Vandals target Jonesborough parks
An apparent increase in instances of vandalism at town-owned property has officials upping their security efforts at those locations. “We’ve been having some issues with the vandalizing of town parks...
View ArticleRoad crews prepping for winter weather
Virginia Department of Transportation road crews were scheduled to go into a Level 3 mobilization alert starting Tuesday night in preparation for the latest winter storm system expected to rake the...
View ArticleJC police: Wanted man found with LSD
An East Fairview Avenue man was charged with drug possession Tuesday after police found LSD on him while arresting him on a warrant, Johnson City police said in a news release. Jarrod L. Anderson, 24,...
View ArticleMethadone clinic may open in Johnson City
A certificate of need should be filed this week for a methadone clinic to locate in Johnson City, nearly 10 years after a certificate was granted but later revoked, according to a representative of the...
View ArticleKingsport considering integrating Knetic into Chamber of Commerce
KINGSPORT — The city of Kingsport may be placing a greater emphasis on young professionals by moving a local social and civic club under the wings of the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce and providing...
View ArticleKingsport man charged with assaulting Scott officer
GATE CITY — A Kingsport man was arrested on felony charges last Friday night after he allegedly assaulted an authority with the Scott County Sheriff’s Office while high on LSD. William Ketron, 26,...
View ArticleMan allegedly involved in THP shootout indicted on more serious charges
A Gray man charged with shooting at a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper after a lengthy chase and crash was indicted by a Washington County grand jury this week on more serious charges than he...
View ArticleWinter weather advisory in effect for much of region
KINGSPORT -- The National Weather Service in Morristown is expecting scattered snow showers and flurries to continue to move through most of East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia Wednesday morning. The...
View ArticleFlowerpot used to break into Sullivan County market
Police are investigating a burglary at a Sullivan County market, where the suspect used a cement flowerpot to break out a glass in a door to make entry. The Sullivan County Sheriff's Office reports the...
View ArticlePolice: Church Hill man plied young girl with pills to coerce her into sex
A Hawkins County man who allegedly hooked a young girl on narcotic painkillers and then used her addiction as leverage to have sex with her has been charged with rape by the Hawkins County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleReferendums on wine sales takes another step forward
A Tennessee House Local Government Subcommittee today advanced legislation that would allow localities to hold referendums next year on whether wine should be sold in retail food stores. House Speaker...
View ArticleHarwell vote rescues grocery store wine bill
NASHVILLE (AP) — A bid to allow local governments to hold referendums on whether to allow supermarket wine sales survived in a House subcommittee Wednesday thanks to a deciding vote from Speaker Beth...
View ArticlePolice: Church Hill man plied young girl with pills to coerce her into sex
A Hawkins County man who allegedly hooked a young girl on narcotic painkillers and then used her addiction as leverage to have sex with her has been charged with rape by the Hawkins County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleTennessee men accused of stealing iPads from Norton Walmart
GATE CITY — Scott County authorities arrested two Tennessee men last month after a routine traffic stop led to the discovery of $6,000 worth of iPads that were allegedly stolen from a local Walmart....
View ArticleState House panel OKs amended Bluff City speed camera bill
State Rep. Timothy Hill’s legislation to put Bluff City’s two speed enforcement cameras out of business on Highway 11-E advanced in a House Transportation Subcommittee on Wednesday with an amendment....
View ArticleStorm grazes region, slams middle, northern parts of Old Dominion
WISE — Snow showers continued through Wednesday afternoon over the Kentucky border counties of Virginia, but the latest winter storm saved its biggest punch for the middle and northeastern portions of...
View ArticleMeth dump site discovered in Hampton
ELIZABETHTON — A methamphetamine laboratory dump site was found Monday at the end of Hampton View Road in Hampton. Lt. Mike Little, Lt. Patrick Johnson and Sgt. Harmon Duncan of the Carter County...
View ArticleKingsport City Schools to Host City-Wide Choral Concert
KINGSPORT, Tenn. – Kingsport City Schools will host a City-Wide Choral Concert on Tuesday, March 12 at 7 p.m. located in the Ross N. Robinson Middle School auditorium, 1517 Jessee Street, Kingsport....
View ArticleStranded hiker rescued after night on Appalachian Trail
ERWIN — A hiker stranded overnight along a Unicoi County portion of the Appalachian Trail in freezing conditions was rescued Wednesday by county officials. Lt. Jimmy Erwin with the Unicoi County...
View ArticleWeather-related crash kills SW Va. man
WISE — A Russell County man was killed in a single vehicle crash early Thursday in what the Virginia State Police ruled is related to the latest winter storm across the region. VSP Trooper S.A....
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