GREENE COUNTY INMATE LOSES APPEAL
A Greene County Inmate Has Lost His Appeal To Win Release From Prison. Richard Lynn Norton, An Inmate At The Northeast Correctional Complex Near Mountain City, Was Convicted In Greene…
CHARGES PLACED AS A RESULT OF DRAG RACING DEATH
Bristol Virginia Police Have Placed Charges Against The Driver Of A Vehicle Involved In A Road Racing Accident That Claimed The Life Of An Abingdon Woman. 19 Year Old Joseph…
SHIPLEY SPONSORS IGNITION INTERLOCK LEGISLATION
Tennessee lawmakers are trying to agree on legislation that would require offenders charged with drunken driving to have ignition interlock devices installed in their vehicles. One bill sponsored by Representative…
TENNESSEE TAX COLLECTIONS DOWN
Tennessee’s general fund tax collections are $152 million short of projections through the first half of the budget year. The state collected $5.2 million less than expected in December and…
ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES SHOWS GOOD FOURTH QUARTER
An Abingdon, Virginia Based Coal Producer Has Reason To Be Happy Today. Alpha Natural Resouces Says Fourth Quarter Profits Nearly Doubled. That Despite A Tough Economy. The Company Earned 18…
KINGSPORT GED PROGRAM RECEIVES BOOST
Kingsport City Schools And The Kingsport-Sullivan County Adult Education Ged Program Have Received A Grant To Fund An Online Preparation Program. The 6-Thousand Dollars In Funding Came From The Eastman…
KINGSPORT SCHOOLS RECEIVED GED GRANT
Kingsport City Schools And The Kingsport-Sullivan County Adult Education Ged Program Have Received A Grant To Fund An Online Ged Preparation Program. The 6-Thousand Dollars In Funding Came From The…
ETSU SETS RECORD SPRING ENROLLMENT
A Record Setting Spring Enrollment At East Tennessee State University In Johnson City. The Over 13-Thousand Students Represents An Increase Of 612 Students From Last Spring. Dr. Ramona Williams, Vice…
GREENEVILLE WOMAN TO FACE SENTENCING
A Greeneville, Tennessee Woman Has Pled Guilty To Robbing A Local Pharmacy In U.S. District Court And Will Be Sentenced Later This Year. Smanatha Jo Arwood Admitted To Holding Up…
EMORY AND HENRY BREAK GROUND ON NEW RESIDENCE HALL
Officials With A Southwest Virginia College Broke Ground This Morning On A New Residence Hall. With Expanding Enrollment And The Need For Additional Housing Options, Emory And Henry Officials Say…
TN. HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE LOOKING AT REDLIGHT CAMERAS
A Tennessee House Subcommittee Has Advanced Legislation That Would Place Restrictions On New Traffic Enforcement Cameras And Reduce Violation Fines. The Legislation Calls For A Reduction In Fines To $10…
GUNTER ORDERED TO SERVE TIME IN FEDERAL PRISON
A Man Who Pled Guilty In U.S. District Court In Greeneville Last Year To Holding Up Several Convenience Store In The Tri Cities Has Been Ordered To Spend Time Behind…
JOHNSON CITY MAN CHARGED WITH CHILD PORN
Johnson City Police Have Charged A City Man With Child Porn. 47 Year Old Samuel Kent Barnett Is Alleged To Have Nearly 600 Images Of Child Pornography At His Home.…
KINGSPORT SCHOOL OFFICIALS DECIDE IN FAVOR OF LAWSUIT
Kingsport School Officials Are Asking The City To Seek Liquidated Damages In The Delayed Completion Of John Adams Elementary School. Contractor J.A. Street Allegedly Overshot The May 1st Completion Deadline…
KINGSPORT WOMAN ACCUSED IN STABBING
A Kingsport Woman Accused Of Stabbing Her Boyfriend Is Behind Bars. 20 Year Old Brittany Woliver Is Charged With Domestic Aggravated Assault. The 34 Year Old Victim Was Stabbed In…
GREENE COUNTY MAN HEADED TO PRISON
A Greene County Man Who Pled Guilty To Shooting And Injuring Another Man At A County Club Has Been Sentenced To Prison In U.S. District Court In Greeneville. 32 Year…
FOUR PEOPLE ARRESTED ON FUGITIVE WARRANTS
Kingsport Police Have Arrested Three People On Fugitive From Justice Charges Following A Chase And Crash. Chucky Elmore Jr. Was Wanted Out Of Marion Virginia As Well As South Carolina.…
JOHNSON CITY SENTENCED TO JAIL
A Johnson City Man Is Headed To Jail On Child Pornography Charges. A U.S. District Court Judge Sentenced 56 Year Old Bobby Howard Cook To Just Over 19 Years Behind…
WOMAN KILLED FOLLOWING DRAG RACING INCIDENT
A Street Racing Incident In Bristol Virginia Has Claimed The Life Of An Abingdon Woman. According To City Police, 38 Year Old Melinda Woodward Was Killed In The Crash Last…
MEDICAID CUTS WILL PUT PRESSURE ON LOCAL HOSPITALS
Health care officials say Gov. Phil Bredesen’s proposed cuts to the state’s expanded Medicaid program would cost state hospitals hundreds of millions of dollars and may force some of them…
K-9 POLICE OFFICER HAS TO BE PUT TO REST
An Elizabethton K-9 Police Officer Has Been Laid To Rest. Yoris, The K-9 Partner Of Officer Shane Darling, Escaped From His Kennel Saturday, Wandered Into A Field And Allegedly, Bit…
WARE HAS TRIAL DATE SET IN DOUBLE MURDER
A Kingsport Double Murder Suspect Is Now Set To Go To Trial Later This Year. 31 Year Old Leslie Allen Ware Is Charged With Premeditated First-Degree Murder, Felony Murder, And…