Blotter: Burglars build fire, eat resident's food
The blotter is derived from recent central dispatch records and incident reports of area police agencies Kingsport Police Department March 5 Police were called to an assault at Maple Oak Apartments. A...
View ArticleHigh court declines to hear Pope's appeal of felony conviction
BLOUNTVILLE — The Allan Pope saga might be at an end in Sullivan County. Earlier this week the Tennessee Supreme Court denied Pope’s application for appeal of his felony conviction by a jury on a...
View ArticlePickup plows into house on Bloomingdale Road
KINGSPORT — A pickup truck crashed into a house on Bloomingdale Road Thursday afternoon, leaving the driver with minor injuries. According to a release from the Kingsport Police Department, James E....
View ArticleWounded soldier needs kidney transplant
Army Pfc. Marshall Lane is grateful he survived a bullet wound last year while on a training mission with an Afghanistan military police unit and knows he’s lucky to be alive. But the 23-year-old...
View ArticleKingsport BOE accepts bid for D-B ROTC facility
KINGSPORT — Dobyns-Bennett High School could have a new Air Force Junior ROTC home in the old American Legion Center on campus by the mid-fall, thanks to rebidding of the project and a vote by the...
View ArticleCommission moves to enlarge downtown historic district
The City Commission on Thursday unanimously passed the first reading of an ordinance to triple the size of its downtown Historic Zoning/Conservation Overlay District. The request, which came from the...
View ArticleGov. McDonnell to speak at Scott Chamber of Commerce dinner
GATE CITY — Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell will serve as the keynote speaker at the Scott County Chamber of Commerce’s annual dinner scheduled for next week. The dinner will be held at 6 p.m. March 15...
View ArticleFirst draft of 'Rails-to-Trails' master plan revealed
Durham, N.C.-based Alta/Greenways unveiled on Thursday its first draft of a master plan for East Tennessee’s first “Rails-to-Trails” project, which will serve as a guide for the successful completion...
View ArticleFood bank officials express sequester fears during Roe visit
KINGSPORT — Second Harvest Food Bank (SHFB) officials showed their new 112,000-square-foot facility to U.S. Rep. Phil Roe Friday amid organizational fears about the impact of automatic government...
View ArticleWoman caught faking screening at 'drug court'
ROGERSVILLE — A Hawkins County woman is facing new charges after allegedly going to “Recovery Court” Wednesday high on pills and carrying someone else’s urine to use for a drug test. Late last year,...
View ArticleLocal politicians happy with state finances
ELIZABETHTON — The state of Tennessee is in great financial shape even though the national government is a mess. That was the message the area’s legislative delegations to Washington and Nashville...
View ArticleAnti-U.N. Bill sent back to House subcommittee
State Rep. James “Micah” Van Huss’ legislation to prohibit the United Nations from observing Tennessee elections was cruising toward a House floor vote. But after being passed on a voice vote by the...
View ArticleGate City K9 officer alerts to drugs during traffic stop
GATE CITY — A Kentucky man and woman traveling with a young girl were arrested by Gate City police late Wednesday night after drugs were allegedly found in their vehicle during a traffic stop. Gate...
View ArticleOld Gunnings School now houses SCSO training facility
BLOUNTVILLE — Learning is afoot again at the old Gunnings schoolhouse on Shipley Ferry Road in Blountville, but it’s not of the childhood variety. Refurbished and remodeled, the grounds now serve as...
View ArticleKingsport, mayoral candidate in dispute over property easements
KINGSPORT — The city of Kingsport has taken a mayoral candidate to court over property easements for sewer and road projects in recently annexed areas of the Rock Springs community. Kingsport filed...
View ArticleParents in North, South zones push for community meetings on school proposals
KINGSPORT — Parents from the Sullivan North High School zone and County Commissioner Moe Brotherton of Colonial Heights are calling for Bloomingdale and Colonial Heights community meetings on potential...
View ArticleAbingdon man charged with second-degree murder following shooting
ABINGDON — A Virginia man was charged with murder Saturday in the shooting death of his brother-in-law, according to Washington County Sheriff Fred Newman. Timothy James Mitchler, 26, 15312 Whites Mill...
View ArticleWildfire burns 15 acres in Scott County
GATE CITY — Virginia Department of Forestry crews and Scott County volunteer firefighters spent several hours Saturday battling a wildfire that burned more than a dozen acres of forest just north of...
View ArticleKPD searching for suspect in Sunday pharmacy robbery
KINGSPORT — Kingsport police are searching for an unidentified white male who they say robbed a local pharmacy Sunday for the painkiller OxyContin. According to the Kingport Police Department, the...
View ArticleMan who abandoned dog in house charged with cruelty to animals
MOORESBURG — A Bean Station man accused of abandoning a dog inside a home he moved out of last year was charged last week with cruelty to animals. On Feb. 24, the Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office...
View Article