Tri-Cities Local News

THE CASE OF A GREENE COUNTY YOUTH CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR HOMICIDE HAS BEEN BOUND OVER TO THE GRAND JURY. 23 YEAR OLD DAVID MICHAEL GIBBS IS CHARGED WITH CONNECTION WITH…

Susong Pharmacy Photo courtesy of WGRV Radio THE SUSPECT ACCUSED OF ROBBING THE SAME GREENEVILLE PHARMACY ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIMES IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN…

A CARTER COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HIS WIFE HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO A GRAND JURY. 48 YEAR OLD DANA BOWMAN IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE…

TWO MORE BUSINESSES ARE JOINING THE GROWING LINEUP AT THE NEW KINGSPORT PAVILION SHOPPING CENTER ON EAST STONE DRIVE. MICHAELS WAS ISSUED A BUILDING PERMIT VALUED AT JUST OVER 1.9…

SOME GREAT ECONOMIC NEWS FOR SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA. ROGERS FOAM CORPORATION, A FABRICATOR OF ENGINEERED FOAM PRODUCTS, WILL INVEST 1.4 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE FACILITY. 50 NEW JOBS WILL BE…

THE UNICOI COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING A PIPE BOMB THAT EXPLODED OVER THE WEEKEND NEAR THE CLEAR BRANCH ROAD EXIT. AUTHORITIES SAID THE EXPLOSIVE DEVICE WAS THROWN FROM I-26.…

Hawkins County investigators are interviewing three men in the death of a kitten killed by fireworks on Sunday. Dana Campbell said she adopted three kittens that had been dumped near…

A GREENE COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF ROBBING A GREENEVILLE PHARMACY TWICE HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. 42 YEAR OLD STEPHEN BLANGIN PLED GUILTY TO…

THE TENNESSEE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS IN KNOXVILLE HAS UPHELD THE CONVICTION OF AN ELIZABETHTON MAN IN THE KILLING OF A STORE CLERK. WILLIAM MATNEY PUTNAM WAS CONVICTED OF FIRST…

TO DETER THE SALE OF ALCOHOL TO MINORS, THE BRISTOL TENNESSEE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECENTLY CONDUCTED AN UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION OF CITY BUSINESSES THAT SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. CAPTAIN CHARLIE THOMAS SAYS IT’S…

ONE OF TEN DEFENDANTS IN THE APPALACHIA GAMBLING PROBE HAS PLED GUILTY IN WISE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT. 70 YEAR OLD BOBBY BOLLING ADMITTED TO OPERATING AN ILLEGAL GAMBLING ENTERPRISE. HE…

A GREENE COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF GUNNING DOWN ANOTHER MAN LAST WEEK, HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. 58 YEAR OLD RONALD BIBLE IS CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER…

A DUFFIELD VIRGINIA FUNERAL HOME HAS SHUT ITS DOORS AFTER THE FORMER OWNER WAS RECENTLY INDICTED BY SCOTT COUNTY GRAND JURY ON FRAUD CHARGES. ANTHONY CARSON ROBBINS FACES 51 COUNTS…

FOUR MORE NAMES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE’S MOST WANTED LIST. 35 YEAR OLD DANIEL ORTIZ IS WANTED FOR FAILING TO APPEAR ON TWO CHARGES OF RAPE OF…

A WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA ART TEACHER HAS ADMITTED TO CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR. 26 YEAR OLD NAOMI MIRANDA PETERS OF GATE CITY, ENTERED A GUILTY PLEA YESTERDAY…

THE SEARCH IS OVER FOR A BRISTOL VIRGINIA MAN WANTED FOR ALLEGEDLY HAVING INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL CONTACT WITH TEENAGE GIRLS. 40 YEAR OLD ROBERT TIMOTHY DUTTON HAS BEEN ARRESTED. HE’S CHARGED…

\ MORE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA SOLDIERS WILL BE DEPLOYED OVERSEES SOON. A TOTAL OF 22 SOLDIERS WILL LEAVE THE NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY IN RICHLANDS ON THURSDAY MORNING. THEY WILL BE LEAVING…

A Buchanan County Virginia coal mine had to be evacuated and shut down after a portion of the roof fell and may have sparked an underground fire. The Virginia Department…

Quincey Childers ELIZABETHTON POLICE SAY A BUTLER TENNESSEE WOMAN IS BEHIND BARS FOR NUMEROUS COUNTS OF ALLEGEDLY PICKING UP FRAUDULENT PRESCRIPTIONS AT SEVERAL AREA PHARMACIES. 23 YEAR OLD QUINCEY CHILDERS…

A JOHNSON CITY MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO RAPE HIS FORMER GIRLFRIEND. 36 YEAR OLD FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ WAS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED RAPE. OFFICERS ANSWERED A…

VIRGINIA GOVERNOR TIM KAINE SAYS HE STILL PLANS TO OFFER UNIVERSAL, BUT NOT MANDATORY, PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM IN THE COMMONWEALTH WITHOUT RAISING TAXES. HE SAYS THE PROGRAM FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS…

And the winner is… OFFICIALS WITH THE TENNESSEE LOTTERY SAY A BEAN STATION PLAYER IS RICHER TODAY…TO THE TUNE OF $605,876 AFTER WINNING THE LATEST JACKPOT IN FRIDAY NIGHT’S LOTTO…