SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMISSION TO HOLD CALLED MEETING
The Sullivan County Commission Will Be Holding A Called Meeting On Wednesday October 2nd To Discuss Funding Of The Department Of Education. This Comes As The School System Warns It…
PINEY FLATS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT NEW EQUIPMENT
The Piney Flats Volunteer Fire Department Now Has Over 500 Thousand Dollars In New Trucks And Gear And That Could Help Residents And Business Owners With Insurance Cost. The New…
PUBLIC TRANSIT IN BRISTOL TENNESSEE TO OFFER FREE RIDES
Public Transit In Bristol Tennessee Will Offer Free Rides Next Month. This Is In Response To The City’s Annual Dump The Pump Celebration. The Event Is Designed To Bring Attention…
TWO CONVICTED ON DRUG CHARGES
A Jury In U.S. District Court In Abingdon Has Convicted The Last Two Members Of A Drug Distribution Ring That Brought In Methamphetamine, Heroin, Oxycodon, Cocaine And Other Drugs From…
ELIZABETHTON OFFICERS CLEARED IN FATAL SHOOTING OF SUSPECT
Two Elizabethton Police Officers Involved In A Shooting Which Killed A Man Will Not Face Any Charges. According To The Tennessee Bureau Of Investigation 33 Year Old Jeffery Gibble Fired…
KILGORE ANNOUNCES NEW MEMBERS TO BOARD
Southwest Virginia Delegate Terry Kilgore Says Eight Members Will Join The Virginia Cooperative Agreement Task Force In Monitoring Ballad Health. The Task Force Was Created In June By The Southwest…
BRISTOL VIRGINIA HOME INVASION SHOOTING
A Manhunt Is Underway In Bristol Virginia Following A Home Invasion. It Happened Around 3am This Morning At A Home On Island Road In The Area Of Wagner Road. Police…
DOWNTOWN KINGSPORT ASSOCIATION GETS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The Chamber Of Commerce Has Named A New Executive Director Of The Downtown Kingsport Association And Visit Kingsport. Robin Cleary, Who Served Previously As The Director Of The Keep Kingsport…
WALTERS STATE NISWONGER BUILDING IN GREENEVILLE COMPLETE
Work Is Finished On A New Campus Building At The Downtown Greeneville Walters State Community College Campus. The New 104-Thousand Square-Foot Niswonger Addition Took Nearly Nine Years To Complete And…
MAN WHO PUT BOMB AT BRISTOL COMPRESSORS IN ’94 TO BE SET FREE
A Southwest Virginia Man Who Placed A Bomb At Bristol Compressors In 1994 Will Be Released 27 Years Early Due To A Decision By The Supreme Court. 56 Year Old…
WASHINGTON COUNTY FILES APPEAL OVER COURTHOUSE
Washington County Virginia Administrator Jason Berry Has Filed An Appeal Of Abingdon’s Zoning Determination Which State’s The County Courthouse Can’t Be Moved To Another Location. The Appeal Is Now Set…
SULLIVAN COUNTY SCHOOLS FACE A TEMPORARY SHUTDOWN
The New Director Of Sullivan County Schools David Cox Has Said The School System Is In Risk Of Temporarily Closing Due To A Lack Of Funding. He Said The System…
LAWSUIT FILED BY HOSPITALS IN TWO STATES AGAINST OPIOID COMPANIES
A Lawsuit Has Been Filed In U.S. District Court In Greeneville By Over 30 Hospitals In Tennessee And Virginia Against Purdue Pharma, Johnson And Johnson And More Than 40 Other…
BRISTOL TENNESSEE HAS NEW DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS
The Bristol Tennessee Board Of Education Has Approved A Contract For Tom Sisk To Become The Next Director Of Schools. Sisk Is Currently The Superintendent At Limestone County Schools In…