Tri-Cities Local News

COURT DATES WILL BE SET SOON FOR NEARLY 39 PEOPLE ARRESTED ON 90 COUNTS OF DRUG DISTRIBUTION IN LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA. OPERATION “STAND II” GOT UNDERWAY FRIDAY FOLLOWING INDICTMENTS HANDED…

A FIRE AT A GREENEVILLE APARTMENT COMPLEX HAS LEFT THREE FAMILIES HOMELESS. THE BLAZE BROKE OUT AT BLUE SPRINGS VILLAGE APARTMENTS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. IT CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE SECOND…

THE FORT HENRY MALL IN KINGSPORT WILL SOON UNDERGO A NAME CHANGE AND A MAJOR RENOVATION. THE NAME IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO “KINGSPORT TOWN CENTER”. THERE’S ALSO PLANS FOR…

A FORMER ELIZABETHTON BUSINESSMAN CONVICTED EARLIER THIS MONTH ON CHARGES OF METHAMPHETAMINE HAS LOST HIS HOME. JOE COFFMAN WAS FOUND GUILTY ON AUGUST 8TH OF CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE AND POSSESS…

A communications company retiree says his health benefits are being cut, despite having a contract that he says covers him for life. After working for Sprint and its preceding companies…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN CONVICTED OF A LESSER CHARGE IN A MURDER CASE WILL BE SENTENCED LATER THIS YEAR. A JURY FOUND DANNY GREENE GUILTY OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER INSTEAD…

AUTHORITIES ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR A BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING HIS GIRLFRIEND, SEXUALLY ASSAULTING HER AND SHOOTING HER THREE TIMES OVER THE WEEKEND. 28 YEAR OLD…

A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT JURY HAS CONVICTED A MAN ON A LESSER CHARGE. DANNY GREENE WAS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF BRIAN RICKER.…

James Jennings AUTHORITIES SAY A SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN IS BEHIND BARS FOR ALLEGEDLY SENDING EXPLICIT SEX VIDEOS TO A MINOR. 65 YEAR OLD JAMES JENNINGS IS CHARGED WITH TWO…

BRING OUT THE BIRTHDAY CAKE. BRISTOL LIFESAVING CREW IS CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE AREA. THE LIFESAVING CREW TODAY HAS TWO AMBULANCES ON DUTY 24 HOURS A DAY,…

THE GREENEVILLE-GREENE COUNTY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IS GETTING A HELPING HAND. THE AIRPORT WILL RECEIVE A 55-THOUSAND DOLLARS AERONAUTICS GRANT. GOVERNOR PHIL BREDESEN WAS ON HAND FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY AND…

A potential Republican state Senate candidate had to edit his Web site because it contained language lifted from the site of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Mike Faulk, a lawyer…

DELIBERATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RESUME THIS MORNING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT IN THE TRIAL OF DANNY GREENE. THE PROCESS WAS HALTED YESTERDAY AFTER A JUROR BECAME ILL AND…

AT LEAST 75 MORE JOBS ARE COMING TO KINGSPORT. FEDEX GROUND HAS BEEN GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO BUILD A NEW DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN KINGSPORT ON 13 ACRES OF LAND…

ELIZABETHTON CITY SCHOOL TEACHERS ARE GETTING A PAY RAISE. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED A NEW CONTRACT LAST NIGHT WITH THE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION WHICH WILL GIVE A 3.5 PERCENT PAY…

A DICKENSON COUNTY VIRGINIA JURY HAS CONVICTED A MAN FOR SELLING ILLEGAL DRUGS. 49 YEAR OLD JODY POWERS WAS FOUND GUILTY YESTERDAY OF SELLING OXYCONTIN AND MORPHINE PILLS ON THREE…

A BRISTOL VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF HOLDING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE AND HER FRIEND AT GUNPOINT IN BRISTOL TENNESSEE, IS BEHIND BARS. WAYNE SMITH IS CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND…

A DRUG ROUNDUP IN WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS 30 PEOPLE BEHIND BARS FOLLOWING INDICTMENTS BY A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL GRAND JURY. THE ARRESTS ARE PART OF OPERATION STREET SWEEPER SIX. THE FOCUS…

THE ILLNESS OF ONE OF THE WASHINGTON COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT JURORS CHOSEN TO DECIDE THE FATE OF A JOHNSON CITY ACCUSED OF HIS PART IN THE KILLING OF ANOTHER MAN…

Wayne Smith BRISTOL VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES HAVE TWO MEN BEHIND BARS FOLLOWING AN APPARENT DOMESTIC DISPUTE. POLICE RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF AN INCIDENT IN WHICH THE VICTIM, LINDSEY SMITH, TOLD…

Governor Bredesen says he’d consider issuing bonds to pay for any urgent bridge repairs which includes two Tri Cities area counties. The state has traditionally paid for infrastructure projects with…

ONE OF THE TWO CARTER COUNTY INMATES WHO WALKED AWAY FROM A WORK DETAIL EARLIER THIS WEEK IS BACK IN POLICE CUSTODY. 44 YEAR OLD CHARLES TIPTON WAS ON A…