The Boyfriend Of A Woman Whose Body Was Found In A Carter County Lake Last Week Has Been Arrested In Connection With Her Death. 31 Year Old Steven Bennett Is Charged With Second Degree Murder And Abuse Of A Corpse. Rescue Personnel Located Vonda Donaldson’s Body Near Butler Bridge In Watauga Lake. Her Body’s Been Transported To The Quillen College Of Medicine For An Autopsy. A Bond Hearing For Bennett Is Set For Later Today In Washington County General Sessions Court.
Three Tennessee Cities Are Among The Worst For Allergies. The Asthma And Allergy Foundation Has Released Its 2010 Fall Allergy Capitals With Knoxville, Memphis, And Nashville All Ranked In The Top 50 Worst Cities To Live In With Nasal Allergies. The Rankings Are Based On Scientific Analysis Of Pollen Sores, Number Of Allergy Medications Used Per Patient, And Number Of Allergy Specialist Per Patient.
A Decision To Delay The Fate Of Unicoi County Memorial Hospital’s Future Is Not Setting Well With Mountain States Health Alliance. The Hospital’s Board Of Control Put Off Talks Of A Proposed Takeover By Mountain States Health Alliance Until Later This Month. Dennis Vonderfecht, President And Ceo Of Mountain States, Says Msha And Wellmont Both Presented Takeover Proposals On The Same Day, And To Now Allow Wellmont A Second Chance Would Give Them An Unfair Advantage. Instead Of Making A Choice, The Board Will Be Accepting Proposals Until October 11th From Other Health Care Entities Interested In Acquiring The Medical Facility Through October 11th. The Board Will Meet Again October 18th.
The Johnson City Power Board Has Six Candidates Now Vying To Be The Utility’s Next President And Ceo. The Finalists Are Ernest Bowles, Jeff Dykes, Mark Eades, Brian Solsbee, Jack Suggs And Robert White. The Board Is Expected To Begin Conducting Interviews Of These Six Finalists By The End Of October.
A Crowed Of 6-Thousand Plus People Welcomed Presidential Hopeful Mitt Romney To Abingdon Friday Afternoon During His Coal Country Rally. The Former Massachusetts Governor Stopped Off At Carter Machinery Off Interstate 81. Romney Told The Crowd He Doesn’t Believe In Putting Our Coal Underground Forever. Instead, We Should Take Full Advantage Of It, Put American’s Workers Back To Work, And Use A Resource That Abundant And Cheap And Can Be Burned In A Clean Way. Carter Machinery Is Connected To The Coal Field Industry And Has 23 Employees. The Visit Mark’s Romney’s First Stopover In The Area Since Becoming The Republican Nominee.
A Tri Cities Fire Department Is The Recipient Of A Federal Grant. The Kingsport Fire Department Will Receive A 39-Thousand 600 Dollar Assistance To Firefighter’s Grant From The Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Money Will Be Used To Distributing Duel Sensor Smoke Alarms And Hearing Impaired Alarms To High Risk Groups In The Model City. Since 2001, Afg Has Helped Firefighters To Obtain Critically Needed Equipment To Protect The Public And Emergency Personnel From Fire And Related Hazards.
The Johnson City City Commission Has Unanimously Approved 1.4 Million Dollar Contract For A Kingsport Company To Move Forward With Construction On An Eight Classroom, Two Wing Expansion Of Indian Trail Intermediate School. The City Will Also Move Forward With An Additional 600-Thousand Dollar Plan To Replace The Roofs On Woodland And South Side Elementary Schools.
A Shooting In Johnson County Has Left One Person Dead. According To Sheriff Mike Reece, 29 Year Old Uvette Bunton Was Found Dead With A Gunshot Wound To The Chest At A Home On Dry Hill Road. Her Body Has Been Sent To The Quillen College Of Medicine For An Autopsy. The Tennessee Bureau Of Investigation Has Been Called In To Help With The Ongoing Probe Into The Shooting.
A Hawkins County Woman Accused Of Disposing Of Her Dead Newborn Baby In A Garbage Can Earlier This Year In Mount Carmel Is Facing Charges. 36 Year Old Kathyrn Condrey Is Charged With Abuse Of A Corpse. She Was Not, However, Charged In The Child’s Death After Authorities Were Unable To Determine If The Child Was Alive When It Was Born. She’s Scheduled To Be Arraigned In Sessions Court October 29th And Could Face Up To 11 Months And 29 Days In Jail If Convicted Of The Crime.
A Johnson City Woman Accused Of Abduction And Leading Police On A Chase Is Being Held On A 66-Thousand Dollars Bond. 53 Year Old Donna Bosze Is Charged With Kidnapping, Felony Evading Arrest, Five Counts Of Reckless Endangerment With A Motor Vehicle And Driving On Revoked. 22 Year Old Tonya Harley Is Charged With Five Counts Of Reckless Endangerment With A Motor Vehicle And She Is Being Held On A 50-Thousand Dollars Bond. Officers Observed The Two In Separate Vehicles Chasing Each Other On North Broadway Street. Both Women Have Been Arraigned In General Sessions Court.