Tri-Cities Local News

PINK SLIPS ARE IN THE WORKS FOR WORKERS AT A TRI CITIES AREA COMPANY. M.P.I. INTERNATIONAL IN GREENEVILLE, WHICH EMPLOYS 170 WORKERS, WILL SHUTDOWN OPERATIONS ON SEPTEMBER 30TH. M.P.I OPERATES…

Hawkins County Sheriff Roger Christian says his department has filed aggravated animal cruelty charges against two teenage boys in the fireworks killing of a kitten. Dana Campbell discovered her pet…

IT DIDN’T TAKE A SULLIVAN COUNTY JURY LONG TO FIND A FORMER NEW JERSEY MAN GUILTY OF SHOOTING ANOTHER MAN AND TAKING HIS MONEY. 22 YEAR OLD DONOVAN MUNROE WAS…

JOHNSON CITY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT HAS LEFT ONE PERSON INJURED. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED LAST NIGHT ON SIDNEY STREET. THE VICTIM’S NAME ISN’T BEING RELEASED AT THIS TIME.…

AN EXTENSIVE RETAIL MARKET STUDY SHOWS THAT KINGSPORT IS RAPIDLY RECAPTURING BUSINESS ONCE LOST TO OTHER REGIONS. ACCORDING TO A STUDY BY A MARYLAND FIRM, THE MODEL CITY JUST WASN’T…

CONGRADULATIONS TO THE KINGSPORT INDIANS 11 AND UNDER CAL RIPKEN TEAM FOR WINNING THAT STATE TOURNAMENT THIS PAST MONDAY. THE TEAM WILL REPRESENT THE STATE OF TENNESSEE IN FLORIDA AT…

JOHNSON CITY LEADERS ARE EXPECTED TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO PURCHASE A RETIRED RAIL LINE FOR NEARLY TWO MILLION DOLLARS. TEN MILES OF RAILROAD LINKING JOHNSON CITY AND ELIZABETHTON…

IN AN EFFORT TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP IN RIDDING WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE OF UNSITELY ILLEGAL DUMP SITES, LOCAL OFFICIALS HAVE STARTED A NEW PROGRAM. OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS, CREWS…

IT DIDN’T TAKE A SULLIVAN COUNTY JURY LONG TO FIND A FORMER NEW JERSEY MAN GUILTY OF SHOOTING ANOTHER MAN AND TAKING HIS MONEY. 22 YEAR OLD DONOVAN MUNROE WAS…

DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL JOHN EDWARDS PAID A VISIT TO WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA DURING HIS NATIONAL POVERTY TOUR. EMOTIONS WERE MIXED ABOUT HIS VISIT YESTERDAY. THEY DON’T WANT THEIR AREA TO…

Children at an Abingdon Virginia day-care center were Accidentally sprayed with herbicide when a train sprayed the chemical on weeds along a track near the facility. Four kids were playing…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN WITH A PAST THAT INCLUDES ILLEGALLY HAVING EXPLOSIVES HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED ON NEW CHARGES IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. ERNEST CANIPE IS CHARGED WITH BEING…

A FIRE AT A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MOTEL IS BEING BLAMED ON A MOTEL GUEST FALLING ASLEEP WHILE SMOKING IN BED. THE BLAZE BROKEOUT AROUND FOUR O’CLOCK YESTERDAY MORNING AT BRISTOL…

A Southwest Virginia dentist has pled not guilty to defrauding Medicaid by performing unnecessary dental work on children and the poor. Roy Silas Shelburne of Pennington Gap initially was charged…

IT DIDN’T TAKE A SULLIVAN COUNTY JURY LONG TO FIND A FORMER NEW JERSEY MAN GUILTY OF SHOOTING ANOTHER MAN AND TAKING HIS MONEY. 22 YEAR OLD DONOVAN MUNROE WAS…

IN AN EFFORT TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP IN RIDDING WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE OF UNSITELY ILLEGAL DUMP SITES, LOCAL OFFICIALS HAVE STARTED A NEW PROGRAM. ACCORDING TO SHERIFF ED GRAYBEAL, OVER…

Former Bristol Tennessee Mayor Jim Messimer passes the gavel over to new Mayor David Shumaker Photo courtesy of Bristol Herald Courier BRISTOL TENNESSEE HAS A NEW MAYOR. DAVID SHUMAKER WAS…

A POPULAR DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IS BRINGING HIS “ROAD TO ONE AMERICA” TOUR TO WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA TODAY. JOHN EDWARDS WILL BE FOCUSING ON BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE POOR, INCLUDING…

A WISE COUNTY GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A FORMER CORRECTIONS OFFICER ON MURDER AND WEAPONS CHARGES. 44 YEAR OLD ALICE FOSTER IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND USE OF…

A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN BRISTOL TENNESSEE HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A CITY WOMAN. ACCORDING TO POLICE, 41 YEAR OLD CHARLENE EVANS WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE BLUFF CITY HIGHWAY…

CLOSING ARGUMENTS AND JURY INSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING IN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN THE TRIAL OF A FORMER NEW JERSEY MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING ANOTHER MAN BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE…

A JOHNSON CITY VETERINARIAN ACCUSED OF LETTING HIS ASSOCIATE, PRACTICE WITHOUT A LICENSE FOR TWO YEARS, HAS BEEN FINED. DR. JAMES ROBINSON HAS BEEN ORDERED TO PAY A 9-THOUSAND DOLLAR…