Ordinance on Elizabethton liquor store regulations passes first reading
ELIZABETHTON — The Elizabethton City Council said farewell to two long-serving members Thursday night and took the first steps to bring liquor stores into the city after a referendum authorizing them...
View ArticleAuthorities ID Sullivan County inmate who suffered fatal overdose
Update: 12:50 p.m. Two inmates have overdosed on pills within the Sullivan County jail — killing one of the women — while a third female prisoner is suspected of smuggling the drugs into the facility....
View ArticleMotorcyclist arrested for 100 mph 'test drive' through downtown Kingsport
The man who took a motorcycle on a 100 mph "test drive" nearly two months ago through downtown Kingsport — eventually crashing into a stopped SUV while wearing no helmet — has now been arrested on...
View ArticleAirport authority takes over at TCRA
BLOUNTVILLE - An Airport Authority took over today as the new governing structure for Tri-Cities Regional Airport, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary. Board members were appointed for the...
View ArticlePolice probe how Kingsport man was run over in driveway
Police are investigating how a Kingsport man was run over by a car in his driveway early Friday morning, incurring serious injuries to the head and one arm. It occurred shortly after midnight at 2106...
View ArticleRogersville pawnbroker arrested for improper record keeping, no license
ROGERSVILLE — One of Rogersville’s leading businessmen was arrested Friday in connection with 45 criminal summonses for failure to maintain required records of pawn shop transactions, as well as two...
View ArticleThree young children keep homeless Kingsport mom going
KINGSPORT — During these challenging and trying times of being homeless and unemployed, Jeneen Darrow said her three young children are what keeps her going. Forty-three-year-old Jeneen has lived in...
View ArticleScott County prosecutor's office severely understaffed
GATE CITY — The Scott County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office is understaffed despite seeing a drastic increase in its circuit court caseload over the first six months of 2012. According to figures...
View ArticleLeonard Pitts Jr., Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, to speak in Bristol
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Award-winning author and syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts Jr., will be the featured speaker this Monday at both King College and the Bristol Public Library as part of the Buechner...
View ArticleAmerican Legion Color Guard performs rites at veterans' funerals
Dressed in uniform, they stood at attention among graves a short distance away from my father’s freshly dug plot. The sound of Taps drifted through the cool November air, followed by a rifle salute and...
View ArticleFrom the Revolution to Vietnam, military life on display
Parts of Winged Deer Park’s Lakefront Festival Plaza resembled scenes from a historical war movie Saturday, as re-enactors set up camp during an event that honored veterans from practically every era....
View ArticleTri-Cities Regional Airport access getting easier
It’s getting easier to get to Tri-Cities Regional Airport. Since the airport first opened in 1937, the main access point has been Bobby Hicks Highway. It just so happens that route, Tenn. Highway 75,...
View ArticleRogersville Veterans Day speaker: Liberals should stand up and serve
ROGERSVILLE — The keynote speaker for Rogersville’s Veterans Day observance told the crowd that “liberals” should serve in the military instead of “hiding behind protests and occupying the streets.”...
View ArticleAuthorities watching Rogersville City Park for drug activity
ROGERSVILLE — In response to public complaints about drug activity in the Rogersville City Park, both city and county authorities have stepped up patrols and surveillance of that area. Deputies with...
View ArticleHawkins jail inmate admits to smuggling pills in body cavity
ROGERSVILLE — A convicted drug trafficker who had been on probation was charged with smuggling drugs into the Hawkins County Jail last week after allegedly stashing pills in a body cavity shortly...
View ArticleRain, gusty winds in today's Tri-Cities forecast
Tri-Cities area residents who live in, or will be visiting, the higher-elevation areas of the region should be prepared for strong, gusty winds today. According to the Morristown Bureau of the...
View ArticleOff-duty Sullivan County deputy killed in motorcycle crash
An off-duty Sullivan County deputy was killed in a Saturday afternoon motorcycle wreck on State Route 126. A report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol says Albert Lee Campbell, 28, of Kingsport, was...
View ArticleMan arrested in alleged attack at Kingsport restaraunt
The blotter is derived from recent central dispatch records and incident reports of area police agencies. Sullivan County Sheriff's Office Nov. 8 A woman at a Kingsport home was reportedly "causing...
View ArticleWreck involving Hawkins County school bus results in minor injury
SURGOINSVILLE — The driver of a van that collided head on with a Hawkins County school bus Monday afternoon suffered minor injuries, but the bus driver and two students on board were not hurt. The...
View ArticleKingsport ceremony honors area veterans
KINGSPORT — Lt. Col. Dan Bishop, professor of military science at East Tennessee State University, offered a Veterans Day message of remembrance and history on Monday and asked the more than 100 people...
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