Tri-Cities Local News

GOVERNOR TIM KAINES IS STILL GETTING AN EARFUL FROM VIRGINIANS UPSET ABOUT THE COSTLY NEW ABUSIVE DRIVER FEES, BUT HE’S STICKING BY THEM. THE GOVERNOR SAID LAWMAKERS HAVE GOTTEN THE…

THE SENTENCING HEARING FOR TWO JOHNSON CITY MEN CONVICTED IN THE DRAG RACING DEATH OF A TELFORD TEENAGER HAS BEEN DELAYED UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR. 19 YEAR OLD BRADLEY MULLINS…

A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE MAN ACCUSED OF HITTING HIS WIFE IN THE HEAD WITH A ROCK HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO A GRAND JURY. 53 YEAR OLD ALLEN…

A FORMER DAMASCUS VIRGINIA POLICE CHIEF ACCUSED OF SELLING DRUGS MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA GENERAL DISTRICT COURT. TONY RICHARDSON IS CHARGED WITH SELLING METHAMPHETAMINE AND PRESCRIPTION…

A SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA RADIO STATION OWNER AND THE STATION HE OPERATED ARE BOTH STILL OUT OF COMMISSION. 45 YEAR OLD JEFF RAYNOR, OWNER OF WXMY-AM RADIO IN SALTVILLE,IS BEING HELD…

TWO MEN ARE ACCUSED OF RUNNING A DRUG OPERATION OUT OF A KINGSPORT APARTMENT COMPLEX ARE BEHIND BARS. 26 YEAR OLD AL COCKREL OF CUMBERLAND, KENTUCKY ALLEGEDLY PURCHASED MARIJUANA FROM…

HAWKINS COUNTY RESIDENTS COULD BE PAYING MORE TAXES SOON. COUNTY LEADERS HAVE PROPOSED A 34 CENT PROPERTY TAX RATE HIKE TO HELP FUND A 210 THOUSAND DOLLAR DEFECIT IN THE…

A KINGSPORT WOMAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HER HUSBAND NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. 49 YEAR OLD ROMONA CONKIN PLED GUILTY TO…

A BRISTOL VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING ANOTHER MAN IS BEHIND BARS. 36 YEAR OLD CECIL FYFFE IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED MALICIOUS WOUNDING AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE WITH FORCE. HE’S…

Former Damascus Police Chief Tony Richardson A NEW COURT DATE FOR A FORMER SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA POLICE CHIEF ACCUSED OF SELLING DRUGS HAS BEEN DELAYED. FORMER DAMASCUS VIRGINIA POLICE CHIEF TONY…

A KINGSPORT WOMAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HER HUSBAND HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT. 49 YEAR OLD RAMONA GAIL CONKIN PLED GUILTY TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER…

Anthony David Brewster THE POPULARITY OF HARRY POTTER HAS GOTTEN AN ABINGDON VIRGINIA MAN IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW. IT AL BEGAN WHEN ABINGDON POLICE WERE CALLED TO INVESTIGATE A…

REFUNDS ARE COMING TO SOME VIRGINIA CUSTOMERS OF APPALACHIAN ELECTRIC POWER. THE REFUNDS WERE ORDERED BY THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION BACK IN MAY DUE TO A 25-PERCENT BASE RATE INCREASE…

A BRISTOL VIRGINIA WOMAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING TWO MEN IN BRISTOL TENNESSEE HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY. 22 YEAR OLD KEESHA ROBBINS IS CHARGED WITH TWO…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN ACCUSED IN THE TRAFFIC DEATH OF A WOMAN LAST YEAR HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A SULLIVAN COUNTY GRAND JURY. 35 YEAR OLD WILLIAM SMITH IS CHARGED…

THE GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT IS SEARCHING FOR THREE MEN ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING ANOTHER MAN FOLLOWING A MINOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. KENNETH FELTON TOLD AUTHORITIES HIS VEHICLE WAS STRUCK IN THE…

WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM AND NORTHEAST STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN BLOUNTVILLE ARE TEAMING UP TO ESTABLISH A NEW NURSING SCHOOL THAT WILL HOPEFULLY ADDRESS A SHORTAGE PROBLEM. WELLMONT HAS COMMITTED…

ELIZABETHTON POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THREE MEN ACCUSED OF FORCING THEIR WAY INTO THE HOME OF A CITY MAN. 21 YEAR OLD ANDREW RAY BAINES OF JOHNSON CITY, 22 YEAR OLD…

AFTER SPENDING THE PAST FEW DAYS IN IRAQ, FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN DAVID DAVIS IS BACK HOME. HE SAYS HE WANTED TO GO OVERSEES TO SEE FOR HIMSELF FIRST HAND HOW…

A NEW NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND VISITORS CENTER AT A FOSSIL SITE IN GRAY IS SET TO OPEN ITS DOORS TODAY. THE EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY AND GENERAL SHALE BRICK…

ELIZABETHTON POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THREE SUSPECTS INVOLVED IN AN ALLEGED AGGRAVATED BURGLARY IN THE CITY. 21 YEAR OLD ANDREW RAY BAINES OF JOHNSON CITY, 22 YEAR OLD ANTHONY ATKINS OF…

REFUNDS ARE COMING TO SOME VIRGINIA CUSTOMERS OF APPALACHIAN ELECTRIC POWER. THE REFUNDS WERE ORDERED BY THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION BACK IN MAY ON MOST OF A 25-PERCENT BASE RATE…