Day: September 29, 2015

A Man Convicted Of Killing A Bristol, Tennessee Police Officer Is Seeking A New Trial. Defense Attorneys For Nickolus Johnson Are Trying To Get Sullivan County District Attorney Barry Staubus…

Appalachian Power Has Filed The Paperwork To Raise The Base Rate That Its Customers In And Around Kingsport Pay. The Company Wants To Increase An Average Residential Customer’s Bill By…

A Former Greenville Police Officer, Who Admitted To Having Sexual Contact With Female Inmates He Was Instructing In A County Jail GED Class, Has Been Ordered To Spend Time Behind…

Two People Have Been Charged With First Degree Murder In The Death Of A Greene County Man. 39 Year Old Mario Keene And 27 Old Amanda Harris Are Charged In…

A Rogersville Couple Is Wanted On Multiple Felony Counts After Fleeing Kingsport Police On Two Occasions. Justin Church Is Charged With Theft Over A Thousand Dollars, Driving On A Revoked…

The Former Bristol Virginia Utilities Ceo Is Asking For A Sentence That Is Fair And Just. 41 People, Including Wes Rosenbalm’s Wife, Wrote Letters On His Behalf Ahead Of His…

A Mount Carmel Police Officer Has Been Suspended For Three Days Due To Refusing To Shoot A Skunk That Had Bitten A Child. Officer David Dean Reportedly Violated Departmental Policy…

The Unicoi County Sheriff’s Office Is Battling To Keep Officers. Sheriff Mike Hensley Said He Continues To Lose Deputies To Other Departments Because There’s No Incentive For Them To Stay.…

A Bristol, Virginia Based Energy Company That Recently Filed For Bankruptcy Is Shutting Down A Mine In Pennsylvania. Alpha Natural Resources Will Close Its Emerald Mine In November. In December,…

19 Employers In Johnson City Are Teaming Up For The Fourth Annual “Paychecks For Patriots” Hiring Event Later This Week. Representatives Will Be On Hand To Help Veterans And Their…

Tri Cities Shoppers Can Experience A Unique Kind Of Store When Cabela’s Opens Its Doors In Bristol, Virginia This Week. Country Singer Lucas Hoge And Tv And Radio Host Laura…

A Major Commercial Laundry Service Company That Filed For Bankruptcy Will Apparently Be Keeping Its Local Facility Open. Coyne Textile Services Filed For Chapter 11 Protection Almost Two Months Ago.…

Kingsport City Leaders Have Set A Policy For Its Rainy Day Fund. The Board Of Mayor And Aldermen Has Approved A Resolution Officially Adopting A Fund Balance Policy. Historically, The…

Johnson County Leaders Are Wanting Better Higher Education Options. County Leaders Are Looking To Establish A Tennessee College Of Applied Technology Within The County. Mayor Larry Potter Met With Lieutenant…

Erwin Is Gearing Up For The 38th Annual Apple Festival. Nearly 100-Thousand Visitors Are Expected During The Festival, Which Is About Five Times The Population Of The County. Music Will…

A Johnson City Man Accused Of His Part In An Alleged Robbery Near East Tennessee State University Is Behind Bars. 20 Year Old Austin Forkpa Is Charged With Tampering With…

Leaders Of Bristol Virginia Utilities Have Voted To Suspend All Charitable Donations For Now. BVU Has Been Under Tough Scrutiny After Former CEO Wes Rosenbalm Was Convicted Of Conspiracy To…

The Sweet Sound Of Falling Gas Prices Is Music To The Ears Of Motorists And It’s The Kind Of News They Don’t Mind Having Repeated Each Week. The National Average…

A Johnson City Man Accused Of Traveling Over 100 Mph When His Car Crashed Into Another Vehicle With Such Violence, It Severed The Victim’s Spinal Cord, Has Had His Case…