ELIZABETHTON CITY COUNCIL FIRES CITY MANAGER
Russell Treadway Photo courtesy of Johnson City Press ELIZABETHTON WILL NEED TO FIND A NEW CITY MANAGER AFTER CITY COUNCIL UNEXPECTEDLY FIRED CURRENT CITY MANAGER RUSSELL TREADWAY. A MOTION TO…
SULLIVAN COUNTY ALCOHOLIC STING
AN UNDERCOVER ALCOHOL STING OPERATION IN SULLIVAN COUNTY ENDS WITH SEVERAL BUSINESSES BEING CITED. AUTHORITIES SAY TEN PEOPLE AT EIGHT COUNTY BUSINESSES SOLD ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO AN UNDERAGE POLICE OPERATIVE.…
SEVEN YEAR OLD CHILD HANGING UPDATE
A SEVEN YEAR OLD WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE BOY WHO ACCIDENTALLY HANGED HIMSELF IS IN STABLE CONDITION. THE CHILD HAD ALLEGEDLY BEEN PLAYING WITH A ROPE ON THE BACK DECK OF…
BURNING BAN ISSUED FOR KINGSPORT
IF YOU PLAN ON BURNING IN KINGSPORT ANYTME SOON, YOU’D BETTER THINK TWICE. A CITY-WIDE BURNING BAN IS IN EFFECT AS OF TODAY. ACCORDING TO FIRE MARSHALL ROBERT SLUSS, IT…
NEW TDOT SIGNS COMING SOON
OFFICIALS WITH THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE PUTTING THE FINAL TOUCHES ON SOME HIGH-TECH EQUIPMENT DESIGNED TO MAKING TRAVELING IN THE TRI CITIES EASIER BE LINKING SULLIVAN AND WASHINGTON…
PLANE CRASH IN CARROLL COUNTY INJURES THREE
THREE MONTEZUMA GEORGIA RESIDENTS SUFFERED NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES WHEN THEIR SMALL PLANE CRASHED AT THE TWIN COUNTY AIRPORT IN CARROLL COUNTY. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED YESTERDAY MORNING. VIRGINIA STATE POLICE SGT.…
ETSU CAMPUS ON ALERT
EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS POLICE ARE ADVISING STUDENTS NOT TO WALK ALONE ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. THIS WARNING COMING AFTER A FEMALE STUDENT WAS ASSAULTED ON CAMPUS EARLIER THIS WEEK.…
GATE CITY EMPLOYEE ENTERS EMBEZZLEMENT PLEA
A FORMER GATE CITY VIRGINIA PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLING MONEY FROM THE TOWN HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN ABINGDON. 47 YEAR OLD RANDALL…
FREAK ACCIDENT LEAVES CHILD INJURED
A FREAK ACCIDENT IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE HAS LEFT A CHILD SERIOUSLY INJURED. ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, A SEVEN YEAR OLD BOY ACCIDENTLY HUNG HIMSELF FROM THE REAR…
THOMPSON COMING TO TRI CITIES
Fred Thompson REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL FRED THOMPSON IS COMING TO THE TRI CITIES TODAY TO RAISE MONEY FOR HIS CAMPAIGN. HE WILL RUN THE FUNDRAISING EVENT FROM AN UNKNOWN LOCATION…
EARLY MORNING CRASH KILLS ONE
A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING HAS KILLED ONE PERSON AND INJURED TWO OTHERS. ACCORDING TO SHERIFF ED GRAYBEAL, THE DRIVER OF THE 1999 CHEVROLET…
JAILS FILLED WITH MENTALLY ILL (AP)
VIRGINIA’S JAILS NOW HOUSE MORE PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS THAN STATE AND PRIVATE HOSPITALS DO. A STUDY BY A STATE LEGISLATIVE STUDY PANEL SHOWS THAT OF THE 6,350 MENTALLY…
KINGSPORT CONTINUES TO GROW
KINGSPORT CONTINUES TO GROW AND ATTRACT NEW RESIDENTS. THE KINGSPORT AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’S “MOVE TO KINGSPORT” PROGRAM HAS ANNOUNCED 538 NEW HOUSEHOLDS MOVED TO THE MODEL CITY WITHIN THE…
SALTVILLE MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING ANOTHER
A SALTVILLE VIRGINIA STABBING SENDS ONE TO AN AREA HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. MICHAEL FERLEY IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED MALICIOUS WOUNDING AFTER ALLEGEDLY STABBING ANDY HARRIS THREE TIMES IN THE BACK.…
MAN ACCUSED IN STABBING PLEADS
A CARTER COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING HIS GIRLFRIEND OVER THE WEEKEND HAS PLED GUILTY TO THE CRIME. 46 YEAR OLD RUFUS MANIGUALT HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, BUT…
ETSU MASKED MAN BEING SOUGHT
EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS POLICE ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A MASKED MAN ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING A FEMALE STUDENT. THE VICTIM CLAIMED SHE WAS ASSAULTED MONDAY NIGHT NEAR THE…
AEP TO PAY FOR EMISSIONS (AP)
A big power company with customers in Tennessee and Virginia, accused of spreading smog and acid rain across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, has agreed to pay at least 4.6 billion…
DENTIST DENIED PRE TRIAL DIVERSION
A DENTIST ACCUSED IN A BOATING ACCIDENT ON BOONE LAKE THAT LEFT THE DRIVER OF ANOTHER BOAT DEAD HAS BEEN DENIED PRETRIAL DIVERSION. 40 YEAR OLD WRAY CHAFFIN II IS…
AMBER ALERT NETS MAN’S ARREST
Cory Maupin AN AMBER ALERT CAN BE CREDITED FOR THE APPREHENSION OF A JOHNSON CITY MAN CHARGED WITH ABDUCTING HIS YOUNG DAUGHTER. ACCORDING TO WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF ED GRAYBEAL, 19…
CHILD SAFE AFTER AMBER ALERT ISSUED
AN AMBER ALERT HAS BEEN CANCELLED AFTER A JOHNSON CITY MAN, ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING HIS FIVE MONTH OLD DAUGHTER, IS NOW BEHIND BARS AND THE LITTLE GIRL IS SAFE. 19…
ROBOTS HELP DELIVER THE MESSAGE
Bristol firefighter Steve Hicks shows off “Patches” and “Pumper” Photo courtesty of Bristol Herald Courier CHILDREN IN BRISTOL TENNESSEE WILL SOON HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET “PATCHES” AND “PLUMPER” –…
FLU SHOTS TO BE OFFERED
WITH THE FLU SEASON JUST AROUND THE CORNER, THE WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS OFFERING FLU VACCINE TO THE PUBLIC. WITH NO SHORTAGE OF VACCINE THIS YEAR, HEALTH OFFICIALS…