Tri-Cities Local News

TWO BRISTOL VIRGINIA BUSINESSES AND TWO EMPLOYEES ARE FACING CHARGES AFTER THEY WERE FOUND TO BE SELLING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO UNDERAGE PERSONS. LAST WEEK, THE BRISTOL VIRGINIA POLICE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED…

Joshua Harlow WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES HAVE ARRESTED A KINGSPORT MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A SERIES OF RAPES THAT ALLEGEDLY OCCURRED IN GRAY. 21 YEAR OLD JOSHUA HARLOW IS…

AN ELIZABETHTON COUPLE ACCUSED OF MISTREATING THEIR THREE MONTH OLD DAUGHTER HAVE BEEN INDICTED BY A CARTER COUNTY GRAND JURY. 26 YEAR OLD SHAWN RAY GREEN AND 19 YEAR OLD…

KING COLLEGE IN BRISTOL IS REPORTING GOOD ENROLLMENT NUMBERS FOR THE FALL SEMESTER. THIS MAKES EIGHT YEARS OF CONTINUED GROWTH AT THE PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE. THE SCHOOL ATTRIBUTES PART OF THE…

A SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA FOOTBALL GAME HAD TO BE CANCELLED THIS WEEKEND AFTER ONE OF THE PLAYERS WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A STAPH INFECTION. THE PRINCIPAL OF APPALACHIA HIGH SCHOOL, BUZZ AKRIDGE,…

A BRISTOL VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF SEXUAL CONTACT WITH A CHILD REMAINS IN A DUFFIELD JAIL WITHOUT BOND. JAMES BOARDWINE IS CHARGED WITH THREE FELONY COUNTS OF COMMITTING FORNICATION WITH…

AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY INTO THE DEATH OF A 9TH GRADE RICHLANDS VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. 14 YEAR OLD KEVIN JACK STALLARD II COLLAPSED DURING PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS LAST THURSDAY…

AN INCIDENT ALONG THE CREEPER TRAIL IN WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA OVER THE WEEKEND TURNED OUT NOT TO BE A SHOOTING AS ORIGINALLY REPORTED. DEPUTIES ARRIVED AT TRAIN TRUSSELL 38 TO…

A MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN JOHNSON CITY OVER THE WEEKEND HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A JONESBOROUGH MAN. ACCORDING TO POLICE, 35 YEAR OLD MICHAEL LYNN MCINTURFF WAS KILLED AFTER CRASHING…

A CARTER COUNTY SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON HAS INJURED SIX PEOPLE INCLUDING FIVE STUDENTS AND THE BUS DRIVER. AN ELIZABETHTON MAN IS FACING CHARGES AFTER HE REAR-ENDED THE BUS.…

JOHNSON CITY POLICE SAY A JONESBORO MAN WAS KILLED AS THE RESULT OF A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH INVOLVING A MOTORCYCLE. THE DRIVER OF THE MOTORCYCLE, 34 YEAR OLD MICHAEL LYNN…

A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON INTERSTATE 81 HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF BLOUNTVILLE MAN. 25 YEAR OLD JOSHUA TANNER JONES HAD JUST CROSSED INTO VIRGINIA NORTHBOUND WHEN HE RAN OFF…

AN EMPLOYEE AT A TRI CITIES RETAIL STORE IS IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW AFTER AUTHORITIES SAY SHE CALLED IN A BOMB THREAT TO THE BUSINESS. 43 YEAR OLD SANDRA…

A FORMER SULLIVAN COUNTY SCHOOL TEACHER HAS BEEN INDICTED IN A THREE-COUNT INDICTMENT CHARGING HIM WITH FORGERY, UTTERING A FORGED DOCUMENT, AND OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENSES. GREG WHITE WHO…

60-THOUSAND DOLLARS OF NARCOTICS INCLUDING OXYCONTIN AND COCAINE ARE OFF THE STREETS, AND THREE MEN ARE FACING CHARGES THANKS TO KINGSPORT VICE SQUAD. KINGSPORT RESIDENTS JASON DUNCAN AND CHRIS FAIN…

THE TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCE AGENCY SAYS A PINEY FLATS MAN HAS BEEN INJURED IN A BOAT ACCIDENT ON BOONE LAKE. THE MONDAY INCIDENT RESULTED IN THE INJURY OF 69 YEAR…

SULLIVAN COUNTY AUTHORITIES SAY A KINGSPORT MAN HAS LOST PART OF A EAR AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN AN ALTERCATION WITH ANOTHER MAN. OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A CALL OF AN ALLEGED…

A CHURCH HILL WOMAN IS FACING ASSAULT CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY RUNNING OVER A MAN’S CHEST WITH HER CAR. 21 YEAR OLD ASHLEY BROOKE MABE WAS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AFTER…

INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED A LATE NIGHT FIRE IN CARTER COUNTY. FIRE CREWS FROM THE HAMPTON-VALLEY FORGE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE OF THE…

A ROGERSVILLE FATHER IS FACING UP TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON IF HE’S CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED CHILD ABUSE, A CLASS A FELONY. A FEBRUARY 27TH TRIAL DATE IS SCHEDULED FOR…

A MEMORIAL SERVICE IS SLATED FOR FRIDAY FOR THE FIVE MEN WHO PERISHED THIS PAST WEEKEND IN A PLANE CRASH IN CARTER COUNTY. THE FIVE MINISTERS WERE ON A MISSION…

A JOHNSON CITY WOMAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER ALLEGEDLY BEING INVOLVED IN A DOMESTIC ALTERCATION. 29 YEAR OLD LISA LINNEMANN WAS CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. THE ARREST STEMS FROM…