Dangerous road in Mount Carmel getting more speed enforcement
MOUNT CARMEL — A dangerous stretch of Hammond Avenue where 13 wrecks occurred in 2012 will receive 30 more days of enhanced speed enforcement before Mount Carmel leaders decide if the roadway needs to...
View ArticleHCSO investigating how lost, injured man ended up at hospital
ROGERSVILLE — Hawkins County rescuers searched several hours late Tuesday night for a man with a broken leg who told a Hawkins County 911 dispatcher he was lost in Stanley Valley near the Virginia...
View ArticleNames of federal drug suspects nabbed in Lee County released
JONESVILLE — Authorities released the names Wednesday of six Lee County residents who were taken into custody this week on federal charges as part of a large-scale drug roundup. Lee County Sheriff Gary...
View ArticleUpdate: Man charged with aggravated assault after threatening to blow up home
Update: 5:25 The Sullivan County Sheriff's Office reports Dillon Turnmire, 20, has now been charged with three counts of aggravated assault and possession of prohibited weapons. He allegedly threatened...
View ArticleKPD: Man tries to kill girlfriend by rolling SUV on I-26
A Kingsport man is alleged to have intentionally steered his vehicle into an Interstate 26 guardrail Thursday afternoon, rolling his SUV in an attempt to kill his girlfriend. Police say the passenger...
View ArticleFormer Sullivan Central AD gets probation in statutory rape case
This time last year Brandon Krantz was serving as athletic director and head baseball coach at Sullivan Central High School. On Thursday afternoon he walked from a Blountville courtroom wiping tears...
View ArticleJC police: Incident involved meth, lighter fluid, Taser, fire
Johnson City police arrested a man Thursday night who reportedly barricaded himself in a bathroom at a Johnson City residence and set the bathroom on fire with lighter fluid. According to JCPD Capt....
View ArticleLee man indicted in wife's shooting death
JONESVILLE — A Flatwoods man was indicted on murder charges Thursday morning by a Lee County grand jury for his alleged role in the April 2011 shooting death of his wife. Timothy Raymond Carter, 46,...
View ArticleNorth-South merger among rezoning options
BLOUNTVILLE — Sullivan County’s North and South high schools could be consolidated into one next school year. The school system could save up to $4 million a year by having three instead of four high...
View ArticleTwo-county chase ensues after deputy struck by car
A Johnson City man was arrested Thursday afternoon after he ran over a Carter County sheriff’s deputy with his car, prompting a police chase from Carter County to Washington County, police said....
View ArticleBlotter: Woman found hiding beneath boat continues tirade in jail
The blotter is derived from recent central dispatch records and incident reports of area police agencies. Hawkins County Sheriff's Office Feb. 23 A man told police he was walking to the door of a...
View ArticleUpdate: I-26 crash scene cleared, one injured
UPDATE: 9:40 a.m. A collision on an entrance ramp to Interstate 26 spilled into westbound traffic Friday morning in Kingsport, collecting four vehicles and sending one man to the hospital. It occurred...
View ArticleNorth-South merger among rezoning options
BLOUNTVILLE — Sullivan County’s North and South high schools could be consolidated into one next school year. The school system could save up to $4 million a year by having three instead of four high...
View ArticleDuffield man accused of sexually abusing two young girls
JONESVILLE — Lee County authorities arrested a Duffield man after he was indicted earlier this week for allegedly sexually abusing two young girls. Bobby Lee Lewis, 26, was arrested during Tuesday’s...
View ArticleDumpster diver: Man pulled from garbage after fleeing police
A deputy's attempt to stop a speeder in a school zone ended with officers digging their suspect out of the garbage, as the driver allegedly bolted from his vehicle and attempted to hide in a...
View ArticleThree charged in separate 'high grade' pot, hash oil deliveries to Gray post...
A youth league basketball referee was one of two men arrested Thursday after drug agents intercepted a 10-pound package of “high grade” marijuana delivered to the Gray post office, according to court...
View ArticleBus driver to seek diversion in Washington County crash case
A former Washington County bus driver charged with 39 counts of reckless aggravated assault after crashing her bus filled with high school students last September will seek judicial diversion in a plea...
View ArticleGuns in parking lots: What's allowed at ETSU?
Just because you may soon be allowed to keep a handgun in your car on the campus of East Tennessee State University, that doesn’t mean you will be able to remove that gun and carry it around on campus...
View ArticleAquatic Center boosts Kingsport's construction numbers
By MATTHEW LANE mlane@timesnews.net KINGSPORT - The amount of construction taking place in the Model City last year grew by more than $18 million, from $52.6 million to $70.7 million. However, this...
View ArticleFormer Sneedville Utility District manager indicted for theft
By MATTHEW LANE mlane@timesnews.net KNOXVILLE - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation arrested the former office manager for the Sneedville Utility District for theft on Friday after being indicted by...
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