Category: Local News

TWO PEOPLE ARE BEHIND BARS TODAY AFTER POLICE RAIDED THEIR MOTEL ROOM AND FOUND DRUGS AND CASH. 26 YEAR OLD EMMANUEL MORTON AND 22 YEAR OLD KEESHA LACREE ROBBINS OF…

A JONESBOROUGH WOMAN WHO WAS INVOLVED IN A WEEKEND MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT HAS DIED. 57 YEAR OLD MARY CLAY DIED MONDAY AT A JOHNSON CITY HOSPITAL AS A RESULT OF INJURIES…

THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A FORMER BRISTOL TENNESSEE WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED IN KNOX COUNTY COURT. 22 YEAR OLD TAYLOR LEE OLSON IS CHARGED IN A SEVEN COUNT INDICTMENT…

John Wayne Smith WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN A MONDAY MORNING ROBBERY AT A LOCAL CONVENIENCE STORE. SHERIFF FRED NEWMAN CREDITED THE DILIGENT WORK OF HIS…

WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE RESIDENTS WILL SOON PAY MORE IN TAXES. THE COUNTY COMMISSION PASSED A 50 DOLLAR A YEAR WHEEL TAX THAT WILL TAKE EFFECT IN JULY OF NEXT YEAR.…

A BRISTOL VIRGINIA WOMAN WHO PLED GUILTY TO DROWNING HER SON IN A BATHTUB JUST OVER TWO YEARS AGO TALKED ABOUT IT PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE OPRAH…

WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR A BANDIT THAT HELD UP A LOCAL CONVENIENCE STORE. THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY MORNING AT THE ROADRUNNER MARKET AT EXIT…

HIGH SPEED INTERNET IS COMING TO RURAL PARTS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. A LINK WAS COMPLETED YESTERDAY IN WISE COUNTY THAT WILL BRING HIGH SPEED INTERNET TO THE AREA. THIS COMPLETES…

A TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR A KINGSPORT WOMAN ACCUSED IN A DOUBLE HOMICIDE AT A CITY BUSINESS. 24 YEAR OLD OCTAVIA BROOKS IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF…

THE CASE OF A HONAKER VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED IN THE SLAYINGS OF HIS TWO BROTHER-IN-LAWS LAST OCTOBER HAS BEEN BOUND OVER TO A RUSSELL COUNTY GRAND JURY. 36 YEAR OLD…

A KNOXVILLE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A FORMER BRISTOL TENNESSEE GIRL NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO AT HER KNOX COUNTY APARTMENT, IS SET TO BE ARRAIGNED THIS MORNING IN GENERAL SESSIONS…

Tyler Olson Photo courtesy of Newschannel 11 KNOX COUNTY TENNESSEE AUTHORITIES HAVE ANNOUNCED A SUSPECT HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN THE BRUTAL MURDER OF A BRISTOL WOMAN AT HER KNOXVILLE APARTMENT…

WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR THE MAN THEY SAY HELD UP A CONVENIENCE STORE JUST AFTER 4 A.M. MONDAY MORNING. THE WHITE MALE, APPROXIMATELY 25 YEARS OF AGE,…

A BRISTOL VIRGINIA WOMAN WHO PLED GUILTY TO DROWNING HER SON IN A BATHTUB JUST OVER TWO YEARS AGO WILL MAKE AN APPEARANCE ON THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW. ANDREWA PETROSKY…

WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE LEADERS WILL MEET TONIGHT TO DECIDE ON A WHEEL TAX FOR NEXT YEAR AND 35 CENT PROPERTY TAX INCREASE. COMMISSIONERS HAVE SAID ONCE THE WHEEL TAX KICKS…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED IN A ROAD RAGE ACCIDENT WILL APPEAR IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE GENERAL SESSIONS COURT TODAY. TONY JACKSON IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AS A RESULT OF…

A PINEY FLATS MAN ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A FEMALE HE KNEW AT A JOHNSON CITY MOTEL OVER THE WEEKEND IS BEING HELD ON A 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND. 26 YEAR…

A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN THE SULLIVAN GARDEN’S SECTION OF KINGSPORT HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE A MANCHESTER TENNESSEE MAN. ACCORDING TO THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, 25 YEAR OLD BRUCE…

A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE OVER THE WEEKEND HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A CHUCKY TENNESSEE WOMAN. ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, 25 YEAR OLD REBECCA L.…

A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN JOHNSON CITY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A CITY MAN. ACCORDING TO POLICE, 24 YEAR OLD JEREMIAH STOUT WAS CRITICALLY INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT SATURDAY…

A BRISTOL TENNESSEE WOMAN HAS FILED A CIVIL SUIT AGAINST A CITY BUS COMPANY AND ONE OF ITS FORMER DRIVERS FOR NEGLIGENCE. THE SUIT FILED BY ATTORNEY TODD EAST ON…

ANOTHER SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME HAD TO BE CANCELLED OVER THE WEEKEND AFTER A FOOTBALL PLAYER REPORTED HE HAD STAPH INFECTION. THE BACTERIAL DISEASE IS CARRIED AROUND BY…