Tri-Cities Local News

A BUSINESS DEAL BETWEEN TWO OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN BRISTOL TENNESSEE WILL MEAN SOME NEW JOBS TO THE REGION. TOUCHSTONE WIRELESS WILL BECOME THE REPAIR AND RE-MANUFACTURER OF WIRELESS…

AN AFTON MAN ACCUSED OF BEING AN ACCOMPLICE IN A 2006 ARMED ROBBERY AT A GREENEVILLE CITY PHARMACY HAS REPORTEDLY AGREED TO PLEAD GUILTY IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE.…

A BRISTOL VIRGINIA MAN WANTED FOR ALLEGEDLY HAVING INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL CONTACT WITH TEENAGE GIRLS HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO A GRAND JURY. ROBERT TIMOTHY DUTTON FACES SIX COUNTS…

TWO OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN BRISTOL TENNESSEE ARE TEAMING TOGETHER TO FORM A BUSINESS DEAL THAT WILL BENEFIT THE LOCAL ECONOMY. TOUCHSTONE WIRELESS WILL BECOME THE REPAIR AND RE-MANUFACTURER…

OCTOBER IS FIRE PREVENTION MONTH AND FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IS OCTOBER 7TH THROUGH THE 13TH. AREA FIRE DEPARTMENTS WANT TO REMIND LOCAL RESIDENTS TO BE PREPARED IN THE EVENT OF…

WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE AUTHORITIES BELIEVE SEVERAL STRUCTURE FIRES WERE PURPOSELY SET. THREE BARNS AND TWO ABANDONED HOUSES WENT UP IN FLAMES EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING ON NOFATTIE, CLYDE MILLER, ROY GREEN…

AN ERWIN ALDERMAN FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES HAS SAID HE WILL NOT RESIGN FROM HIS POST. EDD BOLTON IS CHARGED WITH SECOND OFFENSE DUI, VIOLATION OF THE IMPLIED CONSENT AND FINANCIAL…

A CARTER COUNTY WOMAN WHO FELL FROM AN EMBANKMENT AND HIT HER HEAD OVER THE WEEKEND IS RECOVERING FROM HER INJURIES. 67 YEAR OLD HELEN SHELL FELL OFF FRIDAY AND…

A NORTON VIRGINIA MAN WHO WAS FEATURED ON THE POPULAR TELEVISION SHOW “AMERICA’S MOST WANTED” IS BEHIND BARS IN WISE COUNTY. 47 YEAR OLD LANDON LUEPKES WAS WANTED OUT OF…

THE JOHNSON CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS INCREASED PATROLS AT CITY PARKS THAT HAS LED TO DOZENS OF ARRESTS. THE UNDERCOVER STING OPERATION DEALT WITH MEN INVOLVED IN INDECENT BEHAVIOR AT…

A MAN WHO FELL 150 FEET FROM AN EMBANKMENT ALONG INTERSTATE 26 IS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. THE VICTIM’S NAME ISN’T CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. ACCORDING TO THE UNICOI COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE,…

JOHNSON CITY POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE NAME OF A PERSON WHO WAS SHOT OVER THE WEEKEND AT A CITY APARTMENT COMPLEX. 21 YEAR OLD JAMIE RUSH SUSTAINED A GUNSHOT WOUND…

JOHNSON CITY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING OVER THE WEEKEND THAT LEFT A MAN INJURED. THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE AT A PARKING LOT ON SEMINOLE DRIVE SATURDAY. THE UNNAMED MALE…

MORE MONEY WILL HAVE TO BECOME AVAILABLE BEFORE ADDITIONAL EXPLORATION WORK IS DONE AT THE GRAY FOSSIL SITE. GRANT FUNDING FOR THE EXCAVATIONS EXPIRED YESTERDAY. DIGS AT THE SITE FOR…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN ACCUSED OF FIRING SHOTS AT RELATIVES OVER THE WEEKEND IS BEING HELD IN THE SULLIVAN COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. 55 YEAR OLD GARY CLARK IS CHARGED WITH…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE COUPLE ACCUSED OF HAVING SEX WITH AN UNDERAGE GIRL AND TAPING IT HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS. 24 YEAR OLD RICK DEMAY AND 22…

A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A PENNINGTON GAP MAN. ACCORDING TO THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE, 20 YEAR OLD JARED REID LONGMIRE WAS…

A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN DICKENSON COUNTY VIRIGNIA HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A COUNTY MAN. THE VICTIM’S IDENTITY HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. ACCORDING TO VIRGINIA STATE POLICE, THE VICTIM…

Photos courtesy of WGRV Radio GREENE COUNTY AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED FOUR SUSPECTS AFTER THEY BUSTED UP PART OF TWO METH LABS AT A RESIDENCE IN THE COUNTY. TWO CHILDREN WERE…

A NEW COURT DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR A KINGSPORT WOMAN ACCUSED OF STABBING HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND. 57 YEAR OLD VIRGINIA RUTH JONES IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER…

ANOTHER PERSON HAS PLED GUILTY IN THE APPALACHIA VIRGINIA GAMBLING CASE. 56 YEAR OLD LARRY THOMAS PLED GUILTY IN WISE COUNTY CICRUIT COURT TO OPERATING ONE OF FOUR GAMBLING OPERATIONS…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF CHILD NEGLECT HAS BEEN ACQUITTED OF THE CRIME. 30 YEAR OLD ALAN MINTO WAS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED CHILD NEGLECT IN AUGUST AFTER DOCTORS AT INDIAN…