Tri-Cities Local News

Authorities Have Confirmed A Missing Plane That Law Enforcement Officers Have Been Searching For Since Monday Afternoon In Southwest Virginia Has Been Found With No Survivors. Virginia State Police Believe…

The Murder Of A Retired Hawkins County Teacher Has The Area Community In Shock. Margaret Jack Sliger Was Brutally Killed At Her Small Farm In Mooresburg. She’s Described As A…

Bristol Virginia Utility Authority Customers Can Expect To Pay Higher Water, Wastewater And Sewer Rates Next Fiscal Year. The Board Unanimously Decided To Approve An 84.7 Million Dollar Spending Plan…

Two People Face Charges After Allegedly Shooting An Off Duty Hawkins County Detective Last Week In A Surgoinsville Park With An Alleged Sniper Style Pellet Gun. Detective Jeff Greer Was…

A Woman Who Was Found With A Gunshot Wound At An Elizabethton Motel Has Died At A Johnson City Hospital. 24 Year Old Suman Sarkaria Was Found At Traveler’s Inn…

A Proposed Rate Increase By A Public Utility That Provides Natural Gas Service To Customers In Carter, Greene, And Sullivan Counties, Won’t Be As Much As First Thought. Rates For…

Two Empty Seats On The Carter County Commission Have Been Filled. Commissioners Elected Robert Acuff To A Fill The Empty 1st District Seat While Bradley Johnson Was Chosen To Fill…

The Tennessee Bureau Of Investigation Has Issued A Warning About A Potentially Dangerous Drug Found In Pills That Otherwise Appear To Be Oxycodone. Recently A State Law Enforcement Agency Recovered…

The Washington County Tennessee School District Is Considering Advertising On Its School Buses. The Board Of Education Heard From An Atlanta-Based Advertising Agency About The Possibility Of Selling And Installing…

A Most Wanted Fugitive, Who Has Been On The Run For Six Years, Is Now In Custody Of The FBI Following His Arrest This Past Weekend In Damascus Virginia. James…

Construction On A 2-Million Dollar Field House At The Kermit Tipton Stadium In Johnson City Is On Schedule. The New Facility Should Be Completed By The End Of July, Just…

Believe It Or Not, Local Officials Say The Area Ozone Levels Continue To Improve. But Don’t Get To Relaxed Because Tougher Quality Standards Are On The Way. The Environmental Protection…

Testimony Is Set To Start This Morning In Greene County Criminal Court For A Man Accused In The 2012 Death Of His Infant Daughter. 25 Year Old Stephen Jennings Is…

Sad News Coming Out Of Scott County. A Two Year Old Boy Drowned Yesterday Morning In A Residential Swimming Pool At A Home In The Yuma Community Of Scott County.…

Its Election Day In Sullivan County. Voters In Kingsport Will Head To The Polls To Elect A Mayor, Three Aldermen, Three School Board Members And One Special Vacancy School Board…

Virginia State Police Are Continuing To Search For A Possible Downed Plane In The Smyth Or Grayson County Areas. The Terrain Is Very Rocky, It Has Dense Foliage And Rugged…

Cherokee Elementary School In Johnson City Was A Big Winner On The Ellen Degeneres Talk Show. The School Walked Away With Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars. It All Started When…

A Two Vehicle Crash Over The Weekend Near The Tennessee-North Carolina Border Has Left Four People Dead Including A Family Of Three From Mountain City. According To The Tennessee Highway…

An Elizabethton Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting A Child Has Pleaded Guilty To The Crime In Carter County Criminal Court. 54 Year Old James Perry Admitted To 59 Counts Of…

A Washington County Tennessee Grand Jury Has Indicted One Of Two Men Accused Of Robbing A Food Delivery Driver. 21 Year Old Zachery Smith-Lyon Is Charged With Attempted First Degree…

A Washington County Tennessee Grand Jury Has Indicted A Chattanooga Man In The Alleged Killing Of A Johnson City Man In March Of This Year. 33 Year Old Amando Stewart…

A Scott County Virginia Woman Found Guilty Of Assaulting Her Police Officer Husband, Has Had Her Charges Dismissed. Angela Fletcher Was Found Guilty Of Assault And Battery In May Of…