Record 36 Small Businesses Announced as Finalists in the 2012 Annual KOSBE...
KINGSPORT, Tenn. – The Kingsport Office of Small Business Development & Entrepreneurship (KOSBE) today announced 36 area small businesses are finalists in the 18th Annual KOSBE Awards, competing...
View ArticleTwo charged in burglaries at Kingsport storage facilities
Two teens have been arrested in an investigation of recent burglaries at Kingsport storage facilities, where approximately $5,000 in property — including duffle bags of silver coins — were stolen and...
View ArticleUpdated: Kingsport Lowe's employee charged with embezzling $6,000
An employee of a Kingsport Lowe's has been arrested after allegedly making nearly 50 fraudulent refunds over a period of two months, pocketing more than $6,000 in cash. Joshua P. Adkins, 32, of 2152...
View ArticleFive charged in theft of cigarettes from Lee convenience store
JONESVILLE — Lee County authorities arrested five Jonesville residents Wednesday for their alleged roles in two burglaries earlier this year that resulted in the theft of bags full of cigarettes from a...
View ArticleCourt date reset for Hawkins pair accused of abusing paralyzed woman
ROGERSVILLE — A preliminary hearing for a Hawkins County couple accused of abusing and neglecting a paralyzed woman in their care was rescheduled Wednesday to give a newly appointed defense attorney...
View ArticleGriffith posts resources to help laid-off mine workers
U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., said Wednesday he has posted on his office Web site a “resource manual” to assist laid-off coal miners with unemployment, retraining, education and other assistance...
View ArticleCentral Heights fifth-graders put skills to test to build house
KINGSPORT — Fifth-graders from Central Heights Elementary became house builders Wednesday. They had help from seventh-graders from Innovation Academy of Northeast Tennessee and a Franklin, Tenn.,...
View ArticleUpdate: Blountville man's alleged drug run leads to multiple carjackings,...
Update: 2:03 p.m. A Blountville man's alleged Wednesday drug run to Knoxville spiraled into him beating his companion and stealing a rented van — which soon ran out of gas, prompting the carjacking of...
View ArticleDead rat fuels feud between Church Hill neighbors
The blotter is derived from recent central dispatch records and incident reports of area police agencies. Hawkins County Sheriff's Office Sept. 24 A 57-year-old resident of Hidden Valley Road reported...
View ArticleNine sentenced in oxycodone distribution ring
ABINGDON — A total of nine people — including six Wise County residents — were sentenced to federal prison Thursday for their roles in an oxycodone distribution ring that operated between Detroit and...
View ArticleHawkins must begin paying principal on loan
ROGERSVILLE — The Hawkins County Commission will be asked to start paying the principal on the $700,000 loan that built a 60,000-square-foot “spec building” at the Phipps Bend Industrial Park. For the...
View ArticleEarly spring, April freeze take big bite out of apple harvest
FLAG POND, Tenn. — David Moore is storing his ladders and stacking his bushel baskets for the fall. Summer-like temperatures in the spring roasted his apple blossoms and what was left was taken by the...
View ArticleBridge repairs in Colonial Heights near completion
KINGSPORT — A 12-month repair project on an 80-year-old bridge in Colonial Heights is almost complete and will likely be done earlier than expected, a Tennessee Department of Transportation official...
View ArticleNE Tenn. ringleader in DVD pirate case avoids jail time
GREENEVILLE — The ringleader of a group of Northeast Tennessee residents who pirated and sold thousands of DVD movies to friends, family and co-workers over a five-year period will not be serving any...
View ArticleTrial date set for former teacher accused of having child pornography
BLOUNTVILLE — A former Vance Middle School teacher accused of storing almost 600 images of child pornography on his home computers is now set for a May 20, 2013, trial. The trial date for Randall Scott...
View ArticleJohnson City man charged in Blountville burglaries
Police have arrested a Johnson City man after he allegedly burglarized four storage lockers at a Blountville business, stealing more than $2,000 in property. The Sullivan County Sheriff's Office report...
View ArticleWoman allegedly crashes truck into grave monument business, flees the scene
ROGERSVILLE — A Hawkins County woman was charged with failure to report an accident, failure to exercise due care, and possession of an open alcohol container early Tuesday morning after allegedly...
View ArticleCoeburn police seize synthetic marijuana at shop
COEBURN — The Coeburn Police Deptartment on Thursday seized a "large amount" of synthetic marijuana during a search warrant-backed raid on a town business. Interim Coeburn Police Chief Cossie Hale Jr....
View ArticleJonesborough lawmaker among group that overspend constituent communication'...
NASHVILLE — While four legislators have overspent their taxpayer-funded "constituent communications" accounts as their terms in the 107th General Assembly wind to a close, one lawmaker will be sitting...
View ArticleKingsport teen allegedly stabs mother
The blotter is derived from recent central dispatch records and incident reports of area police agencies. Sullivan County Sheriff's Office Oct. 4 Juveniles on a road off of Highway 11W were reportedly,...
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