Bill tying student performance to welfare benefits advancing in Tennessee...
NASHVILLE — Legislation to cut welfare benefits of parents with children performing poorly in school has cleared committees of both the House and Senate after being revised to give the parents several...
View ArticleWrong-way Johnson City driver charged with 4th DUI
A wrong-way trip down North Roan Street landed a man in jail Sunday on his fourth DUI charge. Mark Wayne Wharton, 22, 110 Happy Valley Road, was arrested after driving the wrong way on North Roan,...
View ArticleMan charged with faking stolen vehicle report, forging title
A city man was charged with filing a false report and altering/falsifying or forging auto titles after a police investigation early Sunday morning into a stolen car report, Johnson City police said in...
View ArticleUPDATE: Authorities idenfity woman killed in Bloomingdale wreck
BLOOMINGDALE -- The Sullivan County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal wreck that occurred Monday morning in Bloomingdale. The single-vehicle accident occurred at approximately 8:30 a.m. on...
View ArticleUPDATE: Alleged April Fool's prank lands Kingsport woman in hot water
An April Fool’s joke brought police to a Kingsport home Monday and landed the apparent prankster in police custody for a time. Susan Tammy Hudson, 52, was not arrested, however, police said about 3.5...
View ArticleChild endangerment charge filed after large Carter County meth lab dump site...
ELIZABETHTON — A man who is accused of being involved in one of the largest methamphetamine dump sites in recent Carter County history was arrested over the weekend on child endangerment and...
View ArticleBristol police: Man killed in State Street crash had 0.31 BAC
BRISTOL, Va. — Autopsy results from a man killed in a downtown Bristol crash in mid-February indicated he had a blood-alcohol concentration nearly four times the legal limit, police said Monday in a...
View ArticleTheft investigation leads to gun possession charges against felon
MOORESBURG — A Bean Station theft investigation Saturday evening led police to a Mooresburg convicted felon who was allegedly keeping nine firearms in his residence. Bean Station Police Department...
View ArticleHawkins couple accused of making up pregnancy, death of twins to scam donations
ROGERSVILLE — A Hawkins County couple were arraigned in Sessions Court Monday after being accused of making up the pregnancy and subsequent death of unborn twins to scam donations for funeral expenses...
View ArticleFormer Scott special ed teacher indicted in alleged abuse of student
GATE CITY — A former Scott County Schools special education teacher was indicted by a grand jury Monday for allegedly abusing a mentally handicapped student who was under her supervision. Heather...
View ArticleAssistant Lee High soccer coach accused of having improper relationship with...
GATE CITY — A Lee County Public Schools guidance counselor and assistant girls soccer coach was indicted by a Scott County grand jury Monday for allegedly having an improper relationship with a player....
View ArticleJohnson City man expected to leave prison today in wake of murder conviction...
Dale Larkin, the Johnson City man whose first-degree murder conviction for his wife’s 2003 asphyxiation death was overturned last week by a Tennessee appellate court, should be released from prison on...
View ArticleMother could have child neglect conviction erased from record
A woman accused of leaving her infant alone in a hotel room pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and will have the conviction erased from her record next year in a plea agreement reached last week. Tina...
View ArticleBanned student asks to participate in Cherokee graduation
Hawkins County Sessions Judge J. Todd Ross is expected to rule Wednesday if a former Cherokee High School student arrested in October for allegedly fighting a student and head-butting a teacher on...
View ArticleSullivan BOE won't vote on school merger for at least six months
A Sullivan County school board vote on a plan to merge North and South high schools and close both middle schools in the South zone is at least six months away, school system officials announced Monday...
View ArticleEastman: Black emissions were non-hazardous
Black emissions were seen coming from Eastman Chemical's Kingsport plant site Tuesday morning, but the incident's impact apparently was minimal, a company spokeswoman indicated. Eastman experienced an...
View ArticleKingsport gearing up for Clean-Up, Pick-Up and Recycle event
KINGSPORT — When in doubt...throw it out. Keep that in mind for the next two weeks as Kingsport’s Streets and Sanitation Division gears up for the annual Clean-Up, Pick-Up and Recycle Event.For more...
View ArticleBlotter: Irate customer assaults cable man, resists police
The blotter is derived from recent central dispatch records and incident reports of area police agencies. Sullivan County Sheriff's Office March 28 Police were asked to check on a suspicious white...
View ArticleSullivan sex offender sentenced to prison for failure to register
GREENEVILLE — A Sullivan County man was sentenced to over two years in federal prison Monday following his conviction for failing to register as a sex offender. Brandon Lee Laferty, 27, of Sullivan...
View ArticleBroughton seeks more BOE input on school facilities
BLOUNTVILLE — Sullivan County school board member Todd Broughton remains a one-vote minority when it comes to wanting a board member directly involved with the acceptance of new school facilities. The...
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