SENATOR WEBB SEEKS DESIGNATION
Senator Jim Webb VIRGINIA SENATOR JIM WEBB IS CALLING ON FEDERAL AUTHORITIES TO DESIGNATE THE COMMONWEALTH A STATEWIDE AGRICULTURAL DISASTER AREA. ACCORDING TO WEBB, THE DESIGNATION WOULD ENABLE FARMERS AND…
SHEPHARD HAS TRIAL DATE SET FOR NEXT YEAR
IT WILL BE NEXT YEAR BEFORE A LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING ANOTHER MAN GOES ON TRIAL. 47 YEAR OLD BURLIE SHEPHERD IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER…
WHEEL TAX PETITION FILED IN WASHINGTON COUNTY
A PETITION HAS BEEN FILED AGAINST WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE LEADERS AFTER A WHEEL TAX WAS PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR. SEVEN THOUSAND SIGNATURES HAVE BEEN GATHERED CALLING FOR A WHEEL TAX…
CHILD ABDUCTION CASE WAIVED TO GRAND JURY
A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING HIS FIVE MONTH OLD DAUGHTER AND CAUSING AN AMBER ALERT TO BE FILED HAS WAIVED HIS CASE TO A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE GRAND…
LYNCH EXTRADITION ON HOLD
WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OR SO, KINGSPORT AUTHORITIES HOPE TO BETTER KNOW THE STATUS AND FUTURE PLANS FOR THE RETURN OF A MAN ARRESTED THIS PAST WEEKEND IN MEXICO. AUTHORITIES…
LOWEST BID ACCEPTED FOR NEW KINGSPORT SCHOOL
A TRI CITIES CONTRACTOR HAS SUBMITTED THE LOWEST BID FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF JOHN ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. J.A. STREET AND ASSOCIATES SUBMITTED THE LOWEST BID OF 14.6 MILLION DOLLARS FOR…
HIT AND RUN DRIVER STILL BEING SOUGHT
A REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF THE PERSON ACCUSED OF CAUSING A DEADLY HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT IN WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA RECENTLY.…
HENSON TRIAL CONTINUES
TESTIMONY WILL RESUME THIS MORNING IN THE TRIAL IN BRISTOL VIRGINIA OF A MAN ACCUSED IN THE BEATING DEATH OF A CITY MAN IN AN AREA KNOWN AS “THE JUNGLE”.…
FARM SERVICE AGENCY COULD CLOSE TWO OFFICES
There are hearings next week about whether to close two northeast Tennessee offices of the Farm Service Agency. The local FSA offices distribute federal funds to farmers in commodity support…
TRIAL FOR HENSON UNDERWAY
TESTIMONY GOT UNDERWAY ON TUESDAYAFTERNOON IN THE TRIAL OF ONE OF FOUR PEOPLE CHARGED IN THE 2006 BEATING DEATH OF A CITY MAN IN AN OVERGROWN SECTION OF THE CITY…
UNITED WAY REACHING ITS GOAL
FOUR WEEKS INTO THE UNITED WAY OF GREATER KINGSPORT’S COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN, OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE REACH 71 PERCENT OF THEIR GOAL OF 3.45 MILLION DOLLARS. WITH ONLY FOUR WEEKS LEFT…
TAZEWELL COUNTY DRUG ROUNDUP
A DRUG ROUNDUP IN TAZEWELL COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS LEFT MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE FACING CHARGES. A GRAND JURY HANDED DOWN INDICTMENTS FOR SIXTEEN PEOPLE ACCUSED OF DRUG ACTIVITIES. THE…
KINGSPORT ANNEXATION PROPOSAL COMES UNDER FIRE
SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANNOUNCED OPPOSITION TO KINGSPORT’S PLAN TO ANNEX ANY PORTION OF WARRIOR’S PATH STATE PARK. IN RESPONSE TO A PROPERTY OWNER’S REQUESTED ANNEXATION, KINGSPORT CITY PLANNERS ARE…
HENRY SENTENCED IN GAMBLING PROBE
A MAN WHO ADMITTED TO HIS PART IN THE APPALACHIA VIRGINIA GAMBLING PROBE HAS BEEN SENTENCED IN WISE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT. 47 YEAR OLD RONNIE DALE HENRY PLED GUILTY TO…
ESCAPED INMATE STILL BEING SOUGHT
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR AN INMATE WHO ESCAPED FROM THE JOHNSON COUNTY JAIL OVER THE WEEKEND. 49 YEAR OLD ROBERT DELUCA OF BOONE MADE HIS GETAWAY…
LYNCH REQUESTS IDENTITY HEARING
A MAN ARRESTED IN MEXICO OVER THE WEEKEND CLAIMS HE’S NOT THE ONE KINGSPORT POLICE HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. NOW, AUTHORITIES WILL HAVE TO PROVE THE…
TWO WOMEN PLED TO PART IN MURDER
TWO WOMEN ACCUSED ALONG WITH TWO MEN IN THE DEATH OF A BRISTOL VIRGINIA MAN LAST YEAR, HAVE ADMITTED TO LESSER CHARGES. 37 YEAR OLD ANGELA DILLARD PLED GUILTY TO…
NEW JOHNSON CITY HOSPITAL HAS NEW NAME
OFFICIALS WITH MOUNTAIN STATES HEALTH ALLIANCE HAVE REVEALED THE ARCHITECTURAL PLANS FOR A NEW HOSPITAL IN THE MED TECH PARK IN JOHNSON CITY. THE NEW FACILITY WILL BE CALLED THE…
JOHNSON CITY CRASH CLAIMS ONE
A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH OVER THE WEEKEND IN JOHNSON CITY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A CITY TEEN. ACCORDING TO POLICE, 17 YEAR OLD JESSICA JOHNSON WAS KILLED EARLY SATURDAY…
DENTIST PLEADS NOT GUILTY
A GATE CITY VIRGINIA DENTIST ACCUSED OF CRASHING INTO A PONTOON BOAT ON BOONE LAKE LAST JUNE THAT LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD AND ANOTHER INJURED, HAS PLED NOT GUILTY IN…
RAPE REPORT COULD HAVE BEEN FALSE
A 22 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO CLAIMED SHE WAS RAPED ALONG A HAWKINS COUNTY HIGHWAY BY A MAN POSING TO BE A POLICE OFFICER HAS STOPPED CO-OPERATING WITH AUTHORITIES. THE…
LYNCH CAPTURED IN MEXICO
A Kingsport fugitive wanted on multiple counts of child rape and exploitation has been captured over the weekend near Matamoros, Mexico, and jailed in southern Texas. Donald Edward Lynch, was…