Tri-Cities Local News

Tennessee’s unemployment rate for September was 4.7 percent, up 0.7 percent from August. State labor officials said the hike is due to an increase in the labor force because of…

A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF CONFRONTING AN EMPLOYEE AT AN ABINGDON ARTS CENTER HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF SOME OF THE CHARGES AND SOME HAVE BEEN BOUND OVER TO…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF MOLESTING YOUNG GIRLS AND WHO WAS RECENTLY ARRESTED IN BROWNSVILLE TEXAS, REMAINS HELD BY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES. THE MAN CLAIMS HE’S NOT 66 YEAR OLD DONALD…

IT TOOK A BRISTOL VIRGINIA JURY LESS THAN 30 MINUTES TO FIND A MAN GUILTY IN THE BEATING DEATH OF ANOTHER MAN LAST YEAR IN AN AREA KNOWN AS “THE…

THE INVESTIGATION INTO A FATAL CRASH IN SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A KINGSPORT TEEN IS NEARING COMPLETION. ACCORDING TO THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE, 18 YEAR OLD…

A CASE OF E-COLI IN COCKE COUNTY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A YOUNG CHILD. 20 MONTH OLD JAYCEE BURGIN DIED EARLIER THIS WEEK. HEALTH OFFICIALS BELIEVE IT WAS CONTAMINATED…

A MAJOR TRI CITIES EMPLOYER HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO CUT 20 PERCENT OF IT’S WORKFORCE. BRISTOL TENNESSEE BASED KING PHARMACEUTICALS WILL TRIM OVER 500 JOBS WITH 50 OF THOSE, COMING…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF MURDER IN A 2006 SLAYING. THE 12-MEMBER BRISTOL VIRGINIA JURY RETURNED THE VERDICT IN THE CASE OF 47 YEAR OLD GARY REX…

THE SEARCH IS ON IN ELIZABETHTON FOR A NEW CITY LEADER. CITY OFFICIALS ARE BEGINNING THE PROCESS OF LOOKING FOR A NEW CITY MANAGER. THIS IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT…

VIRGINIA GOVERNOR TIM KAINE HAS DECLARED A STATEWIDE EMERGENCY AND ENACTED A BAN ON OPEN FIRES BEGINNING FRIDAY. THE STATEWIDE BURNING BAN IS THE RESULT OF DROUGHT CONDITIONS THAT HAVE…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF MARRYING ANOTHER MAN’S WIFE IN SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA IS BEHIND BARS. 47 YEAR OLD DONALD MCGUIRE IS CHARGED WITH BIGAMY, AIDING AND ABETTING A MARRIAGE,…

OFFICIALS WITH TRI CITIES REGIONAL AIRPORT SAY GRANT MONEY THEY’VE RECEIVED WILL BE PUT TO GOOD USE. ACCORDING TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PATRICK WILSON, 92-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF…

FOUR PEOPLE ACCUSED OF FORCING THEIR WAY INTO A JOHNSON CITY HOME AND DEMANDING MONEY ARE BEHIND BARS. 45 YEAR OLD MARY MCNEIL, 20 YEAR OLD RYAN DAVIS, 19 YEAR…

FIVE TEENS FROM WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE ACCUSED OF SETTING SEVERAL FIRES IN THE COUNTY ARE SET TO BE IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT NEXT WEEK. 19 YEAR OF JORDAN BECKETT, 18…

TESTIMONY WILL CONTINUE TODAY IN THE TRIAL OF A BRISTOL VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED IN THE BEATING DEATH AND ROBBERY OF A CITY MAN. 47 YEAR OLD GARY HENSON IS CHARGED…

A SHOOTING THAT STARTED IN WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA AND ENDED IN DICKENSON COUNTY HAS RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF ONE OF THREE BROTHERS. THE INCIDENT BEGAN YESTERDAY MORNING WHEN 60…

FIVE TRI CITIES MEN ARE FACING NUMEROUS CHARGES FOR THEIR ALLEGED PARTS IN SEVERAL ARSON CASES IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE. THE ARRESTS STEM FROM A SEVEN MONTH INVESTIGATION BY THE…

OFFICIALS WITH TRI CITIES REGIONAL AIRPORT SAY GRANT MONEY THEY’VE RECEIVED WILL BE PUT TO GOOD USE. ACCORDING TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PATRICK WILSON, A 92-THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT FROM THE TENNESSEE…

Senator Jim Webb VIRGINIA SENATOR JIM WEBB IS CALLING ON FEDERAL AUTHORITIES TO DESIGNATE THE COMMONWEALTH A STATEWIDE AGRICULTURAL DISASTER AREA. ACCORDING TO WEBB, THE DESIGNATION WOULD ENABLE FARMERS AND…

IT WILL BE NEXT YEAR BEFORE A LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING ANOTHER MAN GOES ON TRIAL. 47 YEAR OLD BURLIE SHEPHERD IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER…

A PETITION HAS BEEN FILED AGAINST WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE LEADERS AFTER A WHEEL TAX WAS PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR. SEVEN THOUSAND SIGNATURES HAVE BEEN GATHERED CALLING FOR A WHEEL TAX…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING HIS FIVE MONTH OLD DAUGHTER AND CAUSING AN AMBER ALERT TO BE FILED HAS WAIVED HIS CASE TO A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE GRAND…