Pennington Gap police officer indicted on drug charges
ABINGDON — For the second time in over a month, an officer with the Pennington Gap Police Department was indicted by a federal grand jury on drug distribution charges. John Charles Kelly, 38, of...
View ArticleFirefighters battle Kingsport apartment blaze
The Kingsport Fire Department responded to the blaze at Short Ridge apartments on Short Ridge Place off Ft. Henry Drive near Wal-Mart shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday morning after neighbors reported...
View ArticleNorton woman dies from gunshot wound
NORTON -- An 18-year-old Norton woman has died from a gunshot wound to her head resulting in a new charge being filed against a former University of Virginia-Wise football player already facing two...
View ArticleMassey given two consecutive life sentences in 2005 double murder
BLOUNTVILLE — A man convicted of murder in the 2005 execution-style shooting of two at a Kingsport shop was sentenced Thursday, receiving what effectively amounts to a pair of consecutive life...
View ArticleRe-branding of KATS service for disabled aims to spur ridership
KINGSPORT — The Kingsport Area Transit Service has renamed and re-branded its ADA/Paratransit service to “Dial-A-Ride,” complete with a new logo and marketing effort to help spur interest in the...
View ArticlePostmaster at ETSU fired for opening package
East Tennessee State University’s postal services manager was fired Tuesday for earlier this month opening a package addressed to a student. Harvey Byerley, the postmaster at ETSU’s campus post office,...
View ArticleMan allegedly exposes himself to Surgoinsville children
he blotter is derived from recent central dispatch records and incident reports of area police agencies. Sullivan County Sheriff's Office Nov. 26 A 3-year-old called 911 from Haga Road, advising he...
View ArticleAlleged DUI driver indicted in crash that killed retired THP trooper
A motorist who crossed the center line this past June on Highway 75 in Blountville, striking another vehicle head-on and killing a retired Tennessee Highway Patrolman, was allegedly high on marijuana...
View ArticleSelection of Rogersville liquor stores could be determined by lottery
ROGERSVILLE — Rogersville leaders tentatively agreed Thursday that there should only be two liquor stores in the city, and if there are more than two qualified applicants the permits will be...
View ArticleNET trio indicted for allegedly filing false crop insurance claims
GREENEVILLE — Two Washington County men and a Unicoi woman have been indicted on federal charges stemming from a scheme to submit more than $178,000 in false crop insurance claims to the U.S....
View ArticleKPD reports surge in home, auto burglaries
KINGSPORT — Kingsport police report a recent surge in auto and home burglaries, prompting them to issue a reminder for residents to always lock their doors. KPD Community Relations Officer Thomas...
View ArticleFlu infection on rise nationally, but not in East Tennessee
After an extremely mild flu season last year, confirmed cases of influenza infection are climbing rapidly nationwide and expected to reach the epidemic level well in advance of the peak of flu season...
View ArticleWoman gives birth in car as baby's father drives to hospital
Sandy Driver and Desmond Johnson have a healthy full-term baby girl, whose birth Friday morning was enough to give them both a good scare. No doctor, no nurses, no epidural and not even blankets or hot...
View ArticleSullivan County schools could have first memorandum of understanding to be...
BLOUNTVILLE — Sullivan County schools early next year may have the first approved memorandum of understanding in Tennessee from the new collaborative conferencing process. The subject of the MOU was...
View ArticleShelter resident works toward brighter future with faith in God
JOHNSON CITY — Cynthia Gulbrandson, who has been staying at the Salvation Army shelter in Johnson City for the past 45 days, says her faith in God is what keeps her going. “Plain and simple,” she said....
View ArticleChristmas tour of Hawkins County's oldest building set for Dec. 15
ROGERSVILLE — Holiday revelers will have an opportunity Dec. 15 to tour Hawkins County’s oldest building while at the same time helping raise money to preserve a dam that was erected on Big Creek 234...
View ArticleETSU student working on prodrug to treat prostate cancer
Cancer research is being conducted all around the country, but in our own backyard discoveries related to the termination of prostate cancer cells are in the works. Christopher McGoldrick, a doctoral...
View ArticleProgram helps young women find direction
Turning 18 is a true right of passage for some teenagers, but for others it can be just the opposite, especially if they’re in foster care or still live with relatives and simply have no guidance or...
View ArticleElizabethton police chief to step down
ELIZABETHTON — Elizabethton Chief of Police Matt Bailey has announced he will be stepping down from his post on Dec. 30. He will continue as a member of the department, serving as a shift captain. In a...
View ArticleProspects brighten for wine in Tennessee grocery stores
NASHVILLE — The top two Republicans in the Tennessee General Assembly support allowing the sale of wine in supermarkets, and the influx of new GOP lawmakers is giving them the opportunity to reshape...
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