DAVIS HAS TRIAL SET
A NEW TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR A WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF SEVERELY SHAKING HIS INFANT CHILD. 24 YEAR OLD PHILLIP DAVIS IS CHARGED WITH FELONY CHILD…
KNOXVILLE ATTORNEY IN TROUBLE (AP)
A federal judge in U.S. District Court in Greeneville has sentenced a Knoxville attorney to one year probation for criminal contempt. Herb Moncier was sanctioned for refusing to stop talking…
WILLIS HAS MOTIONS HEARING CONTINUED
ANOTHER COURT DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A YOUNG GEORGIA COUPLE NEARLY FIVE YEARS AGO. HOWARD HAWK WILLIS IS CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS…
HAWKINS COUNTY TAX INCREASE
HAWKINS COUNTY RESIDENTS, GET READY TO DIG DEEPER INTO YOUR POCKETS. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVED A MOTION LAST NIGHT TO RAISE THE PROPERTY TAX RATE 25 CENTS TO $2.61 PER $100…
KINGSPORT POLICE OFFICER RESIGNS
A KINGSPORT POLICE OFFICER, WHO HAS BEEN ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, HAS RESIGNED FROM HIS JOB. OFFICER ERIC MANIS WAS ACCUSED OF POSTING UNPROFESSIONAL COMMENTS AND PRECEIVED THREATS ON HIS…
SEARCH FOR ELIZABETHTON BANK ROBBER
ELIZABETHTON AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR A BANDIT THAT HELD UP A CITY BANK. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED YESTERDAY MORNING AT SECURITY FEDERAL BANK ON CHARLIE ROBINSON DRIVE. THIS IS POLICE…
JONESBORO MAN FACING CHARGES
John David France SOMETIMES ONE CHARGE LEADS TO ANOTHER, AS A JONESBOROUGH TENNESSEE MAN FOUND OUT. WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARRESTED 37 YEAR OLD JOHN DAVID FRANCE ON DRIVING…
TRI CITIES BANK HELD UP AT GUNPOINT
Bank surveillance camera picture of robbery suspect ELIZABETHTON AUTHORITIES SAY A TRI CITIES BANK WAS HELD UP BY AN ARMED ROBBER MONDAY MORNING. SECURITY FEDERAL BANK ON CHARLIE ROBINSON DRIVE…
VIRGINIA STATE POLICE LOOKING FOR FAKE
AUTHORITIES IN WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A MAN POSING AS A VIRGINIA STATE POLICE OFFICER. INVESTIGATORS SAID A COUPLE FROM WASHINGTON D.C. WAS PULLED OVER NEAR…
SPRUCE PINE BUSINESSES TO GET HELP
Federal help is available for businesses hurt by fires in the tiny mountain town of Spruce Pine North Carolina. The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved Governor Easley’s request to…
NRC CONSIDERING REVERSING SECRECY POLICY
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering reversing a three-year secrecy policy. The action could make thousands of documents public involving the troubled operations at Nuclear Fuel Services in Erwin. But…
JOHNSON CITY NURSING HOME INVESTIGATION
A Tennessee Health Department investigation revealed that a 91-year-old patient at Johnson City nursing home had maggots in her ear because of a hygiene problem at the facility. Records show…
JOHNSON CITY ATTEMPTED ROBBERY
JOHNSON CITY POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO GUNMEN WHO ATTEMPTED TO ROB TWO OTHER PEOPLE AT A CITY APARTMENT. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED EARLY THIS MORNING OFF SOUTH ROAN STREET AT…
MISSING SWIMMER’S BODY FOUND
THE BODY OF A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN HAS BEEN FOUND IN SOUTH HOLSTON LAKE OVER THE WEEKEND. 26 YEAR OLD JOHN ALLEN CROSS HAD BEEN SWIMMING WITH SOME FRIENDS LAST…
TWO AREA PHARMACIES ROBBED
HAWKINS COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING INTO REPORTED ROBBERIES AT TWO COUNTY PHARMACIES IN THE PAST WEEK. OXYCONTIN WAS THE TARGET OF THE BREAKINS AT CUNNINGHAMS DRUG STORE IN BULLS GAP,…
DAVIS AIDE TO UNDERGO CLASSES
Photo courtesy of Johnson City Press THE PRESS SECRETARY WHO ALTERED FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN DAVID DAVIS’ INFORMATION ON WIKIPEDIA WILL ATTEND CLASSES ON APPROPRIATE CONDUCT. THIS COMING IN LIGHT OF…
LOCAL TEACHER LOSES LICENSE
A TRI CITIES TEACHER HAS LOST HIS TEACHING LICENSE. FORMER CARTER COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER JONATHAN MCCLAIN WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TEACH IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE FOR THE…
THP BEEFING UP PRESENCE
WITH RACE WEEK IN BRISTOL THIS WEEK, YOU WILL NOTICE TROOPERS WITH THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL OUT IN LARGER THAN NORMAL NUMBERS. THEY WILL BE OUT IF FULL FORCE WORKING…
MERIT PAY RAISES FOR ETSU
FACULTY AT EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY COULD SEE MERIT PAY IN THEIR FUTURE. THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ARE LOOKING TO THE FACULTY FOR SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT WOULD CONSTITUTE MERIT IN VARIOUS…
WHEEL TAX ISSUE CONTINUES
A PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX HIKE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE HAS SPARKED CONCERN OVER THE FUTURE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTY. THE COMMITTEE FOR FAIR TAXATION IS ENCOURAGING A $50 WHEEL…
NEW SECURITY SYSTEM FOR EMORY AND HENRY
CLASSES ARE BACK IN SESSION AT EMORY AND HENRY COLLEGE IN EMORY VIRGINIA. THE SCHOOL HAS MADE SOME CHANGES TO ADDRESS STUDENT AND FACULTY SAFETY. A NEW ALERT SYSTEM CAN…
FORMER LOCAL WINS HOLLYWOOD OPPORTUNITY
Barter Theatre A FORMER MEMBER OF THE RESIDENT ACTING COMPANY AT BARTER THEATRE IN ABINGDON VIRGINIA HAS MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF IN HOLLYWOOD. WILL BIGHAM WON FOX’S REALITY TELEVISION…