Tri-Cities Local News

Victims and family members aren’t pleased with a federal judge’s decision to fine the maker of OxyContin and three of its executives more than 634 million dollars for misleading the…

LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA AUTHORITIES DON’T THINK A SMALL PLANE, CRASHED IN THE COUNTY AFTER ALL. THERE WERE EARLIER REPORTS OF A PLANE CRASH IN THE COONEY HOLLOW SECTION OF LEE…

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…

A CONVENIENCE STORE ROBBERY OVER THE WEEKEND IN KINGSPORT LEAVES THE CLERK WITH HEAD INJURIES. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING AT THE ON-THE-RUN MARKET ON SULLIVAN GARDENS PARKWAY. AUTHORITIES…

KINGSPORT POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A BANDIT THAT HELDUP A CITY FAST FOOD RESTAURANT. POLICE SAID A MAN ENTERED THE SUBWAY ON EAST STONE DRIVE LAST NIGHT, BRANDISHED A GUN…

THE OWNER OF A SMALL SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA RADIO STATION IS BEHIND BARS TODAY. THE COMMONWEATLH ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAID 45 YEAR OLD JEFF RAYNOR OF GLADE SPRING IS CHARGED WITH ONE…

TUSCULUM COLLEGE IN GREENEVILLE HAS A NEW INTERIM PRESIDENT AFTER THE CURRENT ONE DECIDED TO RESIGN. DR. DOLPHUS HENRY III MADE THE DECISION AFTER RECEIVING A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE…

A MEADOWVIEW VIRGINIA WOMAN ACCUSED IN A CARJACKING IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND IN THE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA REGIONAL JAIL IN ABINGDON. 18 YEAR OLD ASHLEY ROSE TESTERMAN IS CHARGED WITH…

A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF CRASHING HIS CAR AND ATTEMPTING TO RUN OVER TWO POLICE OFFICERS IS BEING HELD ON A 30-THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND. 34 YEAR OLD MICHAEL ANTHONY BEGLEY…

WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM NOW HAS 13 HOSPITALS UNDER ITS UMBRELLA WITH THE LATEST ONE IN JENKINS KENTUCKY. THE HEALTH ORGANIZATION JUST ACQUIRED JENKINS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, WHICH IS A 60 BED…

A U.S. DISTRICT COURT GRAND JURY IN ABINGDON HAS INDICTED A WEBER CITY VIRGINIA CHIROPRACTOR AND HIS ASSISTANT. 34 YEAR OLD DR. MARK BRADLEY AND 34 YEAR OLD KATHERINE TURNER…

THE CHEMICAL COMPANY THAT SPRAYED HERBICIDE NEAR AN ABINGDON VIRGINIA DAY CARE CENTER COULD FACE FINES AS A RESULT OF THEIR ACTIONS. SOUTH CAROLINA BASED NATURECHEM, IS ACCUSED OF VIOLATING…

SEVERAL LEADS ARE BEING FOLLOWED BY JOHNSON CITY POLICE FOLLOWING A SHOOTING INCIDENT THAT SENT A CITY MAN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. 34 YEAR OLD ANTHONY FRIDLEY WAS SHOT ONE…

A SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA HAVEN FOR ABUSED WOMEN AND CHILDREN COULD CLOSE ITS DOORS SOON IF MONETARY HELP DOESN’T COME SOON. RECENT FEDERAL AND STATE BUDGET CUTS COULD FORCE HOPE…

THE OWNER OF A SMALL SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA RADIO STATION IS BEHIND BARS TODAY. THE COMMONWEATLH ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAID 45 YEAR OLD JEFF RAYNOR OF GLADE SPRING IS CHARGED WITH ONE…

THE U.S. ARMY HAS AGREED TO INVEST 90 MILLION DOLLARS TO FUND THE BENEFITS OF HOLSTON DEFENSE CORPORATION RETIREES, FORMER EMPLOYEES, AND SURVIVORS. THE ARMY SAID YESTERDAY THEY ARE COMMITTED…

From left: Robert Neely, Justin Phillips TWO MEN ACCUSED OF HAVING DRUGS IN THEIR VEHICLE DURING A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP ARE BEHIND BARS IN ABINGDON VIRGINIA. 28 YEAR OLD ROBERT…

Eastman CEO Brian Ferguson talks with Governor Bredesen A BIG ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENT FROM A TRI CITIES COMPANY. TENNESSEE GOVERNOR PHIL BREDSEN WAS IN KINGSPORT AS OFFICIALS WITH EASTMAN SAY THEY…

TWO JOHNSON CITY MEN ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING ANOTHER MAN AND HOLDING HIM AGAINST HIS WILL BE IN COURT LATER TODAY. 20 YEAR OLD MARQUIS JONES AND 26 YEAR OLD LAMONT…

PINK SLIPS ARE IN THE WORKS FOR WORKERS AT A TRI CITIES AREA COMPANY. M.P.I. INTERNATIONAL IN GREENEVILLE, WHICH EMPLOYS 170 WORKERS, WILL SHUTDOWN OPERATIONS ON SEPTEMBER 30TH. M.P.I OPERATES…

Hawkins County Sheriff Roger Christian says his department has filed aggravated animal cruelty charges against two teenage boys in the fireworks killing of a kitten. Dana Campbell discovered her pet…

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…