Month: October 2018

A Carter County Man Who Allegedly Held Ten People Hostage In A Weekend Kidnapping Case Will Appear Back In Court Later This Month. 21 Year Old Jordan Reece Is Charged…

Laughlin Memorial Staff Alerted Police To A Shooting After A Man With A Gunshot Wound In The Back Came To The Hospital And Was Then Flown To Johnson City Medical…

A Washington County Tennessee Man Admitted To Targeting Young Children For Sexual Conversations Online. Alexander Aldenhuysen Admitted To Using A Cell Phone And Tablet To Ask For Nude Photos And…

Kingsport Has Been Named A “Comeback City” By Securitychoice.Com. The Title Is Based On Its Decrease In Crime Rates Over A 10-Year Span. The City Ranked 90th With A 32-Percent…

A Family Member Of A Man Who Was Fatally Shot Inside Hog Wild Saloon In Kingsport In March Has Filed A 20 Million Dollar Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against The Former…

The New Unicoi County Hospital Is Set To Open Tomorrow. Its The First New Hospital Built Under Ballad Health Care, Replacing The Current Hospital Which Was Built In 1953. The…

Tennessee’s Unemployment Figures For September Remain Unchanged. The State Rate Remains At 3.6-Percent, Which Is Just Barely Above The State’s All-Time Low. 86-Hundred Jobs Were Added Throughout The State Between…

A Carter County Man Accused Of Killing His Elderly Next Door Neighbor Has Had A Trial Date Set For Next Year. Chad Benefield Was Indicted On Felony Murder And Especially…

All Parties The Case In The Ferris Wheel Accident At The Greene County Fair Nearly Two Years Ago Have Met And Reached A Settlement. Three Young Girls Fell 40 Feet…

The Johnson City Leaders Have Appointed Dr. Larry Calhoun To The City Commission. He Will Be Filling The Seat Of Ralph Van Brocklin After His Recent Passing. Calhoun Was Sworn…

The President Of Virginia Highlands Community College Has Been Reassigned Effective Immediately. Chancellor Glenn Dubois Said Dr. Gene Couch Will Serve As Special Assistant To Virginia Community College. An Interim…

The Buzz Word Is Regionalism. Sullivan And Washington County Leaders Gathered At Tri Cities Airport To Formally Agree To Work Together On Common Issues As A Way To Boost Economic…

An Elizabethton Man Who Plead Guilty To Abuse And Neglect Of A One Year Old Child Is Going To Prison For 15 Years. Authorities Said 20 Year Old Cory Scalf…

A Federal Judge In Nashville Has Ordered The State To Stop Suspending The Drivers Licenses Of People Who Are Unable To Pay Traffic Fines And Court Costs. U.S. District Judge…

Keep Kingsport Beautiful And The Kingsport Fire Department Have Teamed Up For A 9 Volt Battery Giveaway At The Kingsport Farmers Market October 27th From 9am To 11am For Fire…

Kingsport Is Now The First 2-Million Mile City In America. Healthy Kingsport Exceeded Their Collective Goal With 6.7 Million Miles Of Physical Activity From November Last Year To This Month.…

A Hawkins County Man Has Been Charged With Arson. Heath Johnson Was Previously Accused Of Threatening To Burn His Home Down And Harm His Mother. The Fire Caused Heavy Smoke…

Wise County Authorities Have Arrested A Woman From Kentucky After A High Speed Chase Through The City Of Norton And Other Areas Of Virginia. 30 Year Old Erika Lucas Lead…

Renovations Are Now Complete At Second Harvest Food Bank Of Northeast Tennessee’s Facility In Kingsport. The 110-Thousand Square Foot Building Off Exit 63 Of Interstate 81 Is Now Energy Efficient…

Registration Is Winding Down For This Weekend’s Adoration Worship Service At East Tennessee State University In Johnson City. The Event Will Take Place Sunday And Seeks To Unite One-Thousand Churches…

The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office Unveiled A New Finger Print System To Help Verify Identities Of Inmates At The County Jail. Earlier This Year The Wrong Inmate Was Released. The…

Elizabethton Police Are Searching For A Bandit That Walked Into Carter County Bank And Demanded Cash At Gunpoint. Chief Jason Shaw Said The Man Had His Face Covered When He…