KINGSPORT INDIANS CAL RIPKEN TEAM
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 LOOKING AT PURCHASING RAIL LINE
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…
GRAYBEAL ON LITTERING PROGRAM
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…
FORMER NEW JERSEY MAN CONVICTED
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…
EDWARDS VISIT RECEIVES MIXED EMOTION
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 ABINGDON DAY CARE CENTER INJURED
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…
CANIPE ARRAIGNED IN FEDERAL COURT
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…
BRISTOL FIRE LEAVES ONE INJURED
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…
PENNINGTON DENTIST PLEADS NOT GUILTY
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…
JURY CONVICTS NEW JERSEY MAN
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…
NEW LITTERING PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
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…
SHUMAKER GETS MAYORAL NOD
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…
PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL EDWARDS COMES TO WISE COUNTY
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…
FORMER CORRECTIONS OFFICER INDICTED IN MURDER
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…
BRISTOL TENNESSEE WOMAN KILLED IN CRASH
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…
ATTEMPTED MURDER TRIAL VERDICT EXPECTED
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…
JOHNSON CITY VET TO PAY FINE
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…
PENNINGTON VIRGINIA DENTIST FACES NEW CHARGE
A PENNINGTON GAP VIRGINIA DENTIST ALREADY FACING MEDICARE FRAUD CHARGES IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN ABINGDON IS FACING ANOTHER CHARGE. ROY SHELBURNE HAS PLED NOT GUILTY TO THE NEW SUPERSEDING…
BRISTOL DENTIST DENIED DIVERSION
A SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA DENTIST ACCUSED OF CAUSING A BOATING ACCIDENT LAST SUMMER IN SULLIVAN COUNTY THAT LEFT ONE MAN DEAD AND ANOTHER INJURED HAS HAD HIS REQUEST FOR PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION…
FORMER FUNERAL DIRECTOR BEHIND BARS
A FORMER DUFFIELD VIRGINIA FUNERAL HOME DIRECTOR WANTED FOR FRAUD HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA. 44 YEAR OLD ANTHONEY ROBBINS IS CHARGED WITH 51 COUNTS OF FRAUD. HE WAS…
BRISTOL WOMAN KILLED IN WRECK
A BRISTOL TENNESSEE WOMAN HAS LOST HER LIFE FOLLOWING A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT. 41 YEAR OLD CHARLENE EVANS DIED IN THE CRASH AT THE INTERCHANGE OF BLUFF CITY HIGHWAY AND…
AEP RATE INCREASE PROPOSED
APPALACHIAN POWER, ELECTRICITY PROVIDER TO MORE THAN A MILLION CUSTOMERS IN VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA, AND TENNESSEE, IS SEEKING TWO NEW RATE INCREASES. IF APPROVED BY THE VIRGINIA CORPORATION COMMISSION, THE…