Driver in Crockett bus wreck indicted by grand jury
Former Washington County school bus driver Brenda Gray, charged in a rollover bus crash that injured 39 David Crockett High School students, was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury on more serious charges...
View ArticleKingsport mayor, police chief at odds over wine in supermarkets bill
Five days after Kingsport Mayor Dennis Phillips joined other Tri-Cities elected officials in urging lawmakers to pass legislation allowing wine sales in Tennessee grocery stores, it's now learned that...
View ArticleNew Scott ordinance: Make the meth, clean up the mess
GATE CITY — Those convicted of manufacturing methamphetamine in Scott County will now have to pay for the cost of cleaning up their cook sites after the board of supervisors passed an ordinance to that...
View ArticleJC police: Counterfeiting suspect tried to eat fake money
A North Carolina man who reportedly tried to eat fake bills stored in his shoe after being confronted by police faces numerous counterfeiting charges, along with another man and a minor who were with...
View ArticleOff Topix: Hawkins clerk of courts sues anonymous blogger
ROGERSVILLE — One Hawkins County official who was a victim of malicious false allegations of infidelity on a popular Rogersville online forum last year wants cyber bullies to know there is no such...
View ArticleHawkins 911 back in the black after two budget deficits in a row
ROGERSVILLE — According to its 2011-12 fiscal year audit, Hawkins County 911 was back in the black after two consecutive years of operating at a budget deficit. As a result of those two years in the...
View ArticleFire damages Mouse's Ear strip club
Fire heavily damaged a long-standing strip club in Gray early this morning. Firefighters were called to the Mouse's Ear off Tenn. Highway 36 near Bobby Hicks Highway in Gray about 5 a.m. For updates on...
View ArticleCabela's announce Powersports Shop addition at planned Bristol store
A press release has announced that Cabela's will be expanding the Bristol, Va., location by an additional 8,000 square feet to accommodate a powersports shop. Less than three weeks ago an official...
View ArticleNortheast Tennessee lawmakers named to key committees
NASHVILLE - Two Northeast Tennessee House GOP lawmakers were named Thursday to chair two key committees. State Rep. Jon Lundberg, R-Bristol, will chair the Civil Justice Committee, while state Rep....
View ArticleMan 'drunk on moonshine' flips car in Rogersville
The blotter is derived from recent central dispatch records and incident reports of area police agencies. Sullivan County Sheriff's Office Jan. 5 A woman requested a welfare check for her 14-year-old...
View ArticleMan with BB gun prompts arrest of 2 Kingsport residents
Reports of an armed man in a Gray trailer park led Washington County Sheriff's Office deputies to arrest two men on drug and weapons charges and a woman on a drug-related charge, Sheriff Ed Graybeal...
View ArticleHawkins County's 911 dispatchers set to begin 'Active Shooter' training
ROGERSVILLE — Beginning next week, all Hawkins County 911 dispatchers will begin receiving “Active Shooter” training to become certified communicators for police, fire and rescue personnel during...
View ArticleScott County boards vote to retain chairmen
GATE CITY — Both the Scott County School Board and Board of Supervisors chose to stick with their current chairmen this week as both bodies held their first meetings of the new year. The boards also...
View ArticlePolice say children living in filthy conditions; four charged
ERWIN — Four Unicoi County residents are facing multiple counts of child neglect after officers with the Unicoi County Sheriff’s Department discovered them and their children living in filthy and...
View ArticleCity free to annex within urban growth boundary, including Gray
A U.S. district judge on Wednesday dismissed a suit in which Gray residents, upset with Johnson City’s recent and possible future annexations, challenged state statute as being unconstitutionally vague...
View ArticleUnicoi Co. woman killed in crash
A Unicoi County woman was killed in a single-vehicle accident that occurred Thursday along Highway 107 in the Limestone Cove area. Unicoi County Sheriff Mike Hensley said Thursday evening that the...
View ArticleWashington County sheriff: Drunken, armed man arrested with two kids in truck
A report of an armed, intoxicated man at a Johnson City cell phone store led Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies to arrest a Gray man Thursday in a traffic stop with two young children in his...
View ArticleTBI investigating jail death in Washington County
JOHNSON CITY — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating after an inmate died at the Washington County jail. WJHL-TV cited a statement from Washington County Sheriff Ed Graybeal that says...
View ArticleOne dead in Johnson County tractor trailer crash
MOUNTAIN CITY — A man is dead following a tractor trailer crash along Tenn. Highway 67 in Johnson County. The crash occurred just after 3 p.m. between mile markers 5 and 6. Tennessee Highway Patrol...
View ArticleHawkins County man beats long odds to recover after 109 minutes of CPR
ROGERSVILLE — When Hawkins County first responders found Bulls Gap resident David Hillard lying unresponsive after spending more than 14 hours outside in a water-filled culvert on Jan. 1, the odds of...
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