Tri-Cities Local News

A GEORGIA MAN IS DEAD TODAY AFTER SLIPPING FROM A UNICOI COUNTY WATERFALL. UNICOI COUNTY SHERIFF KENT HARRIS SAID 31 YEAR OLD JASON CALCAGNI FELL ABOUT 50 FEET AS HIS…

A POSSIBLE CASE OF MENINGITIS HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER IN A VIRGINIA NATIONAL GUARD COMPANY WITH TIES TO THE TRI-CITIES. THE MILITARY IS RELEASING FEW DETAILS. THEY…

A FORMER SULLIVAN COUNTY CONSTABLE ACCUSED OF STEALING MONEY IS ASKING FOR DIVERSION. SAMMY SHAFFER JR. IS CHARGED WITH THEFT OVER TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND FILING A FALSE REPORT. HE’S…

AN ERWIN MAN IS IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW AFTER ALLEGEDLY BEING INVOLVED IN A DOMESTIC INCIDENT ON BILL JONES ROAD IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE. 30 YEAR OLD DWIGHT WILLIAMS…

FBI records show a former Cocke County sheriff is accused of being paid thousands of dollars in exchange for protecting illegal gambling operations while in office. An FBI affidavit filed…

SOME POSITIVE ECONOMIC NEWS FOR THE TRI CITIES. EAST TENNESSEEE STATE UNIVERSITY ECONOMIST DR. STEB HIPPLE SAYS RECENT JOB GROWTH CONTINUED INTO THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE YEAR FOR THE…

The press secretary for U-S Representative David Davis said he deleted unflattering information about his boss from his biography on an Internet encyclopedia. Timothy Hill used a congressional office computer…

STUDENTS AND FACULTY AT A TRI CITIES SCHOOL ARE MOURNING THE LOSS OF ONE OF THEIR OWN. AN EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY SPOKESPERSON SAID KIMBERLY ROBERTS, WHO TAUGHT 7TH GRADE…

A WISE COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF HAVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IN HIS HOME HAS A PRELIMINARY HEARING DATE SET IN GENERAL DISTRICT COURT. 55 YEAR OLD DONALD CRUMLEY IS CHARGED WITH…

A CARTER COUNTY MAN INJURED IN A BOAT EXPLOSION LAST WEEK HAS DIED. 72 YEAR OLD RODNEY OAKES DIED AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER LAST NIGHT. HE SUFFERED BURNS TO…

FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE MOURNING THE LOSS OF A RECENTLY ELECTED BRISTOL TENNESSE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, WHO DIED UNEXPECTEDLY OVER THE WEEKEND. KENT HALES WAS 51. REPORTES INDICATE HE DIED…

A JOHNSON CITY MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION IS LOOKING INTO ALLEGATIONS THAT SURFACED CONCERNING MEDICATION THEFTS AT THE DAWN OF HOPE ON EAST…

A PELLET GUN INCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND IN BRISTOL TENNESSEE HAS RESULTED IN ONE PERSON BEING INJURED. 23 YEAR OLD ROBBIE PRICE IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AFTER ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING…

Dwight Williams AN ERWIN MAN IS IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW AFTER ALLEGEDLY BEING INVOLVED IN A DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE. 30 YEAR OLD DWIGHT WILLIAMS WAS CHARGED…

PROPANE TANKS ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN THE BLAME FOR A HOUSEBOAT EXPLOSION ON AN AREA LAKE. 72 YEAR OLD RODNEY OAKES SUFFERED 1ST, SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS OVER…

A NEW PBS DOCUMENTARY WILL HIGHLIGHT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF BRISTOL TO COUNTRY MUSIC. “BRISTOL – THE BIRTHPLACE OF COUNTRY MUSIC” WILL HAVE ITS WORLD PREMIERE ON SATURDAY AT THE PARAMOUNT…

KINGSPORT POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A BANDIT THAT HELDUP A CITY SANDWICH SHOP OVER THE WEEKEND. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AROUND TEN O’CLOCK LAST NIGHT AT SUBWAY ON EAST STONE DRIVE.…

THE WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS WARNING COUNTY RESIDENTS ABOUT A PAVING SCAM THAT IS OPERATING IN THE COUNTY. ACCORDING TO SHERIFF FRED NEWMAN, HIS OFFICE HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS…

A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND IN KINGSPORT HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A BLOOMINGDALE MAN. ACCORDING TO THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, 44 YEAR OLD GREGG GOTT WAS…

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THE SEARCH IS CONTINUING FOR TWO CARTER COUNTY INMATES WHO WALKED AWAY IN TWO SEPERATE INCIDENTS, WHILE ON WORK RELEASE. INMATE CHARLES TIPTON DISAPPEARED YESTERDAY AFTER ALLEGEDLY BREAKING INTO A…