Month: July 2015

Johnson City Leaders Will Take A Final Vote This Evening On An Occupancy Tax Increase. This Will Move The Tax Of Hotels And Motels From Five To Seven Percent. According…

A Duffield Virginia Man Has Died In A Single Vehicle Crash In Scott County. According To Virginia State Police, 60 Year Old Steven L. Benton Died At The Scene Of…

According To The Wall Street Journal, Bristol Based Alpha Natural Resources Is Attempting To Obtain Financing For A Potential Bankruptcy Filing Next Month As A Way To Restructure Its Debt.…

A Bristol, Virginia Man Who Failed To Update His Sex Offender Registration Has Pleaded Guilty In U.S. District Court In Abingdon. 34 Year Old Stevenson Harrison Admitted Admitted That He…

The Remote Area Medical Clinic Is Gearing Up To Host It’s 16th Year At The Wise County Virginia Fairgrounds In Wise. The Non-Profit, All Volunteer Organization Provides Free Dental, Medical…

A Kingsport Businessman Accused Of Bombing A Johnson City Medical Center Has Been Arraigned In U.S. District Court In Greeneville. Christopher Alexander, Who Owns Alexander Prosthetics Specialists, S Alleged To…

A Greeneville Man Has Been Ordered To Spend Time In Federal Prison. 31 Year Old David Allen Cutshall Pleaded Guilty To Being A Felon In Possession Of A Firearm. Officers…

The Head Of The Greene County Partnership Board Of Directors Is Stepping Down. During His Tenure, Tom Ferguson Has Assisted In Recruiting 16 New Companies To Greene County. A Search…

More Than A Dozen Mountain Home Va Workers Have Had Their Promotions Taken Back. The Employees Discovered That They Are Being Demoted Because Of A Mistake Made In The Promotions…

Three Candidates Are Vying For A Vacant Seat On The Kingsport Board Of Mayor And Alderman. They Are Former Alderman Tom Segelhorst, Darrell Duncan And Andy Wampler. All Three Are…

The Unicoi County’s Budget Committee Is Hard At Work To Try To Trim A Projected Deficit Of More Than 400-Thousand Dollars Off The 2015-16 Fiscal Year Budget. So Far 238-Thousand…

Bristol Virginia City Leaders Have Agreed To Refinance 48-Million Dollars In General Obligation Bonds For The Falls Commercial Center. A Portion Of The Bonds Was On Track To Be Paid…

Washington County Is Attempting To Protect Itself By Recommending Thomas Seeley Iii Be Named Senior Attorney To Represent The County In Litigation Proceedings. The County Is Reshaping Its Legal Team…

The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services has begun making publicly available the names of people who it believes have committed child abuse or neglect, despite the fact that some of…

Providence Medical Clinic In Kingsport Has Received A Financial Helping Hand. Eastman Credit Union Provided The Faith-Based Clinic With A 50-Thousand Dollar Gift. The Organization Operates On Clay Street And…

Johnson City Leaders Have Agreed To Help Fund Access To The New Franklin Square Development And Food City. The City Agreed To Provide 250-Thousand Dollars To The Project, Which Is…

Educational Leaders In Washington County Tennessee Have Voted In Favor Of Doing Away With The Standford Achievement Test Series 10th Edition, Also Known As Sat-10. The Test Had Been Administered…

Johnson City Police Said A Pipe Bomb Was Found In The Yard Of A Home On Rambling Road In The Towne Acres Neighborhood. The Homeowner Was Landscaping Outside When He…

Officials Said All Of The Prisoners Who Were Injured In Multip;e Fights Between Inmates Last Week At The Federal Prison In Lee County, Virginia Have Been Released From The Hospital…

The Man Believed To Be Responsible For Robbing A Jonesborough Bank Last Week Is In Police Custody. 54 Year Old Terry Rogers Was Arrested Without By An Officer With The…

A Man Who Pleaded Guilty To Killing His Grandmother In 2011 With A Steak Knife Has Been Ordered To Spend Time In Prison. Cody Russell Pleaded Guilty To Second Degree…

A Sullivan County Jail Inmate Is Dead After He Was Found Hanging In His Cell. 41 Year Old Joey Edward Cunningham Was In Jail On Charges Of Initiation Of Process…