Tri-Cities Local News

A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A DAMASCUS MAN ON ADDITIONAL EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES. 32 YEAR OLD CHARLES FREEMAN BARR, WHO ALREADY FACED AN EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE, IS NOW FACING…

No charges will be filed against an 80-year-old retired Morristown judge who drove through a work zone and hit a utility worker emerging from a manhole. District Attorney General Berkeley…

THE JOHNSON CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS VOTED TO CONTINUE RANDOM DRUG TESTING FOR SCIENCE HILL HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES. THE SCHOOL BEGAN TESTING ATHLETES LAST SCHOOL YEAR, BUT IN JULY,…

A charred area of downtown Spruce Pine, North Carolina, will be closed until at least tomorrow as authorities investigate whether two weekend fires were intentionally set. The mayor declared a…

OFFICIALS WITH THE TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES AGENCY CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE A BOATING ACCIDENT IN THE TRI CITIES THIS PAST WEEKEND THAT LEFT ONE PERSON INJURED. THE TWRA SAYS 18 YEAR…

IN A SURPRISE MOVE, A SULLIVAN COUNTY JUDGE HAS ORDERED THE MURDER TRIAL OF TWO JOHNSON CITY MEN, BE SEPARATED. 20 YEAR OLD DANNY GREENE AND 24 YEAR OLD JASON…

FIRE OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THE CIRCUMSTANCES BEHIND A WEEKEND MOBILE HOME FIRE THAT CLAIMED ONE LIFE. WHEN FIREFIGHTERS EXTINGUISHED A BLAZE AT A TRAILER ON WEST VALLEY DRIVE IN…

ELIZABETHTON POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING INCIDENT THAT LED TO THE ARREST OF A SEVERAL PEOPLE. JASON BLACKWELL IS CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND POSSESSION OF A…

A DAMASCUS VIRGINIA MAN IS FACING ADDITIONAL EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES AFTER BEING INDICTED BY A WASHINGTON COUNTY GRAND JURY. 32 YEAR OLD CHARLES FREEMAN BARR, WHO HAD ALREADY BEEN CHARGED WITH…

OUR DRY SUMMER IN TENNESSEE COULD PUSH YOU ELECTRIC BILLS HIGHER. TENNESSEAN’S BILLS MAY BE GOING UP THIS FALL UNLESS MORE RAIN STARTS SOAKING THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES., RELIEVING THE DROUGHT…

JURY SELECTION IS EXPECTED TO GET UNDERWAY TODAY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT IN THE TRIAL OF TWO MEN ACCUSED OF KILLING A JOHNSON CITY MAN NEARLY TWO YEARS…

FIVE PEOPLE ACCUSED IN AN OXYCODONE DISTRIBUTION RING OUT OF LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAVE ADMITTED TO THEIR CRIMES IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN ABINGDON. 39 YEAR OLD TERESA “BIG MAMA”…

THE DOG WAS IN THE TRI CITIES THIS WEEKEND. I’M TALKING ABOUT DUANE “THE DOG” CHAPMAN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER. CHAPMAN VISITED FOUNTAIN OF LIFE BIBLE CHURCH…

A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN HAWKINS COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A GATE CITY VIRGINIA WOMAN. ACCORDING TO MOUNT CARMEL POLICE, 72 YEAR OLD FRANCES TAYLOR…

A HOUSE FIRE IN SULLIVAN COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A COUNTY MAN. AUTHORITIES SAID 60 YEAR OLD JOHNNY T. RILEY DIED AS A RESULT OF…

Congressman David Davis THERE’S A LOT OF TALK THESE DAYS ABOUT REFORMING OUR TAX SYSTEM AND THE WAY WE ARE TAXED. FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN DAVID DAVIS OF JOHNSON CITY FAVORS…

A WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF HAVING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PHOTOS OF UNDERAGE CHILDREN ON HIS COMPUTER IS BEHIND BARS TODAY. 55 YEAR OLD DONALD CRUMLEY IS CHARGED WITH POSSESION…

TWO GREENE COUNTY PEOPLE ACCUSED OF PULLING A 13 YEAR OLD BOY ON A WOODEN SLED BEHIND A CAR ON A PUBLIC ROAD WILL APPEAR IN COURT SOON. THE DRIVER…

A FORMER PASTOR AT A KINGSPORT CHURCH ACCUSED OF HAVING SEX WITH A 16 YEAR OLD BOY HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. HERBERT POWERS PLED…

A PLANT CLOSING IN ERWIN WILL FORCE 87 PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR JOBS. HOOVER PRECISION PRODUCTS, WHICH MANUFACTURES STEEL BALLS AND BEARINGS, NOTIFIED ALL THE EMPLOYEES WEDNESDAY, SAYING THE FACILITY…

TWO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA HOSPITALS HAVE BECOME PART OF WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM. MOUNTAIN VIEW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN NORTON AND LEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN PENNINGTON GAP MADE THE TRANSITION THIS…

TWO FORMER SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA POLICE CHIEFS ARE CONTINUING TO FIND THEMSELVES ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW. A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED FORMER DAMASCUS POLICE CHIEF…