Tri-Cities Local News

Jonathan Wells IT DIDN’T TAKE AUTHORITIES LONG TO DOWNSIZE THEIR LIST OF MOST WANTED PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE. AN ANONYMOUS TIP LED DEPUTIES TO JONATHAN WELLS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HE…

TWO TRI CITIES AREA STUDENTS ARE AMONG RECENTLY HONORED HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS WHO HAVE ESTABLISHED OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC RECORDS AND EARNED TOP SCORES IN A RESEARCH PROJECT CONTEST. ANDREW HERRON OF…

A TENTATIVE TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR ONE OF THE MEN ACCUSED IN A 2005 KINGSPORT CANDLE SHOP MURDER. LESLIE ALLEN WARE IS FACING CHARGES OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER…

A KINGSPORT WOMAN ACCUSED OF STABBING HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. 57 YEAR OLD VIRGINIA RUTH JONES IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER OF…

A BUCHANAN COUNTY VIRGINIA TEEN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS FATHER HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO A GRAND JURY. 19 YEAR OLD ADAM CHAPMAN IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE…

A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE MAN ACCUSED OF FLEEING FROM THE SCENE OF A CRASH THAT SERIOUSLY INJURED A FOUR YEAR OLD CHILD IS BEING HELD IN THE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER…

A HAMBLEN COUNTY TENNESSEE GRAND JURY HAS DECIDED NOT TO INDICT ANYONE IN A BOATING ACCIDENT LAST YEAR THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A GREENEVILLE MAN AND LEFT HIS FATHER…

AN UPSURGE IN REPORTED CASES OF BLACK LUNG DISEASE AMONG COAL MINERS IN KENTUCKY AND VIRGINIA MAY BE DUE TO PROBLEMS CONTROLLING DUST IN MINES. THAT ACCORDING TO A RECENT…

A SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A FORMER SECRETARY AT A COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. CAROLYN BURKE IS CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF EMBEZZLEMENT AFTER ALLEGEDLY TAKING THOUSANDS OF…

A FEMALE CORRECTIONS OFFICER AT RED ONION STATE PRISON IN WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA ACCUSED OF GUNNING DOWN A FORMER INMATE AT HER HOME HAS HAD HER CASE BOUND OVER TO…

THE FORMER BIDDER OF JOHNSON CITY’S DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE IN COURT AFTER ALLEGEDLY STEALING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM CITY COFFERS. DANNY LYNN DAVIS…

A GREENE COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING ANOTHER MAN LAST WEEKEND IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND IN THE COUNTY JAIL. 58 YEAR OLD RONALD LEE BIBLE IS CHARGED WITH SECOND…

BRISTOL TENNESSEE POLICE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP IN LOCATING A BANDIT THAT HELDUP THE SHELL GAS STATION ON VOLUNTEER PARKWAY. AUTHORITIES SAY A BLACK MALE ENTERED THE BUSINESS BRANDISHING…

A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN BRISTOL VIRGINIA HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A CITY TEEN. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO STOP A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 17 YEAR OLD…

A CAMPER FIRE IN HAWKINS COUNTY HAS CLAIMED ONE MAN’S LIFE. AUTHORITIES SAID 57 YEAR OLD CLINT COLLIN DIED AS A RESULT OF THE BLAZE THAT STARTED LATE MONDAY. OFFICIALS…

THE JOHNSON CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SEARCHING FOR A BANDIT THAT HELDUP A CONVENIENCE STORE OVER THE WEEKEND. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING AT THE SUNOCO ON BROADWAY. A…

A SHOOTING OVER THE WEEKEND IN TAZEWELL COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD. 70 YEAR OLD PAUL JARRETT IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF…

KINGSPORT OFFICIALS WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC INFORMATION AT THE ROCK SPRINGS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ON MONDAY, JULY 9TH AT 7:15 P.M. THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING IS TO MEET WITH…

TENNESSEE NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS ARE AGAIN TRAINING IN MISSISSIPPI FOR DEPLOYMENT IN IRAQ. MORE THAN 130 OF THEM, WHO BELONG TO THE 730TH QUARTERMASTER COMPANY, LEFT THEIR ARMORY IN GRAY…

ELIZABETHTON POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN INCIDENT IN WHICH A VEHICLE STRUCK AND KILLED A MALE PEDESTRIAN LATE LAST NIGHT. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED JUST AFTER 11 P.M. IN THE 400 BLOCK…

TWO VETERAN TRI CITIES FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN PROMOTED. ACCORDING TO BRISTOL TENNESSEE FIRE CHIEF BOB BARNES, LT. GERALD THOMPSON AND LT. DWAYNE HONAKER HAVE BEEN PROMOTED TO BATTALION CHIEF. THE…

JOHNSON CITY POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR COUPLE ACCUSED OF BEATING AND ROBBING A CITY MAN. POLICE SAID THEY FOUND THE 32 YEAR OLD MALE VICTIM COVERED IN BLOOD LYING IN…