Several Tri Cities People Have Been Arrested By Bristol Tennessee Police For The Sale And Distribution Of Controlled Substances. So Far, Five Of Seven Suspects Are Facing Charges. Captain Charlie Thomas Said More Arrests Are Anticipated.
A Suspected Knoxville Gang Member Wanted For Terrorizing His Girlfriend And Four Year Old With A Knife And Guns Is In Custody. Lt. B.J. Richardson Said 20 Year Old Jonathan Jessee Ryans Was Captured By The U.S. Marshal’s Office In Knoxville. Ryans Allegedly Attempted To Ram His Girlfriend’s Car With Another Vehicle During A Chase From Kingsport To Blountville. He’s Charged With Two Counts Each Of Aggravated Domestic Assault And Kidnapping, And One Count Of Felony Reckless Endangerment And Vandalism Over 500 Dollars. Richardson Said Ryans Is Being Returned To Sullivan County To Face The Charges.
The Name Of The Person Seriously Injured During A Shooting In Greene County Has Been Released By Police. 23 Year Old Kenyetta Fields, Jr., Suffered Gunshot Wounds To The Face During The Incident At Hidden Oaks Apartments On West Summer Street. Fields Is Currently Listed In Critical Condition At A Johnson City Hospital. Anyone With Information Regarding This Shooting Should Call Police.
A Local High School Football Standout And Dallas Cowboy Tight End Has Been Named The Honorary Starter For The Food City 500 Race At Bristol Motor Speedway Next Week. Jason Witten From Elizabethton Will Start The Race On Sunday, March 21st. Food City President And Ceo Steve Smith Said He’s Excited About Having Witten, Who Also Started At The University Of Tennessee For Three Years, Wave The Green Flag At The Race.
A Hawkins County Man Is In Trouble For Allegedly Forwarding Sex Videos To A 10 Year Old Boy’s Cell Phone. 43 Year Old Ricky Dewayne Hickman Of Surgoinsville Is Charged With Transfer Of Pornographic Material To A Minor. The Incident Came To Light After The Surgoinsville Elementary School Principal, Susan Trent, Reported To Police That The Boy Had A Cell Phone That Contained Pornographic Material. Hickman Is Free On Bond And Will Appear In Court Soon.
Yet Another Bluff City Mayor Has Resigned. Vice Mayor J.C. Gentry Submitted His Resignation Earlier This Week. He Allegedly Made The Decision After Learning He Was Assumed As The New Mayor After Calling A Special Meeting This Week. Todd Malone Resigned From The Mayoral Seat Last Week.
The Tennessee National Guard says military police units from Bristol and Lenoir City will deploy to Iraq at the end of March. The deployment of the 253rd Military Police Company will include about 170 soldiers. The soldiers will leave from the Lenoir City National Guard Armory on March 28 and will fly to Fort Dix, N.J., for training. The soldiers will train there for about 30-45 days before deploying to Iraq. Almost 20,000 Tennessee Army and Air National Guardsmen have been mobilized since Sept. 11, 2001.
Dominion Virginia Power’s Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center In St. Paul Is More Than Half Done. There’s Still Plenty Of Work To Be Done Between Now And The Plant’s Scheduled Opening In Mid-2012. Dominion Is Using About 100 Acres Of Laydown Area In The St. Paul And Castlewood Areas To Stockpile Supplies. Right Now, About 13-Hundred And 50 People Are Building The Plant. That Number Will Peak To About 16-Hundred In The Spring.
A Carter County Lawyer Has Had His License To Practice Law Suspended. The Board Of Professional Responsibility Of The Supreme Court Of Tennessee Revoked Thomas Cowan Jr.’S Law License In Light Of His Guilty Plea To Willful Attempt To Defeat Or Evade The Payment Of Taxes. A Formal Proceeding Will Be Held To Determine The Extent Of The Final Discipline To Be Imposed.
After 33 Years In Business, A Washington County Virginia Business Is Shutting Its Doors. Tri-Tube, Located In Abingdon, Is A Nationally-Known Tube Fabrication Supplier. The Company’s Owner, Art Porter, Told His Employees That His Company Will Close In Late April Or Early May Because Demand For Their Product Has Moved Oversees, Porter, A Coeburn Virginia Native, Said At Its Peak, Tri-Tube Had 160 Workers. When Tri-Tube Closes, That Will Make Seven Empty Buidings In The Washington County Industrial Park.