are Expected To Graduate From King College This Weekend. John Mark Estepp, President Of Southwest Virginia Community College Will Be The Keynote Speaker For The Fall Commencement.…

Kingsport Residents Can Access The Greenbelt More Easily Thanks To A New Section. A Special Dedication Was Held Monday Afternoon That Will Mark The Opening Of The 23-Hundred Foot Connection,…

With the holiday season in full swing, police around the country will start being more vigilant–looking for people driving under the influence. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood launched the national winter…

Southwest Virginia Fire Officials Are Still Trying To Determine What Caused A Fatal Fire In Scott County Over The Weekend. 61 Year Old Bob Forrester Died In The Fire At…

A House Fire Over The Weekend In Scott County Virginia Has Claimed The Life Of A County Man. 61 Year Old Bob Forrester Was Killed Early Yesterday Morning At His…