Trial date set in Sullivan incident that destroyed mobile home
BLOUNTVILLE — A Jan. 21, 2014, trial date has been set in federal court in Greeneville for a lawsuit against Sullivan County, Sheriff Wayne Anderson and sheriff’s employees over an incident that left a...
View ArticleRogersville City School director gets glowing evaluation
ROGERSVILLE — Midway through her second year as director of the K-8 Rogersville City School, Rebecca Isaacs finally found out Tuesday what her board members really think of her. The RCS Board of...
View ArticleChimneys will delay roof project at Kenner House
ROGERSVILLE — Hawkins County leaders hoped to get a new roof on the 177-year-old Kenner House in Rogersville before winter sets in, but that plan went up in smoke thanks to some dilapidated chimneys of...
View ArticleState rests case in retrial of former Unicoi County sheriff
ERWIN — The state rested its case on the third day of the retrial of former Unicoi County Sheriff Kent Harris on the charge of theft over $1,000. Testimony got under way quickly Wednesday in Unicoi...
View ArticleETSU English professor discusses Tolkien's impact on literature and popular...
Phyllis Thompson first read J.R.R. Tolkien’s quintessential fantasy novel “The Hobbit,” or “There and Back Again” when she was a child while sitting under a giant tree in the her yard. “What I loved...
View ArticleUPDATE: Gunman claims self-defense in Blountville trailer park shooting
UPDATE: 11:05 a.m. BLOUNTVILLE — Detectives are sorting through conflicting accounts from multiple witnesses in a Wednesday night shooting in Blountville, which left one man to undergo surgery and the...
View ArticleBlountville man charged with neglect, abuse of 86-year-old mother
A Blountville man faces charges of abusing and neglecting his mother, 86, as well as using her money for purposes other than her care. Jimmy Roger Brown, 65, of 226 Delph Private Drive, was indicted...
View ArticleCocaine, cash seized as Charlotte men arrested on drug charges in Kingsport...
KINGSPORT — Police report a Thursday morning drug bust in the parking lot of a Kingsport business has prompted the arrest of two North Carolina men suspected of bringing cocaine into the region. The...
View ArticleWoman says drug habit prompted embezzlement from Johnson City law office
A woman who pleaded guilty to taking more than $60,000 from a Johnson City law office where she was employed testified Wednesday she was using the money to support at a $1,000-a-week cocaine habit....
View ArticleLove triangle leads to Sullivan County crash, aggravated assault charge
The blotter is derived from recent central dispatch records and incident reports of area police agencies. Sullivan County Sheriff's Office Dec. 10 A county resident called police due to their...
View ArticleDeadline for Angel Tree adoption extended to Saturday night
KINGSPORT — With 200 angels left unadopted by midday Thursday, the Salvation Army of Kingsport extended the original Thursday deadline for returning gifts to its Angel Tree program until 9 p.m....
View ArticleOne of two Hawkins murder fugitives caught in Florida
ROGERSVILLE — One of the two Hawkins County fugitives wanted in the March 20 shooting death of 36-year-old Christopher Varalli was captured Thursday afternoon by the U.S. Marshal’s Service office in...
View ArticleWise Huddle House to serve 400 free breakfasts to laid-off coal miners, families
WISE — Out-of-work coal miners and their families can thank loyal customers of a local eatery for free breakfasts coming their way. Huddle House Inc., a full-service family restaurant chain founded in...
View ArticleGas prices vary widely in region, state
Gas prices in Johnson City rose to $3.27 a gallon Thursday — an increase of 2 cents from last week — while prices steadily decreased elsewhere in the Tri-Cities, according to AAA’s Fuel Gauge Report....
View ArticleKent Harris takes stand in retrial
ERWIN — Kent Harris offered a direct response to defense attorney Jim Bowman’s question as to whether he stole $4,500 in Unicoi County funds. “I didn’t steal one dime from Unicoi County,” Harris said....
View ArticleBlountville man charged with having child porn, again
A Blountville man has been arrested for the second time in two years on charges related to child pornography. Paul Daniel Myers, 24, of 275 George Carr Road, was indicted Tuesday by a Sullivan County...
View ArticleBristol man arrested on statutory rape charge
A Bristol, Tenn., man has been charged with statutory rape after allegedly impregnating a 16-year-old. The Sullivan County Sheriff's Office reports Joel Cormier, 24, of 2111 Highway 126, lot 21, was...
View ArticleFormer Hawkins detective begins 10-year sentence
ROGERSVILLE — Former Hawkins County narcotic detective Brad Depew spent his first night in jail Friday since pleading guilty on July 30 to 75 charges related to the 2011 burglary and theft of drugs...
View ArticleHawkins student who took BB pistol to school expelled
BULLS GAP — No criminal charges were filed against a Hawkins County sixth-grader who brought a BB pistol to Bulls Gap School Tuesday, although he was suspended under the school system’s zero tolerance...
View ArticleKent Harris retrial ends in hung jury
ERWIN — Former Unicoi County sheriff Kent Harris’ retrial on a theft-related charge ended in the same result as the first trial. A jury once again failed to reach a unanimous verdict in Harris’ trial...
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