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LIST: Several Independence Day events scheduled in the Tri-Cities region
(WCYB) — Numerous events celebrating Independence Day are scheduled for this week in the Tri-Cities region. Below is a list of some of those events. Bristol - Thursday - Series of events at Anderson Park. Fireworks at 10 p.m. Johnson City - Thursday - Live music, food trucks and...
Search continues after escaped inmate was spotted near Greenville County fast food restaurant, police say
Authorities have released new pictures of an escaped inmate from Tennessee who they say was last spotted at a Greenville, South Carolina, Walmart. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division sent an alert Sunday about 43-year-old Billy Reed Fletcher. Pictures of Fletcher are below:. The alert said Fletcher escaped the Carter...
AMBER Alert update: Body of missing 7-year-old Tennessee girl with autism found in lake
DANDRIDGE, Tenn. — SAD UPDATE:. Not more than an hour after issuing an AMBER Alert, the TBI announced that dive crews have located the body of 7-year-old Serenity Alanna Marie Kinsey at the bottom of a lake near her home. Our hearts go out to her family during this...
Hawkins County Rescue Squad responds to water rescue
ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Hawkins County Rescue Squad responded to a water rescue on Wednesday, according to a social media post by the rescue squad. The Hawkins County Rescue Squad responded to Old Highway 11W near Pyne Lane in Rogersville after an individual had reportedly already been removed from the water and received CPR […]
Appalachia man found guilty of selling meth within close proximity to Central High School
WISE, Va. (WJHL) — An Appalachia man was found guilty on a pair of drug-related charges Friday after selling methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of Central High School in Norton, Va. in May of 2019. Dennis Wayne Russell, 60, was found guilty of distribution of a Schedule II controlled substance and distribution of a Schedule II […]
Virginia Tech awards $217K grant to Town of Pound for labor history monument
The Town of Pound has received a $217,000 grant from Virginia Tech’s Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia program to construct a monument paying tribute to the region’s labor history. The proposed project, titled “Labor in Motion: Honoring the Voices that Shaped the Coalfields,” seeks to uplift and engage with...
Pinpoint Weather: Hot Fourth of July, storms possible
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — A hot and humid Fourth of July is in the forecast for Southwest and Central Virginia. Stay cool, hydrated, and weather-aware! Showers and storms are possible during the afternoon and evening. To kick off Thursday, morning temperatures will start in the 60s and lower 70s under partly cloudy skies. By the afternoon, […]
Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Agreement from Colleges and Universities to Protect Veteran Benefits Ahead of July 18 Vote
RICHMOND, VA (VR) — Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that each of the leaders of Virginia’s public colleges and universities, including the chancellor of the Commonwealth’s community college system, has agreed to take all necessary action to ensure no student or prospective student is further adversely impacted by the gap in time from July 1st to when […] The post Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Agreement from Colleges and Universities to Protect Veteran Benefits Ahead of July 18 Vote appeared first on The Virginian Review.
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