KPD deals with everything from 'mama's boy' to restaurant wrestler
Law enforcement officers deal with a variety of calls, complaints and incidents throughout the year. Take a look back at some of the more unusual blotter entries of 2012, derived from central dispatch...
View ArticleHomeowner finds 17-year-old with shotgun inside home, police say
Police said a homeowner discovered a 17-year-old boy inside his residence carrying a shotgun during a burglary attempt Sunday. Johnson City police responded to a residential burglary call at 2324 W....
View ArticleBristol toddler found, father arrested
BRISTOL — Police found a toddler whose disappearance prompted an endangered child alert on Monday and arrested his father on a custodial interference charge. Police said Tayler James Smith took his...
View ArticleQualifying deadline for Kingsport elections is Feb. 21
Voters in Kingsport, Bristol and Bluff City will go to the polls in May to cast ballots in municipal elections. Would-be candidates for slots on the Kingsport Board of Mayor and Aldermen, the Kingsport...
View ArticleDog bites car, horses buried on wrong property in Hawkins County
Law enforcement officers deal with a variety of calls, complaints and incidents throughout the year. Take a look back at some of the more unusual blotter entries of 2012, derived from police reports in...
View ArticleThree arrested in Carter County robbery, fourth suspect at large
Three people were arrested and another was being sought in a Tuesday robbery in western Carter County in which a shot was reportedly fired, according to Carter County Sheriff Chris Mathes. Mathes said...
View ArticleOf One Accord's 'Christmas for the Children' met high demand this year
ROGERSVILLE — Every Hawkins County child who qualified for a special Christmas program was served this year thanks to a late surge of contributions to the Of One Accord ministry in Rogersville. Of One...
View ArticleReps. Griffith, Roe vote against 'fiscal cliff' deal
U.S. Reps. Morgan Griffith and Phil Roe both voted against the so-called "fiscal cliff" deal that passed in the House late Tuesday night. In statements released after the vote, both Griffith and Roe...
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View ArticleKingsport man arrested in accidental shooting
An allegedly intoxicated Kingsport man was arrested New Year's Eve after accidentally shooting a friend with a shotgun. At approximately 7:30 Monday night police responded to the incident at 1709 Myron...
View ArticlePolice work to ID body found in Carter Co.
ELIZABETHTON — Carter County Sheriff's Department investigators were working to learn the identity of a body discovered by a state work crew along Gap Creek Road today. A Tennessee Department of...
View ArticleKingsport shrinks water line project into Hawkins' Beech Creek
ROGERSVILLE — The city of Kingsport will still be extending treated water service into Hawkins County’s rural Beech Creek community, but the number of homes to be served has been cut back drastically....
View ArticleMike Campbell appointed new Mount Carmel police chief
MOUNT CARMEL — On Monday, newly elected Mount Carmel Mayor Larry Frost promoted longtime Assistant Police Chief Mike Campbell to chief, relegating Jeff Jackson to patrolman after 13 years at the head...
View ArticleJC police make 12 DUI arrests over holiday
Johnson City police officers arrested 12 people on DUI charges over the New Year’s holiday, almost half the number from last year. The holiday period began Friday and ended at the end of Jan. 1....
View ArticleLocal economist: Cliff deal just a start
Politicians in Washington may have reached a compromise on the so-called “fiscal cliff,” but there are still major issues to be discussed in the coming months regarding spending that could have major...
View ArticleKingsport house cleaner allegedly steals $5,000 in jewelry
A woman hired to clean a Kingsport home has been arrested for allegedly stealing $5,000 in jewelry from the residence, with investigators believing she may have taken items from other homes she had...
View ArticleFire departments battle blaze at Fall Branch home
The Fall Branch Fire Dept., backed by the Gray and Sullivan West Fire Departments, responded to a house fire on Cherry Lane in Fall Branch at approximately 10 a.m. The house was fully involved when the...
View ArticleGunfight: Man charged with attempted murder of THP trooper in Gray
A Washington County man was charged with the attempted murder of a Tennessee Highway Patrol officer Thursday following an early morning police chase that ended with a single-vehicle crash and large...
View ArticleKingsport police search for serial purse snatcher
Kingsport police are seeking a woman charged in at least four separate purse and wallet snatching incidents over the month of December, naming her as the suspect in several additional such cases that...
View ArticleBurns to juvenile's face, other wounds prompt arrest of Kingsport mother
A Kingsport woman has been arrested after her juvenile daughter was treated at a local hospital for several wounds — including facial burns believed to be caused by an electric hair iron. Tammy C....
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