Tri-Cities Local News

THE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA JUDICIAL COMMUNITY IS REELING FROM THE NEWS THAT AN APPEALS JUDGE FROM ABINGDON HAS DIED. JUDGE J. EMORY WIDENER DIED YESTERDAY AT HIS HOME. HE WAS 83.…

A JUDGE HAS REJECTED THE PLEA AGREEMENT FOR A KINGSPORT TEACHER ACCUSSED OF EMBEZZLING MONEY FROM HIS SCHOOL. 35 YEAR OLD GREG WHITE IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF FORGERY,…

THE WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ARRESTED FOUR PEOPLE IN A TWO-MONTH INVESTIGATION INTO DRUGS AND STOLEN PROPERTY. 18 YEAR OLD DUSTIN HUGHES WAS INDICTED FOR THE SALE OF…

THE BRISTOL TENNESSEE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF ONLY THREE AGENCIES IN THE STATE TO RECEIVE AN OVER 100-THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT. THE “STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN” GRANT WILL BE USED…

A FORMER ST. PAUL POLICE OFFICER ACCUSED OF TRYING TO BUY NARCOTICS WHILE ON DUTY AND BREAKING INTO A HOUSE HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME. DAVEN CORY PHILLIPS PLED GUILTY…

A FEDERAL JUDGE IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE IS EXPECTED TO RENDER HIS DECISION TODAY ON WHETHER TO DISMISS AN INDICTMENT AGAINST A FORMER GRAY TENNESSEE NURSING HOME OPERATOR.…

JOHNSON CITY POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR THE PERSON ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND INJURING A CITY MAN. 59 YEAR OLD WILLIAM ELROD TOLD POLICE HE WENT OUTSIDE ON THE…

A LARGE AMOUNT OF DRUGS AND CASH HAVE BEEN SEIZED IN A RAID ON A HOME IN BRISTOL, TENNESSEE. 55 YEAR OLD ROBERT “RED” CHAPMAN IS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION WITH…

TENNESSEE’S NEW ANTI-SMOKING LAW GOES INTO EFFECT OCTOBER 1ST. UNDER THIS LANDMARK LAW, SMOKING WILL BECOME ILLEGAL IN ALL ENCLOSED PUBLIC PLACES WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS. ACCORDING TO LAW, A…

TESTIMONY IS SCHEDULED TO RESUME THIS MORNING IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE IN THE TRIAL OF A FORMER WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE NURSING HOME OWNER ACCUSED OF DEFRAUDING MEDICAID OUT…

NEARLY 100 NEW JOBS ARE COMING TO ROGERSVILLE. THE SAM DONG COMPANY OF SOUTH KOREA HAS ANNOUNCED IT HAS PURCHASED THE FORMER ASSURED CASTINGS PLANT ON INDUSTRIAL PARK DRIVE. THE…

THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS NOW CONFIRMED A TOTAL OF TWO CASES OF STAPH INFECTION IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND ARE LOOKING INTO AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL CASE. A STUDENT…

ANOTHER PERSON HAS ENTERED A GUILTY PLEA IN THE APPLACHIA VIRGINIA GAMBLING CASE. JAMES TAYLOR ADMITTED TO OPERATING A CONTINUOUS GAMBLING ENTERPRISE, MONEY LAUNDERING, RACKETEERING, AND TWO COUNTS OF POSSESSION…

A FREAK ACCIDENT IN LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A JONESVILLE VIRGINIA MAN. ACCORDING TO THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE, 49 YEAR OLD TERRY STEWART WAS WORKING UNDER…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN IS FACING NUMEROUS CHARGES AFTER HE TRIED TO ELUDE AUTHORITIES. SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO STOP 34 YEAR OLD SAMUEL HUTSON FOR NO TAILIGHTS AND…

JOHNSON CITY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THIS MORNING THAT LEFT ONE PERSON INJURED. 59 YEAR OLD WILLIAM ELROD SUFFERED A SINGLE GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS RIGHT HAND. HE WAS…

EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY IN KINGSPORT HAS ANNOUNCED IT’S SELLING TWO OF ITS PLASTICS PLANTS. A MEXICAN INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATE ALFA CORPORATION HAS AGREED TO BUY THE TWO PLANTS LOCATED IN MEXICO…

A federal regulator reassured residents living near the Nuclear Fuel Services plant in Erwin. Michael Weber of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said steps have been taken to improve safety at…

A bit richer… A RETIRED DUFFIELD VIRGINIA COAL MINER IS NOW 250-THOUSAND DOLLARS RICHER. KENNETH RICKETTS WON THE SECOND HIGHEST PRIZE IN THE VIRGINIA MEGA MILLIONS LOTTERY. RICKETT HAD MATCHED…

A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN GREENE COUNTY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A GREENEVILLE MAN. ACCORDING OT THE GREENEVILE POLICE DEPARTMENT, 21 YEAR OLD BROCK JOHNSON WAS TRAVELING ON HIS…

JOHNSON CITY AUTHORITIES SAY A CITY WOMAN IS IN TROUBLE AFTER SHE ALLEGEDLY BROUGHT A WEAPON ONTO SCHOOL PROPERTY. 46 YEAR OLD LISA PRESLEY IS CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF…

Witnesses say a Kingsport boy’s football pads might have prevented worse injuries when his mother’s car ran over him. Kingsport police say fifth grader Logan Hicks apparently put the car…