A state-by-state look at the East Coast superstorm
Hurricane Sandy is churning off the East Coast and is expected to join up with two other weather systems to create a huge and problematic storm affecting 50 million people. Here's a snapshot of what is...
View ArticlePolice find 30 stolen street signs, arrest Bristol man
Home decor is typically of no concern to police. But when the "decorations" consist of 30 stolen street signs, two traffic barrels and two traffic cones, officers tend to take notice — and someone's...
View ArticleSullivan County police asked to check on crying child 'with bar of soap in...
The blotter is derived from recent central dispatch records and incident reports of area police agencies. Sullivan County Sheriff's Office Oct. 25 Police visited a resident of Paperville Road after it...
View ArticleSouthwest Virginia braces for 'Frankensnow'
WISE — Southwest Virginians were busy on Monday preparing for a wintry blast predicted by weather forecasters through Tuesday, an unwelcome Halloween prank by Hurricane Sandy expected to slam into the...
View ArticleSandy predicted to bring rain and snow to region
The mammoth expanse of Hurricane Sandy’s reach mixed with a front packed with chills from the Great Lakes has Northeast Tennessee on the lookout for “Frankenstorm’s” wind, rain and snow. Because of its...
View ArticleWashington Elementary School honored for environmental efforts
KINGSPORT — Washington Elementary School, in Kingsport’s part of Hawkins County, has been recognized and rewarded for its recycling efforts. The school and the Hawkins County school system’s Volunteer...
View ArticleJohnson City man pleads guilty to lesser charge in shooting
JOHNSON CITY — A Johnson City man charged in a 2011 bar shooting pleaded guilty to a reduced charged in Washington County Criminal Court on Monday. Moses A. Ballard, 27, was arrested after the Feb. 2...
View ArticleMeth manufacture blamed for home fire in Elizabethton
ELIZABETHTON — An arson investigator with the Carter County Sheriff’s Department blamed an early Sunday morning fire that destroyed a house in the Fitzsimmons Hill area on the manufacture of...
View ArticleUpdate: Significant winter storm will continue overnight through region
A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE SANDY WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL...
View ArticlePower outages reported by ODP and AEP
Power outages reported early Tuesday from the effects of Hurricane Sandy by Old Dominion Power Co. that serves portions of Southwest Virginia, and American Electric Power serving broader areas of...
View ArticleHaslam, Alexander speak at Kingsport business luncheon
KINGSPORT - Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander spoke to about 175 business and government leaders during a Kingsport Chamber of Commerce luncheon to begin a swing through...
View ArticleVolunteer High School among state's top 10 schools for recycling
CHURCH HILL — Volunteer High School in Hawkins County was one of two schools in the area named recently among the top 10 environmentally friendly schools in Tennessee as part of the 2012 Good Sports...
View ArticleHaslam: State won't get answers on TennCare until after elections
KINGSPORT — Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam said Tuesday that “two immediate decisions” state lawmakers face next year are whether to expand TennCare and also whether to form a state-run health insurance...
View ArticleSouthwest Virginia digging out from heavy, wet snow spawned by hurricane
WISE — With snow still falling and expected to keep falling Wednesday, Southwest Virginians on Tuesday began digging out from the relentless effects of Hurricane Sandy. Wise and Dickenson counties were...
View ArticleFormer Kingsport pastor pleads guilty to sex offense
BLOUNTVILLE — A former Kingsport pastor has pleaded guilty to charges he twice solicited statutory rape of a 16-year-old girl via text messages. Anthony Michael Adinolfi, 55, 2109 Faulk Lane,...
View ArticleVirginia towns mixed on trick or treating
WISE — Despite snowfall from Hurricane Sandy, trick or treating will go on Wednesday night in a number of Southwest Virginia towns. Wise Police Chief Tony Bates said the town’s philosophy regarding...
View ArticleFlaccavento wants higher pay for emergency personnel
ABINGDON — Virginia 9th District congressional candidate Anthony Flaccavento said Tuesday that he will work for higher pay for first responders in Southwest Virginia and elsewhere if he is elected to...
View ArticleJohnson City murder case goes to grand jury
A Johnson City police detective’s testimony at a murder defendant’s preliminary hearing Tuesday supported what the man claimed in a letter about the killing that he wrote from jail. Steven Odell...
View ArticleKingsport taxes due Nov. 30
KINGSPORT — The city of Kingsport is reminding property owners that property taxes are due Nov. 30 in order to avoid penalty. Property taxes become delinquent beginning Dec. 1 and incur a penalty of 2...
View ArticleDriver allegedly attempts to strike KPD squad car on closed road
A Texas man, who was noticed by Kingsport police for having his SUV on a closed road, has been arrested after allegedly attempting to strike a patrol officer with his vehicle. Jesse Lloyd Woods, 24, of...
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