KINGSPORT POLICE OFFICER IN TROUBLE
AN OFF DUTY KINGSPORT POLICE OFFICER ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN A WEEKEND ALTERCATION AT A TRI CITIES NIGHTSPOT HAS BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE WITH PAY. ACCORDING TO POLICE CHIEF GALE…
BACK TO NORMAL AT V-I-C
CLASSES ARE BACK IN SESSION AT ONE FINALLY-STRAPPED COLLEGE, AND OFFICIALS SAY THEY’RE STRIVING FOR THINGS TO GET BACK TO NORMAL. DESPITE AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE EARLIER IN THE YEAR, SCHOOL…
BROTHERS CONVICTED OF COCKFIGHTING
A FEDERAL JUDGE JURY IN GREENEVILLE HAS CONVICTED TWO BROTHERS OF FEDERAL GAMBLING CHARGES INVOLVING A COCKE COUNTY COCKFIGHTING RING. JURORS RETURNED CONVICTIONS ON LESSER CHARGES TO THREE OTHER DEFENDANTS.…
POSSIBLE LEAD IN BANK ROBBERY
ELIZABETHTON POLICE SAY SOME NEW INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THEM MAY BE HELPFUL IN THEIR INVESTIGATION OF A BANK ROBBERY ON MONDAY. LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO A POSSIBLE CONNECTION…
PAIR ARRESTED FOR ILLEGAL PILLS
TWO BRISTOL MEN ARE IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW AFTER THEY WERE FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF ILLEGAL NARCOTICS INSIDE THE BRISTOL MALL. BRISTOL VIRGINIA POLICE FOUND THAT 26…
JONESBOROUGH STABBING
A STABBING IN JOHNSON CITY HAS SENT ONE MAN TO JAIL AND LEFT ANOTHER INJURED. 47 YEAR OLD THOMAS PAYNE OF JONESBOROUGH IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND SIMPLE ASSAULT.…
STUDENT CHOCKS OUT TWO
A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ACCUSED OF CHOKING TWO STUDENTS TO THE POINT OF UNCONCIOUSNESS ON A SCHOOL BUS IS IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW. THE 15 YEAR…
STUDENT BRINGS KNIFE TO SCHOOL
A JOHNSON CITY TEEN ACCUSED OF BRINGING A KNIFE TO SCHOOL HAS BEEN RELEASED INTO THE CUSTODY OF HIS MOTHER. ACCORDING TO SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER LORRIE GOFF, THE BOY BROUGHT…
HELICOPTER CRASH INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
U.S. ARMY INVESTIGATORS ARE PROBING WHY ONE OF THEIR BLACKHAWK HELICOPTERS MADE A FORCED EMERGENCY LANDING THIS WEEK NEAR A SULLIVAN COUNTY HOME. THE CHOPPER REMAINS ON THE PROPERTY OF…
CAR/PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT LEAVES TEEN INJURED
A CAR/PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT IN BRISTOL TENNESSEE HAS LEFT A CITY TEEN CRITICALLY INJURED. ACCORDING TO POLICE, A GIRL WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS THE STREET ON EDGEMENT AVENUE NEAR THE TENNESSEE…
BARS REMOVED FROM FEDERAL COURTHOUSE
A CREW FROM THE ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS DEPARTMENT ARE HELPING TO MAKE THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN GREENEVILLE AND LITTLE SAFER. THEY’RE REMOVING BARS FROM WINDOWS ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR…
CONSTRUCTION THEFTS
THREE KINGSPORT MEN ACCUSED OF STEALING LARGE AMOUNTS OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT FROM NUMEROUS SITES IN THE TRI-CITIES AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ARE BEHIND BARS. CHARLES MARTIN AND DRANDON DARNELL ARE CHARGED…
JUVENILE BRINGS KNIFE TO SCHOOL
A TRI CITIES JUVENILE HAS A DATE IN JOHNSON CITY JUVENILE COURT FACING FELONY CHARGES AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY BROUGHT A KNIFE TO A CITY SCHOOL. ACCORDING TO SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER…
JOHNSON CITY UNITED WAY
THE JOHNSON CITY AREA UNITED WAY IS JOINING IN WITH MEMBERS OF THE JOHNSON CITY, JONESBORO AND WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMUNITIES TODAY TO OFFICIALLY KICK OFF THE LOCAL 2007 UNITED WAY…
HOME INVASION ROBBERY
THREE JOHNSON CITY PEOPLE ACCUSED OF FORCING THEIR WAY INTO A HOME AND ASSAULTING AND ROBBING A PERSON ARE BEHIND BARS. 20 YEAR OLD BRANDON CASIVANT, 51 YEAR OLD PATRICIA…
ALEXANDER VISITS NFS
Senator Lamar Alexander and Congressman David Davis say they support openness at a nuclear fuel processing plant where a national secrecy policy prevented the public from learning about a potentially…
ALLEGIANT TO OFFER DEAL AT TRI
A LAS VEGAS-BASED AIRLINES HAS ANNOUNCED A NEW, DIRECT FLIGHT DESTINATION OUT OF TRI CITIES REGIONAL AIRPORT. ALLEGIANT AIR WILL BEGIN SERVING THE TRI CITIES TO FORT LAUDERDALE WITH NON-STOP,…
MULLINS RE-INDICTED IN MURDER
A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED IN THE ABUSE DEATH OF HIS GIRLFRIEND’S TWO YEAR OLD SON JUST OVER TWO YEARS AGO, HAS BEEN RE-INDICTED BY A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY. 25…
MILITARY HELICOPTER CRASHES
IT’S STILL UNCLEAR WHAT CAUSED A U.S. ARMY HELICOPTER TO GO DOWN IN SULLIVAN COUNTY. THE THREE PASSENGERS WALKED AWAY FROM THE CRASH WITHOUT ANY INJURIES. ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT…
MILITARY HELICOPTER CRASHES
SULLIVAN COUNTY AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE AN EMERGENCY LANDING OF A MILITARY HELICOPTER, CARRYING FOUR PASSENGERS, IN SULLIVAN COUNTY. THE U.S. ARMY HELICOPTER LANDED THIS MORNING OFF DENTON VALLEY ROAD…
TDOT TO HALT CONSTRUCTION
BEGINNING AT NOON ON FRIDAY, THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS WORK CREWS WILL CEASE ALL LANE CLOSURE ACTIVITY FOR THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND. THE MOVE IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE…
NON-STOP FLIGHT TO FT. LAUDERDALE
A LAS VEGAS-BASED AIRLINES HAS ANNOUNCED A NEW, DIRECT FLIGHT DESTINATION OUT OF TRI CITIES REGIONAL AIRPORT TO BEGIN LATER THIS YEAR. ALLEGIANT AIR WILL BEGIN SERVING THE TRI CITIES…