Tri-Cities Local News

Kimberly Witten Barnett THE MOTHER OF DALLAS COWBOYS TIGHT END JASON WITTEN HAS HAD HER THEFT AND FORGERY CASE BOUND OVER TO A CARTER COUNTY GRAND JURY. 48 YEAR OLD…

A SOLDIER FROM ELIZABETHTON HAS BEEN KILLED WHILE SERVING IN IRAQ. 41 YEAR OLD SEARGENT STEVEN MADDIES SERVED WITH TROOP F FROM BRISTOL DURING THE 278TH’S DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ IN…

GAS PRICES DON’T USUALLY DROP DURING THE PEAK OF SUMMER DRIVING SEASON. HOWEVER, VIRGINIANS ARE RECEIVING A WELCOMED BREAK AT THE PUMPS. TRIPLE-A MID ATLANTIC OFFICIALS SAY THE AVERAGE PRICE…

RESIDENTS IN BIG STONE GAP VIRGINIA WILL FIND OUT IN A FEW DAYS WHETHER A WISE COUNTY FUNERAL HOME WILL RECEIVE THE GREEN LIGHT TO OPERATE A PROPOSED CREMATORIUM. GILLIAM…

A SULLIVAN COUNTY WOMAN ACCUSED OF NEGLECTING HER HORSES HAS HAD HER CASE POSTPONED IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT IN BRISTOL. 47 YEAR OLD KAREN HARLAN IS CHARGED WITH 15 COUNTS…

THE FORMER MAYOR OF APPALACHIA VIRGINIA WHO WAS CONVICTED OF VOTER FRAUD WAS ALLOWED TO LEAVE HIS JAIL CELL TO ATTEND HIS MOTHER’S 90TH BIRTHDAY PARTY. BEN COOPER PLED GUILTY…

A HOUSE FIRE IN ELIZABETHTON IS BEING TREATED AS ARSON. AUTHORITIES SAID THE BLAZE BROKE OUT EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING AT A HOME ON LEE AVENUE. THE DWELLING WAS UNOCCUPIED AT…

AUTHORITIES SAY VIOLENT WEATHER ATTRIBUTED TO THE DEATH OF A GLADE SPRING VIRGINIA MAN. ACCORDING TO POLICE, 19 YEAR OLD MICHAEL HESS WAS SITTING IN HIS CAR WHEN A DOWNBURST…

A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN GREENE COUNTY HAS LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD AND AT LEAST TWO OTHERS INJURED. ACCORDING TO THE GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, 35 YEAR OLD AMY GENTRY…

Tina Shelleby A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE WOMAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TENNCARE FRAUD FOR USING HER BENEFITS TO PAY FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS SHE PLANNED TO SELL. 37 YEAR OLD TINA…

Lightning disabled a chair lift at Ghost Town in the Sky in Maggie Valley North Carolina, leaving nearly 40 riders stranded for about two hours. Sales and marketing manager David…

A KINGSPORT MOTHER ACCUSED OF LEAVING HER BABY HOME ALONE IS FREE ON BOND. 20 YEAR OLD JESSICA WHITE IS CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, UNDERAGE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND…

A GREENE COUNTY WOMAN ACCUSED OF BILKING 48-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM HER FORMER EMPLOYER IS BEHIND BARS. 35 YEAR OLD SHONA MICHAEL IS CHARGED WITH THEFT OVER 10-THOUSAND DOLLARS. SHE’S ACCUSED…

AN EMPLOYEE OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ELIZABETHTON HAS LOST HIS JOB. 39 YEAR OLD DOUGLAS JONES WAS ALLEGEDLY SHOWING INAPPROPRIATE PHOTOS TO SEVERAL TEENS. ONE OF THE…

Charles Theodore Stiltner A WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED IN THE NEARLY FIVE YEAR OLD MURDER OF A BRISTOL VIRGINIA WOMAN. 45 YEAR OLD CHARLES THEODORE STILTNER IS…

Ruth Sumner A KINGSPORT WOMAN IS FACING DRUG-RELATED CHARGES AFTER CITY POLICE RECEIVED INFORMATION IMPLICATING HER. KINGSPORT POLICE VICE DETECTIVES WENT TO THE MULL STREET RESIDENCE OF 46 YEAR OLD…

GOVERNOR TIM KAINE HAS ANNOUNCED 13-MILLION DOLLARS IN SAFETY GRANTS ARE COMING TO VARIOUS LOCAL, STATE, AND NON-PROFIT PROGRAMS IN VIRGINIA LOCALITIES THAT SUPPORT TRANSPORTATION SAFETY. THE MAINLY FEDERALLY-FUNDED GRANTS…

KINGSPORT POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR A HISPANIC MALE WHO FLED THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT LAST WEEK THAT LEFT TWO CITY TEENS HOSPITALIZED. AN 18 YEAR OLD SUFFERED…

THE GREENEVILLE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD HAS UPHELD AN EARLIER SUSPENSION OF GREENEVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT SUPERVISORY CAPTAIN JACK TILSON. THE DECISION CAME AFTER IT WAS DETERMINED THERE WAS NO POLITICAL REASONS…

A SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA DENTIST WON’T FIND OUT IF HE’S GRANTED PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR. DR. WRAY CHAFFIN IS CHARGED WITH CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE, NEGLIGENT BOATING AND FAILURE…

A FORMER BOOKKEEPER AT AN ELIZABETHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS ACCUSED OF TAKING MONEY. 46 YEAR OLD CAROL PRITCHARD WAS INDICTED ON A CHARGE OF THEFT OVER ONE THOUSAND. SHE’S ALLEGED…

MONITORING IS CONTINUING IN BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA AT ONE OF VIRGINIA’S LARGEST UNDERGROUND COAL MINES. CONSOL ENERGY’S BUCHANAN MINE NEAR OAKWOOD CONTINUES TO SHOW IMPROVEMENT AFTER A SERIES OF ROOF…