Sullivan to discuss settling sheriff's lawsuit
BLOUNTVILLE — The Sullivan County Commission will meet in called session next week to discuss potential settlement of Sheriff Wayne Anderson’s lawsuit seeking additional county funding for the various...
View ArticleHawkins man facing charges after allegedly being found passed out behind wheel
SURGOINSVILLE — A Hawkins County man is facing DUI and drug possession charges after allegedly being found passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle blocking a residential driveway early Saturday...
View ArticleSullivan commissioner withdraws 5% cut resolution
BLOUNTVILLE — A resolution to request all those receiving funding from Sullivan County to submit budget requests reflecting a 5 percent cut for the upcoming fiscal year was withdrawn Tuesday by its...
View ArticleETSU: There's an app for that
If you’re looking for that free public lecture about Central Appalachian culinary delights on the campus of East Tennessee State University but can’t find the building where it’s being held, fear not —...
View ArticleKPD: Motorist arrested after threatening public works crew
KINGSPORT — A Kingsport motorist has been arrested after allegedly approaching a public works crew — which he perceived to be blocking his way on a city street — and saying he was "going to start...
View ArticleFormer Coeburn officer pleads guilty to sending sexual messages to teen
GATE CITY — A former Coeburn police officer will have to register as a sex offender after pleading guilty to sending sexually explicit messages over Facebook to a then-15-year-old girl. Edward Shane...
View ArticleFormer Mount Carmel alderman charged with indecent exposure
KINGSPORT — A former Mount Carmel alderman and vice mayor who was investigated on indecent exposure allegations while in office more than two years ago has been arrested by Kingsport police after a new...
View ArticleMount Carmel moves to align beer restrictions with liquor-by-the-drink...
MOUNT CARMEL — Mount Carmel leaders will be asked to consider an ordinance lifting beer sales restrictions along the Main Street business corridor to align beer sales with newly approved...
View ArticleSullivan County Commission takes 'neutral position' in state's response to...
BLOUNTVILLE — The Sullivan County Commission voted overwhelmingly Tuesday in support of the county asking state lawmakers to “make decisions that do not damage hospitals, Medicare and Medicaid patients...
View ArticleRogersville brothers appear in Hawkins court on separate charges
ROGERSVILLE — Two Hawkins County brothers who also happen to be among Rogersville’s most prominent businessmen appeared in Hawkins County Sessions Court on Wednesday, by coincidence, on unrelated...
View ArticleChurch Hill ordinance regulating liquor fails
CHURCH HILL — Their intentions may have been noble, but two Church Hill aldermen who shot down the city’s proposed liquor-by-the-drink regulating ordinance Tuesday only succeeded in costing the city...
View ArticleAttorney appointed to oversee disbursement to Crockett bus crash victims
A Johnson City attorney was appointed Wednesday to oversee disbursement of $700,000 in insurance money to students injured in a September bus crash. During a brief hearing Wednesday, Washington County...
View ArticleKingsport man pleads guilty in fatal 2009 shooting
A Kingsport man has pleaded guilty to his role in a fatal 2009 shooting on Fort Henry Drive, receiving one year in prison followed by seven years of probation. Joshua Frye, 22, of 1668 Randich Drive,...
View ArticleFeds, local police round up nearly 70 in check fraud scam
A federal investigation into fake checks allegedly passed throughout the region has spurred charges against nearly 70 people — 38 of whom reside in Kingsport — with investigators saying they...
View ArticleHawkins school burglary suspect takes plea deal
CHURCH HILL — James Blake McFarland, 25, 186 Jones Road, Church Hill, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Hawkins County Session Court to reduced charges in connection with a burglary at Carters Valley...
View ArticleAtlanta pain clinic customers arrested in Bulls Gap on drug charges
BULLS GAP — Three people from Kingsport who had just returned from an Atlanta Pain clinic Monday with what police describe as “huge” pill prescriptions are now behind bars accused of attempting to...
View ArticleBlotter: Man tries to fend off police with cigarette, resident gets stuck in...
The blotter is derived from recent central dispatch records and incident reports of area police agencies. Wise County Sheriff's Office Feb. 8 A Big Stone Gap woman advised her brother locked himself...
View ArticleJonesborough man who pleaded guilty to child rape gets 30 years
A Jonesborough man will serve 30 years in prison after he pleaded guilty this week to raping a former girlfriend’s six-year-old daughter. Josh Theall, 30, was originally charged with nine counts of...
View ArticleSullivan mayor calls off called meeting on sheriff's lawsuit
BLOUNTVILLE — The called meeting has been called off. Sullivan County Mayor Steve Godsey’s office issued a short notice Thursday canceling what had been a scheduled called meeting next week of the...
View ArticleElderly Hawkins man accused of selling his pills
SURGOINSVILLE — Hawkins County deputies arrested a 78-year-old Surgoinsville man Monday morning for allegedly selling part of his morphine and hydrocodone prescriptions in a local business parking lot....
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