Month: January 2018

Former Bristol Judge Kurt Pomrenke Is Now In Federal Prison In Pennsylvania. In November, A Federal Judge Sentenced Him To Two Months In Prison For A Criminal Contempt Conviction. Pomrenke…

A Washington County Tennessee Grand Jury Has Indicted A Johnson City Man Accused In A Robbery Last Year. 33 Year Old Coleman Durnford Is Charged With Attempted Aggravated Robbery That…

A Washington County Tennessee Grand Jury Has Indicted A Unicoi County Man On Vehicular Homicide Charges In The Death Of His Girlfriend. 24 Year Old Matthew Robinson Is Also Charged…

A Southwest Virginia Lawmaker Has Introduced A Bill In The Virginia General Assembly To Reinstate The Virginia Coal Employment And Production Incentive Tax Credit. The Bill By Delegate Terry Kilgore,…

An Empty Warehouse In Bristol Virginia Will Soon Be Turned Into An Upscale Event Venue. Doug Moore Said The Building On State Street, Which Was Once A Restaurant Equipment Company,…

Customers Of The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Power Grid Are Giving The System Quite The Workload. The Agency Reports The Sixth Highest Winter Peak In History Today When The Peak Power…

The Washington County Virginia Sheriff’s Office Is Investigating An Armed Robbery At A Grocery Store In Abingdon. It Happened Tuesday Night At Food Country On Porterfield Highway. Details Aren’t Being…

A Former Hawkins County Sunday School Teacher And Deacon Accused Of Reaching Out To An Underage Girl In Michigan Is Expected To Admit To Wrongdoing In U.S. District Court In…

An Inmate At Red Onion State Prison In Pound Virginia Has Died Of An Apparent Suicide. 20 Year Old Jordyn Charity Of Hampton Was Serving A 168 Year Prison Sentence…

The Johnson City Commission Is Considering Getting Drones For City Employees. City Leaders Are Unclear As To The Cost Of Such A Program, But They Have Started Discussing How Useful…

The Sullivan County Animal Shelter Is Finally Open. It Had Been Closed In Order For Cleanup To Occur And The County To Resume Control Of The Facility. County Accounts And…

A Bristol Man Charged In A Kingsport Carjacking Is Behind Bars. 31 Year Old Morgan McCracken Is Charged With Carjacking, Felony Vandalism, And Possession Of A Schedule Two Drug. He’s…

A Kingsport-Based Coal Producer Has Announced It Expects To Sell Between 13 And 14.6 Million Tons Of Coal In 2018. Alpha Natural Resources Chief Executive Officer David Stetson Said The…

A Single Vehicle Wreck In Kingsport Has Claimed The Life Of A Johnson City Man. 41 Year Old Joshua McAllister Was Killed When His Vehicle Traveling On Center Street Veered…

The Kingsport City School System Could Have Its New Superintendent Of Schools As Soon As February. Dr. Jeff Moorhouse Will Start His New Position With The School System February 2nd.…

The Washington County Virginia Sheriff’s Office Has Released The Name Of The Woman Found Earlier This Week In Abingdon In A Wooded Area On Private Property. Sheriff Fred Newman Said…

Niswonger Children’s Hospital In Johnson City Is Parting Ways With Shriners Hospitals For Children. A Spokesperson Said Shriners Management Determined The Pediatric Orthopedic Clinic, Is No Longer Financially Profitable. However,…

A Bristol, Virginia Man Has Filed A Lawsuit After He Claims He Was Detained, Shocked With A Stun Gun And Handcuffed. Chris Blevins, Jr. Said He Was Leaving Cabela’s At…

U.S. Coal Mining Deaths Surged In 2017, One Year After They Hit A Record Low. The Nation’s Coal Mines Reported 15 Deaths Last Year, Including Eight In West Virginia. Kentucky…

The State Of Tennessee Has Turned Down Requests For A New Trial For Two Women Convicted In A High Profile Case Known As The Facebook Murders. In 2015, A Jury…

A Three Year Undercover Investigation In Southwest Virginia Has Lead To The Conviction And Sentencing Of Three Men From Pound. 50 Year Old David Mathias, James Mullins And Lawrence Mathias…

A Church Hill Man Is Facing Lsd Trafficking And Gun Charges After Police Allegedly Traced A Stolen Car To His Home. Police Chief Mark Johnson Said 42 Year Old Greg…