Giving back: Physician's association hosts free health care camp
A team of health care professionals could have found lots of things to do to fill their Saturday, but instead of watching a football game, shopping or hanging out with family and friends, they found...
View ArticleWoodruff fighting uphill battle in 1st District congressional race
Gray Democrat Alan Woodruff is running against history in Northeast Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District. No Democrat has been elected to represent the district in either the 20th or the 21st...
View ArticleFlaccavento taking on Griffith in Virginia's Fightin' Ninth District
Abingdon Democrat Anthony Flaccavento thinks he can beat GOP incumbent U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith in Southwest Virginia’s Fightin’ Ninth Congressional District in the November general election despite...
View ArticleDobyns-Bennett culinary arts students have cook-off
KINGSPORT — A friendly cook-off between students from culinary courses at Dobyns-Bennett High School ended in a dead heat at the Kingsport Farmers Market on Saturday, but everyone left a winner. Led by...
View ArticleTwo facing drug charges after teen allegedly tries to sell marijuana to...
ROGERSVILLE — A Rogersville restaurant parking lot that has been identified by narcotics investigators as a location often used for illegal drug sales was the site last week of a marijuana drug sting...
View ArticleBulls Gap School auction to benefit students
BULLS GAP — Bulls Gap School will be holding its annual Fall Festival on Friday night. One of the events at the Fall Festival is the fund-raiser auction to benefit the school. Many area businesses have...
View ArticleHawkins County voter registration drive scheduled
SURGOINSVILLE — A Hawkins County Election Office voter registration drive will be conducted at the Surgoinsville Riverfront Festival on Friday from 6:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and on Saturday from noon...
View ArticleHeavy rain expected in Tri-Cities region; flood watch posted
A flood watch has been posted for much of the Tennessee Valley and Cumberland Plateau as weather forecasters are expecting 2 to 4 inches of rain across the region. The watch goes into effect this...
View ArticleKingsport man killed in Tuesday night crash
A Kingsport man has been killed after his car exited Fall Creek Road Tuesday night, striking a utility pole and partially ejecting him from the vehicle. He was not wearing a seat belt. The Sullivan...
View ArticleHawkins County police receive highway safety grants
NASHVILLE — State Sen. Mike Faulk, R-Church Hill, announced Wednesday that four grants have been approved to aid Hawkins County agencies in their highway safety efforts. Faulk made the announcement...
View ArticleAnimal control officers found not guilty in cruelty case
A jury has found two veteran Sullivan County animal control officers not guilty of animal cruelty charges for waiting six days to euthanize an injured cat. About 55 minutes of deliberations preceded...
View Article'Steak salesman' charged with aggravated robbery of customer
Johnson City police arrested a Greeneville man Tuesday following an accusation that he robbed a city resident of his Jeep in August. Tommy Fay Griffin, 46, 131 Mason St., Greeneville, was charged with...
View ArticleKingsport man charged with brandishing gun during road rage incident
KINGSPORT — A Kingsport motorist has been arrested for allegedly brandishing a handgun during a fit of road rage — marking the third such incident in as many months on Model City roadways. Christopher...
View ArticleGrand jury indicts Blountville father, son on aggravated assault charge
BLOUNTVILLE — A father and son are accused of assaulting a man outside the Blountville home of the father’s estranged wife. A Sullivan County grand jury on Tuesday indicted Tommy M. Boswell Jr., 19,...
View ArticleCuccinelli: Romney could strike down EPA regulations
BRISTOL, Va. — If elected, GOP presidential challenger Mitt Romney could eliminate Environmental Protection Agency regulations harming the coal industry after he takes the oath of office in early 2013,...
View ArticleGate City man accused of assaulting bedridden mother
GATE CITY — A Gate City man was arrested this week for allegedly assaulting his bedridden mother during a drunken birthday celebration at the family’s home. Tracy Rogers, 34, 425 Red Hill Road, Gate...
View ArticlePill trafficking suspect may face TennCare fraud charge
ROGERSVILLE — A Hawkins County woman accused of selling oxycodone pills Tuesday in Rogersville received a prescription for approximately 500 oxycodone on Sept. 4 but had only four in her possession...
View ArticleHawkins 911 seeks $5,000 each from ambulance services
ROGERSVILLE — The Hawkins County 911 system is already receiving revenue from every law enforcement agency in the county, and now it wants the county’s two ambulance services to chip in $5,000 each...
View ArticleCops: Shoplifting suspect fleeing store drops, abandons Down Syndrome child
ELIZABETHTON — A man suspected of shoplifting a pair of tennis shoes dropped a 5-year-old boy on a concrete floor and abandoned him at Walmart over the weekend while he was being pursued by security...
View ArticleTree falls on truck traveling Hawkins County road
The blotter is derived from recent central dispatch records and incident reports of area police agencies. Sullivan County Sheriff's Office Sept. 18 A Weaver Pike resident called police when her...
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