Tri-Cities Local News

AN APPARENT ALTERCATION BETWEEN TWO KINGSPORT ACQUAINTANCES HAS RESULTED IN ONE OF THEM BEING KILLED. SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICER ANSWERED A CALL ON BROOKSIDE DRIVE IN REPORTS OF A BURGLARY…

A LATE NIGHT TRAFFIC ACCIDENT HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A BULLS GAP MAN. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, 46 YEAR OLD DWAYNE HUGHES LOST HIS LIFE IN THE…

THE KINGSPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE FROM ANYONE WHO WAS IN THE AREA OF INTERSTATE 26 NEAR MEADOWVIEW PARKWAY AND SAW A PURPLE OR BLACK FORD MUSTANG EAST…

Larry Boyd THE SEARCH FOR A BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING HIS GIRLFRIEND, SEXUALLY ASSAULTING HER AND SHOOTING HER THREE TIMES OVER THE WEEKEND HAS ENDED. 28 YEAR…

UNITED WAY CAMPAIGNS ARE KICKING OFF IN THE TRI CITIES AT THE END OF THE MONTH. THE UNITED WAY OF KINGSPORT HOPES TO RAISE 3.45 MILLION DOLLARS BY NOVEMBER. IN…

A SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF SENDING EXPLICIT SEX VIDEOS TO A MINOR OVER THE INTERNET IS SCHEDULED TO BE ARRAIGNED TOMORROW IN GENERAL DISTRICT COURT. 65 YEAR OLD…

COURT DATES WILL BE SET SOON FOR NEARLY 39 PEOPLE ARRESTED ON 90 COUNTS OF DRUG DISTRIBUTION IN LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA. OPERATION “STAND II” GOT UNDERWAY FRIDAY FOLLOWING INDICTMENTS HANDED…

A FIRE AT A GREENEVILLE APARTMENT COMPLEX HAS LEFT THREE FAMILIES HOMELESS. THE BLAZE BROKE OUT AT BLUE SPRINGS VILLAGE APARTMENTS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. IT CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE SECOND…

THE FORT HENRY MALL IN KINGSPORT WILL SOON UNDERGO A NAME CHANGE AND A MAJOR RENOVATION. THE NAME IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO “KINGSPORT TOWN CENTER”. THERE’S ALSO PLANS FOR…

A FORMER ELIZABETHTON BUSINESSMAN CONVICTED EARLIER THIS MONTH ON CHARGES OF METHAMPHETAMINE HAS LOST HIS HOME. JOE COFFMAN WAS FOUND GUILTY ON AUGUST 8TH OF CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE AND POSSESS…

A communications company retiree says his health benefits are being cut, despite having a contract that he says covers him for life. After working for Sprint and its preceding companies…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN CONVICTED OF A LESSER CHARGE IN A MURDER CASE WILL BE SENTENCED LATER THIS YEAR. A JURY FOUND DANNY GREENE GUILTY OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER INSTEAD…

AUTHORITIES ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR A BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING HIS GIRLFRIEND, SEXUALLY ASSAULTING HER AND SHOOTING HER THREE TIMES OVER THE WEEKEND. 28 YEAR OLD…

A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT JURY HAS CONVICTED A MAN ON A LESSER CHARGE. DANNY GREENE WAS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF BRIAN RICKER.…

James Jennings AUTHORITIES SAY A SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN IS BEHIND BARS FOR ALLEGEDLY SENDING EXPLICIT SEX VIDEOS TO A MINOR. 65 YEAR OLD JAMES JENNINGS IS CHARGED WITH TWO…

BRING OUT THE BIRTHDAY CAKE. BRISTOL LIFESAVING CREW IS CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE AREA. THE LIFESAVING CREW TODAY HAS TWO AMBULANCES ON DUTY 24 HOURS A DAY,…

THE GREENEVILLE-GREENE COUNTY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IS GETTING A HELPING HAND. THE AIRPORT WILL RECEIVE A 55-THOUSAND DOLLARS AERONAUTICS GRANT. GOVERNOR PHIL BREDESEN WAS ON HAND FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY AND…

A potential Republican state Senate candidate had to edit his Web site because it contained language lifted from the site of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Mike Faulk, a lawyer…

DELIBERATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RESUME THIS MORNING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT IN THE TRIAL OF DANNY GREENE. THE PROCESS WAS HALTED YESTERDAY AFTER A JUROR BECAME ILL AND…

AT LEAST 75 MORE JOBS ARE COMING TO KINGSPORT. FEDEX GROUND HAS BEEN GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO BUILD A NEW DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN KINGSPORT ON 13 ACRES OF LAND…

ELIZABETHTON CITY SCHOOL TEACHERS ARE GETTING A PAY RAISE. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED A NEW CONTRACT LAST NIGHT WITH THE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION WHICH WILL GIVE A 3.5 PERCENT PAY…

A DICKENSON COUNTY VIRGINIA JURY HAS CONVICTED A MAN FOR SELLING ILLEGAL DRUGS. 49 YEAR OLD JODY POWERS WAS FOUND GUILTY YESTERDAY OF SELLING OXYCONTIN AND MORPHINE PILLS ON THREE…