Tri-Cities Local News

A NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN JOHNSON CITY GEARED TOWARD EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IS NEARING FINAL APPROVAL. THE PROPOSED UNIVERSITY EDGE APARMENTS WOULD BE BUILT ALONG LOVE STREET AND…

Virginians have a chance this weekend to save energy … and money. The state’s first sales-tax holiday on certain energy-efficient products begins today and continues through Monday. Shoppers in stores…

HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS FOUND IN BRISTOL TENNESSEE EARLIER THIS YEAR BY A CITY WORKER HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE REMAINS ARE A DNA MATCH TO THOSE OF 20…

A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH IN ELIZABETHTON HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A JOHNSON CITY TEEN. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, 18 YEAR OLD TRAVIS K. MCKINNEY WAS KILLED WEDNESDAY…

A COUPLE OF RECALLS FOR YOU. THE FIRST COMES FROM Campbell Soup Company WHICH has announced a voluntary recall of more than 72,000 cans of a variety of its Chunky…

A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH IN ELIZABETHTON HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A JOHNSON CITY TEEN. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, 18 YEAR OLD TRAVIS K. MCKINNEY WAS KILLED WEDNESDAY…

AN ERWIN ALDERMAN FACING SEVERAL CRIMINAL CHARGES HAS BEEN GRANTED A CONTINUANCE. EDD BOLTON HAS VOWED NOT TO STEP DOWN FROM HIS POST AMID THE CHARGES. BOLTON IS FACING CHARGES…

A KINGSPORT TEEN CONVICTED OF GUNNING DOWN A HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATE IN 2004 HAS HAD A MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL DENIED. NICHOLAS OVERBAY WAS FOUND GUILTY OF KILLING JOSH…

A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE MAN ACCUSED OF POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY WILL BE ARRAIGNED THIS MORNING IN SESSIONS COURT. ERIC BROOKS OF GRAY IS CHARGED WITH 33 COUNTS EACH OF SEXUAL…

FUNERAL SERVICES HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR A 16 YEAR OLD GREENE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT KILLED EARLIER THIS WEEK IN A CRASH. A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR WEST GREENE STUDENT JESSICA…

A VETERAN KINGSPORT POLICE CORPORAL HAS BEEN FIRED FROM HIS JOB. TIM CANDLER HAD WORKED FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 18 YEARS. HE WAS TERMINATED FROM HIS JOB TUESDAY AFTER…

A SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S SERGEANT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FROM HIS JOB WITH PAY FOLLOWING A DOMESTIC SITUATION LAST MONTH. THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION IS INVESTIGATING THE ALLEGED INCIDENT WHICH REPORTEDLY…

A SALTVILLE VIRGINIA POLICE OFFICER ACCUSED OF TRYING TO BUY DRUGS FROM HIS CRUISER IS BEHIND BARS. 39 YEAR OLD GARY RAY CALL IS CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL DRUG USE IN…

A GLASS COMPANY IN HAWKINS COUNTY HAS ANNOUNCED IT WILL TRIM ITS WORKFORCE. OFFICIALS AT AGC FLAT GLASS NORTH AMERICA, FORMERLY AFG INDUSTRIES, SAY THEY PLANS TO CUT 18 JOBS…

A JOHNSON CITY WOMAN IS FACING CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY SHE ATTEMPTED TO DESTROY EVIDENCE FROM A CRIME SCENE. 33 YEAR OLD ROSEMARY CLEMONS IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED DOMESTIC ASSAULT…

Gary Ray Call Photo courtesy of Newschannel 11 A SALTVILLE VIRGINIA POLICE OFFICER HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON FEDERAL GUN CHARGES. 39 YEAR OLD GARY RAY CALL IS CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL…

A TRI CITIES SCHOOL HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A 2007 NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND SCHOOL, MAKING IT A BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL. HOLSTON VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BRISTOL IS ONE OF ONLY…

AN ELIZABETHTON MAN ACCUSED OF HITTING A CARTER COUNTY SHERIFF’S CRUISER HEADON HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO A GRAND JURY. 24 YEAR OLD JACOB WARD IS CHARGED WITH…

KING PHARMACEUTICALS OF BRISTOL TENNESSEE AND JHP PHARMACEUTICALS LLC OF ROCHESTER MICHIGAN HAVE ANNOUNCED THE SUCCESSFUL CLOSING OF AN ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT. KING’S LEGACY PRODUCTS, WHICH ARE MANUFACTURED IN MICHIGAN…

A JUNIOR AT WEST GREENE HIGH SCHOOL HAS DIED FROM INJURIES SHE SUSTAINED IN A CAR ACCIDENT EARLIER THIS WEEK. 16 YEAR OLD JESSICA DENISE SEXTON DIED AT JOHNSON CITY…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN CONVICTED IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A JONESBOROUGH MAN HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME IN PRISON. A JURY FOUND 22 YEAR OLD DANNY GREENE GUILTY…

A FORMER CRIMINAL JUSTICE TEACHER AND ASSISTANT BAND DIRECTOR AT SULLIVAN NORTH HIGH SCHOOL ACCUSED OF TAKING MONEY FROM THE BOOSTERS CLUB HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME. 35 YEAR OLD…