Tri-Cities Local News

CHILHOWIE VIRGINIA HAS A NEW POLICE CHIEF AFTER THE FORMER CHIEF AND ONE OF HIS OFFICERS WERE INDICTED FOR ALLEGED SEX CRIMES. MAYOR GARY HENINGER BELIEVES STEVE PRICE WILL GET…

IT MAY BE AWHILE BEFORE A SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COAL MINE IN BUCHANAN COUNTY IS UP AND RUNNING AGAIN. CONSOL ENERGY OFFICIALS HAVE SAID MONITORING STATIONS AT THE TEMPORARILY CLOSED BUCHANAN…

BRISTOL VIRGINIA POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR TWO MEN INVOLVED IN A HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND THAT LEFT A 14 YEAR OLD CITY TEEN INJURED. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED…

THE BRISTOL VIRGINIA POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS CONFISCATED A LARGE AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA AND ARRESTED TWO PEOPLE IN THE PROCESS. 24 YEAR OLD STEVEN HILLARD AND 21 YEAR OLD AUBRY HILLARD…

GOOD NEWS FOR TRI CITIES REGIONAL AIRPORT. 1ST DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN DAVID DAVIS HAS ANNOUNCED A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION GRANT TO THE AIRPORT OF NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS. THE MONEY IS…

A BULLS GAP WOMAN ACCUSED OF STABBING HER BOYFRIEND OVER THE WEEKEND WILL BE ARRAIGNED THIS MORNING. 40 YEAR OLD ROBYN SACKETT IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED DOMESTIC ASSAULT AFTER SHE…

A FORMER FUNERAL HOME DIRECTOR IN DUFFIELD VIRGINIA FACES MORE FRAUD CHARGES AFTER MORE VICTIMS HAVE COME FORWARD. ANTHONY ROBBINS, THE OWNER OF DUFFIELD FUNERAL HOME ALLEGEDLY SOLD 15 PEOPLE…

A JOHNSON CITY WOMAN HAS BEEN KILLED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A TRAIN OVER THE WEEKEND. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON TRACKS NEAR MCKINLEY ROAD SATURDAY NIGHT. THE VICTIM’S NAME WON’T…

CLEANUP OF WASTE AT A FORMER RECYCLING BUSINESS IN HILTONS VIRGINIA IS FINISHED. MORE THAN 500 BARRELS, LADEN WITH OIL AND USED FILTERS ALONG WITH 60 TONS OF OIL DRENCHED…

JOHNSON CITY FIRE OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF A FIRE AT A CITY BUSINESS. A BLAZE BROKE OUT AT THE SNAP-ON TOOLS PLANT ON WATAUGA ROAD EARLY…

A HAWKINS COUNTY COACH ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING TWO OF HIS PLAYERS HAS BEEN FIRED. 36 YEAR OLD MIKE NOEL IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED SEXUAL BATTERY, SEXUAL BATTERY BY AN…

A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS REFUSED TO VACATE THE SENTENCE OF A FORMER BUSINESS OWNER CONVICTED OF DEFRAUDING MEDICARE OF MORE THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS. MAILEE LODGE WAS CONVICTED OF HEALTH…

A COEBURN VIRGINIA MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED FOR HIS ROLE IN A DOUBLE SLAYING. 24 YEAR OLD DANIEL RIMILLER WILL SPEND THE NEXT SIX YEARS IN PRISON FOR HIS PART…

A VEHICLE/PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT AT AN ABINGDON VIRGINIA CONVENIENCE STORE HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF THE STORE CLERK. THE NAME OF THE 47 YEAR OLD VICTIM IS BEING WITHHELD AT THIS…

An auto assembly plant at a Magna location Photo courtesy of Magna ONE THOUSAND MORE JOBS COULD POTENTIALLY BE COMING TO WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA. MANGA INTERNATIONAL, A CANADIAN BASED COMPANY…

IN THE PAST WEEK, GASOLINE PRICES HAVE BOUNCED UP AND DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTRY. FOR EXAMPLE, BRISTOL RESIDENTS HAVE SEEN GAS PRICES INCREASE BY 12.4 CENTS PER GALLON OF UNLEADED…

THE CASE OF A GREENE COUNTY YOUTH CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR HOMICIDE HAS BEEN BOUND OVER TO THE GRAND JURY. 23 YEAR OLD DAVID MICHAEL GIBBS IS CHARGED WITH CONNECTION WITH…

A CARTER COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HIS WIFE HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO A GRAND JURY. 48 YEAR OLD DANA BOWMAN IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE…

SOME GREAT ECONOMIC NEWS FOR SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA. ROGERS FOAM CORPORATION, A FABRICATOR OF ENGINEERED FOAM PRODUCTS, WILL INVEST 1.4 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE FACILITY. 50 NEW JOBS WILL BE…

Hawkins County investigators are interviewing three men in the death of a kitten killed by fireworks on Sunday. Dana Campbell said she adopted three kittens that had been dumped near…

THE TENNESSEE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS IN KNOXVILLE HAS UPHELD THE CONVICTION OF AN ELIZABETHTON MAN IN THE KILLING OF A STORE CLERK. WILLIAM MATNEY PUTNAM WAS CONVICTED OF FIRST…

ONE OF TEN DEFENDANTS IN THE APPALACHIA GAMBLING PROBE HAS PLED GUILTY IN WISE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT. 70 YEAR OLD BOBBY BOLLING ADMITTED TO OPERATING AN ILLEGAL GAMBLING ENTERPRISE. HE…