Tri-Cities Local News

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

A JOHNSON CITY BUSINESSMAN ACCUSED OF HIRING SOMEONE TO BURN DOWN HIS HOME HAS HAD HIS TRIAL DATE RESET FOR LATER THIS YEAR. FRANK CASTEEL JR. IS CHARGED WITH ARSON…

EMERGENCY BLOOD DONORS ARE NEEDED NOW IN THE TRI CITIES AREA. ANDY MCLAMB WITH THE MARSH REGIONAL BLOOD CENTER SAYS LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE BEING ENCOURAGED TO DONATE BLOOD, AS THE…

MANY NEW JOBS COULD BE COMING TO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THE VIRGINIA CORPORATION COMMISSION HAS BEEN ASKED TO ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 585 MEGAWATT ELECTRIC POWER PLANT IN WISE COUNTY.…

A HAWKINS COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY WHO WRECKED HIS CRUISER AND WAS INJURED OVER THE WEEKEND IS MAKING A SPEEDY RECOVERY. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, DEPUTY SCOTT STEWART WAS…