AN ALTERCATION BETWEEN TWO KINGSPORT MEN OVER THE WEEKEND SENT TWO PEOPLE TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATEMENT AND ONE TO JAIL. 36 YEAR OLD RICHARD ABSHER IS CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AFTER INJURING HIS WIFE, SHERRY ABSHER AND HIS FRIEND, CHRIS SMITH. SMITH HAD COME TO ABSHER’S HOME ON PATTON STREET TO ALLEGEDLY TRY TO CALM MR. ABSHER WHO WAS REPORTEDLY UPSET. WHEN SMITH ATTEMPTED TO GET HIM TO GO INSIDE AND “SLEEP IT OFF”, HE BECAME UPSET, RETRIEVED A LARGE KNIFE TYPE SWORD AND THREW IT AT HIS WIFE’S FACE WHO WAS CUT IN THE ARM WHEN SHE TRIED TO AVOID IT. HE THEN ALLEGEDLY THREW IT AT SMITH, WHO WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD. ABSHER WILL BE ARRAIGNED THIS MORNING IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT.