A Big Stone Gap man 32 year old Josha Smith accused of killing his grandmother in August 2020 is now charged with capital murder.According to court documents provided by Commonwealth’s Attorney Chuck Slemp, a Wise County Grand Jury returned an indictment upgrading Joshua Blake Smith’s first-degree murder charge to capital murder.In a summary of the … Read more
Officials with the Greeneville Emergency & Rescue Squad say they were on the scene of an accident on 11E involving a school bus Thursday afternoon.Rescue squad officials say the accident involved two vehicles and a Greene County school bus near the intersection of Twin Barnes Road and 11E.The Greene County Director of Schools says two … Read more
In a press release from East Tennessee State University plans are in place to have more people on-campus next school year. According to a release from ETSU President Brian Noland, the university is planning to welcome more students back to classrooms and residence halls in the fall of 2021. With the promise of multiple vaccines … Read more
Two fugitives were captured by Washington County Sheriffs.Michael Wayne Bowman, 20, of Chuckey is facing a felony child abuse charge out of Michigan. Authorities said he caused serious physical injury to a child.Charles Edward Carr, 49, of Johnson City is accused in Virginia of trying to solicit sex via electronic means from a person less … Read more
Officials with PETA have issued a release they are now adding to the reward for a local investigation where a dog was seen on surveillance video being dragged behind a vehicle. They are offering a reward of up to $5,000, bringing the total to $13,000 for information leading to the arrest of the people responsible … Read more
Not just one but two robberies are now the charges facing an Elizabethton man arrested for allegedly robbing a Johnson City Hardee’s with a handgun is charged with robbing another Johnson City business the day before. According to a release from the Johnson City Police Department, 22 year old Savyon Prather is charged with robbing … Read more
A Kingsport based company Eastman is getting some accolades. It now ranks 27th on Barron’s 2021 list of the most sustainable companies in the country. To get on the list B arfron’s analyzed the top 1,000 largest publicly traded companies and found Eastman is committed on developing solutions that take in account society, improving the … Read more
The Tennessee Department of Health has reached a memorable mark with the amount of COVID vaccines given topping the 1 million mark.Data released by the agency says people ages 71 to 80 account for the largest group of vaccinated residents at nearly 32 percent or more than 216,000. More than 427,000 women have received the … Read more
The Tennessee Department of Transportation has found in a recent study that the Greenville Municipal Airport has a 23 million dollar economic impact when looking at numbers generated in 2019. The Department alos found in the year-long report that Tennessee’s public airports contribute 40 billion dollars to the state’s economy and even support more than … Read more
It happened again.In just 10 days another Johnson City convenience store is the subject of a robbery investigation. The Johnson City Police Department was called to Roadrunner Market at 408 North Broadway St. just before dawn Tuesday morning on a report of a robbery, and found that a white man entered the store and demanded … Read more