Obscene 911 calls prompt police visit to Kingsport boy
The blotter is derived from recent central dispatch records and incident reports of area police agencies. Sullivan County Sheriff's Office Dec. 29 Police were requested at Indian Path Medical Center,...
View ArticleHawkins officials call for SROs in every school
ROGERSVILLE — Some parents would argue it’s better to have a police officer in every school and not need one than to need one and not have one. What Hawkins County taxpayers will have to decide is if...
View ArticleTrained officers now in Unicoi County schools
Thursday was the first day back to school from Christmas Break for students around the region. In Unicoi County, Thursday also marked the first day of school for several school resource officers who...
View ArticleCity BOE to rebid Legion Center project
KINGSPORT — What do you do when faced with renovation project bids that come in more than a quarter of a million dollars higher than the estimate? Kingsport school leaders decided to reject the bids...
View ArticleTwo DUI suspects charged with gun possession in Hawkins County
ROGERSVILLE — In separate unrelated incidents overnight Monday, Hawkins County Sheriff’s officers arrested two DUI suspects who were also accused of being intoxicated in possession of a firearm....
View ArticleFour charged after meth lab found in Watauga
ELIZABETHTON — Deputy Nick Andes of the Carter County Sheriff’s Department was attempting to serve an outstanding warrant at a Watauga residence Wednesday morning when he discovered numerous items of...
View ArticleTri-Cities governments back wine in grocery stores
JOHNSON CITY - Tri-Cities municipal governments backed legislation allowing wine in grocery stores during an annual meeting with Northeast Tennessee lawmakers today. The legislation, supported by the...
View ArticleKPD find woman who sparked endangered child alert
Kingsport police have completed their two week search for a possibly endangered child and his mother — finding both unharmed — while a series of incomplete and inaccurate communications are cited for...
View ArticleNo video available in Gray shootout
State prosecutors will not have video evidence in the vehicle pursuit and ensuing shootout Thursday between a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper and a man who may have attempted to pull over another...
View ArticleKetron students snip snowflakes to honor victims at Sandy Hook
KINGSPORT — A Ketron Elementary School art classroom has become snowflake central these days. What started out as a project to decorate the new home of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.,...
View ArticleScott County authorities say burglars targeting Hiltons area
GATE CITY — Authorities in Scott County are investigating a rash of burglaries they say have taken place in the Hiltons area over the last week and a half. According to the Scott County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleWrap-up work continues on Gibson Mill Road project
KINGSPORT — Although the major construction along Gibson Mill Road has wrapped up and the road is now open to traffic, work is still taking place underneath the new Reedy Creek bridge and along both...
View ArticleScott County search turns up marijuana, weapons, moonshine still
GATE CITY — A Manville man is facing gun and drug charges after Scott County authorities executed a search warrant on his residence earlier this week and allegedly found multiple weapons, a sizable...
View ArticleRenovations coming soon for Johnson City's CC&O Railroad Depot
JOHNSON CITY — The 104-year-old Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad Depot built by railroad tycoon George L. Carter in 1909 is finally showing signs that renovation is near. Despite the structure’s...
View ArticleHearing on planned roundabout at Five Points intersection set for Jan. 17
The Tennessee Department of Transportation will conduct a public hearing on plans for construction of a roundabout traffic circle at the Five Points intersection of Highway 81 South, Old State Route...
View ArticleTenn. union against teachers carrying guns
NASHVILLE — The head of the state’s largest teachers’ union said she expects her board to take an official position against proposals that would allow teachers to carry guns. The Tennessean reports the...
View ArticleKingsport man charged with attempted murder in Blountville shooting
BLOUNTVILLE — A Kingsport man is facing several charges, including attempted murder, after allegedly firing shots at a relative of his girlfriend in Blountville on Sunday afternoon, endangering the...
View ArticleGrants to help Wise County Clerk of Courts office preserve records
WISE — The Wise County Clerk of Courts office has been awarded two grants by the Virginia Circuit Court Records Preservation grants program, operated by the Library of Virginia, to preserve records and...
View ArticleHawkins County sheriff says SROs would be more than 'armed guards'
ROGERSVILLE — Hawkins County Sheriff Ronnie Lawson said school resource officers should be more than armed guards, and taxpayers will get their money’s worth if county leaders approved a plan to put a...
View ArticleGodsey having trouble finding viable candidates for Sullivan budget director...
BLOUNTVILLE — Sullivan County Mayor Steve Godsey said last month that he would do his best to name a permanent budget director for the county soon, probably during the first part of the year. The...
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