Tennessee meth law makes it harder to get OTC medicine
An advocacy group for the more than 500,000 allergy and asthma patients in Tennessee says something as simple as going to your local pharmacy for relief is becoming burdensome. Popular 12- and 24-hour...
View ArticleSullivan Street project moves ahead
KINGSPORT — The utility poles along the north side of Sullivan Street will soon be coming down once work wraps up in the coming weeks on the first phase of an improvement project for the heavily...
View ArticleHawkins County 911 extends due date for EMS dispatching fee
ROGERSVILLE — The Hawkins County 911 Board agreed Wednesday to postpone the due date for a new $5,000 dispatching fee for both county ambulance services until Jan. 30, 2013. The new fee was approved...
View ArticleDeputies serving arrest warrants find meth lab inside Carters Valley home
CHURCH HILL — Hawkins County deputies attempting to serve arrest warrants Tuesday on a couple at their home on Hickory Hills Road north of Church Hill allegedly found a “one pot” meth lab cooking...
View ArticleAccused Johnson City killer says woman's death was accident during sex
In a letter to the Johnson City Press, the man charged with killing a friend and dumping her body off the Butler Bridge claims the woman’s death was an accident during sex and said panic led to him...
View ArticlePolice search for burglary suspect accused of driving car into Kingsport store
Police are continuing to search for a Johnson City man suspected of busting his way into Kingsport gas station with a car three months ago, fleeing with money from the in-store ATM. In August the...
View ArticleTeens jailed in Sullivan County abduction hoax, charged with extortion
Two teens have been arrested in Sullivan County after allegedly attempting to extort one of their family members, claiming an abduction had occurred and they needed $15,000 for safe release from their...
View ArticleUpdate: Gas line ruptured outside of Johnson Elementary; school evacuated,...
As of about 2:20 p.m., the gas line valve was shut off by crews repairing the rupture. Students from Johnson Elementary School were moved to Oakwood Forest Christian Church where parents can begin...
View ArticleAlleged lunch thief nabbed for auto burglary, theft in Hawkins
ROGERSVILLE — A Rogersville man allegedly got away with several items including six lunches belonging to employees of the Hawkins County Memorial Hospital during two auto burglaries Wednesday, but was...
View ArticleFunding takes planning forward for revitalization of Lee Apartments
KINGSPORT — The Kingsport Housing and Redevelopment Authority will receive a $300,000 planning grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the revitalization of Lee Apartments...
View ArticleMan enters guilty plea in 2009 shooting death outside Kingsport business
A Kingsport man has pleaded guilty to a reduced homicide charge in the 2009 death of a man outside a Kingsport business. The body of William R. Lynch III, 39, was discovered in the parking lot of Spa...
View ArticleAllen, Griffith to attend Energy Expo
CLINTWOOD — Former Gov. George Allen, 9th District Congressman Morgan Griffith and state Delegate Will Morefield, R-Tazewell, are scheduled to attend today’s Energy Expo at the Dickenson County Center...
View ArticleTRW employee allegedly calls in bomb threat to go home; $1 million in...
ROGERSVILLE — Rogersville police say a TRW Automotive employee who wanted to get out of work and go home during the Aug. 22 night shift allegedly called in a bogus bomb threat that cost the company...
View ArticleIntoxicated man reportedly exposes himself to Kingsport clerk
The blotter is derived from recent central dispatch records and incident reports of area police agencies. Wise County Sheriff's Office Oct. 7 A man in Appalachia called dispatch after another man...
View ArticleUpdate: Police identify 4-year-old victim, driver of dump truck involved in...
ELIZABETHTON — Police this morning identified the small child killed when a dump truck struck him at the intersection of Broad and Lynn streets Thursday. Police also named the driver.The boy was...
View ArticleStreet closed after construction crew cuts gas line in downtown Kingsport
Construction crews working the first phase of the $4 million Sullivan Street widening project ruptured a gas line serving a home on Sullivan Friday about 1:35 a.m., forcing the closure of West Sullivan...
View ArticleFormer judge Taylor pleads to Hawkins charges, won't get off probation until...
Click here for video. ROGERSVILLE — Aside from the handcuffs he was wearing Friday morning former Hawkins County sessions and juvenile judge James “Jay” Taylor looked like any other attorney in the...
View ArticleHawkins County traffic stop leads to Kingsport man's arrest for possession,...
KINGSPORT — Hawkins County deputies arrested a Kingsport man Thursday night for allegedly trafficking bath salts after recognizing him as driving with a suspended license. The HCSO Narcotics Unit and...
View ArticleEx-teacher's attorney hopes to appeal ruling denying suppression of child...
BLOUNTVILLE — An attorney for a former Vance Middle School teacher accused of possessing almost 600 images of child pornography has filed a motion seeking permission to appeal a judge’s refusal to...
View ArticleBristol police searching for robbery suspect
BRISTOL –– The Bristol Police Department is searching for a suspect that robbed a Cash Express on Friday afternoon, according to a news release.According to the release, an unidentified white male...
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