Month: June 2015

13.5 Million Dollars. That’s The Price Tag On A Major Upgrade To Kingsport’s Water Plant. Initially The City Was Considering Spending 15 Million Dollars To Upgrade And Modernize The Raw…

Eastman Chemical Company Has Received Top Honors For Its College And Career Readiness Program. Every Year, A.C.T. Recognizes The Achievements Of An Employer. The Chemical Giant Was Recognized As The…

Construction Underway In Kingsport To Install A New Sanitary Sewer Line On Kendrick Creek Road Between Julip Drive And Oakmont Drive. Work Will Take Place Between 8 Am And 5…

This Week Brings Back A Tradition For Barter Theater In Abingdon Virginia. Barter Days Will Be Held Tuesday, Thursday And Saturday. On Those Days, You Can Bring One Grocery Bag…

The Use Of Some Illegal Drugs Is On The Rise In Johnson City. Crack Cocaine Is One Of The Worst Drugs In The City Along With Marijuana And Methamphetamine According…

The Sullivan County School System Will Have To Begin Searching For A New Business Manger. Leslie Bonner Has Announced She’s Leaving The Position After Almost Five Years. She’s Going To…

Construction Work Is Underway On Airport Road In Greeneville. The Work Will Relocate The Roadway And Could Potentially Result In More Revenue In The Future For The County. The Move…

A Greene County Detention Center Inmate Has Filed A Civil Rights Lawsuit Against The Jail And A Corrections Officer In Federal Court. 31 Year Old James Starnes Is Seeking 50-Thousand…

A Kingsport Minister Accused Of Stealing Over 60-Thousand Dollars From Church Coffers Has Plead Not Guilty In Sullivan County Criminal Court. Boyd Holder Jr. Appeared In Court This Morning. He…

A Kingsport Woman Charged With Stealing Thousands Of Dollars From The Surgical Center She Managed Has Pleaded Not Guilty. Elizabeth McKinney Is Accused Of Embezzling Between 10-Thousand And 60-Thousand Dollars…

A Kingsport Man Is Facing Charges Following A Report Of A Suspicious Person Harassing Customers Near The Dollar Tree Store At Exit 7 In Bristol, Virginia. 65 Year Old Roy…

A Grievance Filed By Bluff City Tennessee’s Former Court Clerk Mary Anderson Against City Manager/Mayor Irene Wells Is Invalid According To City Attorney Paul Frye. Frye Said The Grievance Procedure…

A Hawkins County Man Who Called Police On His Neighbors For Being Too Loud Is Now The Victim In A Stabbing. 33 Year Old Johnny Richards And 32 Year Old…

A Kingsport Grocery Store Manager Has Walked Away With Honors At This Year’s Food Marketing Institute Convention In Chicago. Mark Hubbard Is The Manager Of Food City On Eastman Road.…

Elizabethton Leaders Have Decided On First Reading, To Lower The Property Tax Rate But Increase Water Service In The 2015-16 Fiscal Year Budget. The Property Tax Rate Will Be Reduced…

A Hawkins County Man Is Accused Of Placing His Girlfriend In A Headlock While Using A Butcher Knife To Intimidate Her. 29 Year Old Preston Baes Is Charged With Aggravated…

Rogersville Landowners Won’t Be Seeing An Increase In Property Taxes Next Fiscal Year. However, A Water Rate Increase Of Five Percent Will Be Included In The Over Six Million Dollar…

A Man Accused In The Murders Of A Carter County Couple Has Had His Case Bound Over To A Grand Jury. 43 Year Old Eric Azotea Is Charged With Two…

Kingsport Police Have Been Able To Positively Link Three People Arrested Following An Investigation Into An Auto Burglary Earlier This Month To Several Other Previously Unsolved Cases. 19 Year Old…

A Man Convicted Of Running Down A Washington County Tennessee Deputy During A High Speed Chase Has Been Arrested Again In Johnson City On A Parole Violation. Police Found 23…

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam Has Signed A Bill That Allows Families Of Murder Victims To Show Their Pictures During Trial. A Murder Victim’s Picture Is Only Shown In A Trial…

A Greene County Man Who Took 10-Thousand Dollars From A Hawkins County Person’s Bank Account Has Been Ordered To Serve Time Behind Bars. 60 Year Old William Gulley Pled Guilty…