SWVA MAN KILLED WHEN SUV REAR ENDS TRACTOR

CHARGES ARE PENDING AGAINST A SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA WOMAN WHO REPORTEDLY HIT THE BACK OF A TRACTOR WITH AN SUV, KILLING A MAN. ACCORDING TO VIRGINIA STATE POLICE, JUST BEFORE 7:00 PM ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 25 YEAR OLD CHASITY JONES OF RURAL RETREAT WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON ROUTE 674 IN A NISSAN PATHFINDER, WHEN SHE RAN INTO A FORD FARM TRACTOR PULLING A CORN CHOPPER. THE DRIVER OF THE TRACTOR, 59 YEAR OLD CHARLES R CREGGER OF CROCKETT, WAS EJECTED FROM THE TRACTOR AND DIED AT THE SCENE. STATE POLICE SAY JONES, WHO WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. SPECIFIC CHARGES HAVE NOT YET BEEN PLACE. THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

CASE ADVANCE FOR MAN ACCUSED IN KILLING OF MILLIGAN UNIVERSITY ATHLETE

THE MAN CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF A MILLIGAN UNIVERSITY ATHLETE HAS HAD HIS CASE BOUND OVER TO A GRAND JURY. JOSE EFRAIN HERNANDEZ MANCIA OF WILLIAMSBURG VIRGINIA WAS ARRESTED AFTER THE MARCH 2022 CRASH THAT KILLED ELI CRAMER, A SOPHOMORE MEMBER OF THE MILLIGAN CROSS COUNTRY TEAM. VIRGINIA STATE POLICE REPORTED THAT MANCIA FLED THE SCENE OF THE CRASH, AFTER HITTING THREE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM. THE GRAND JURY IS SCHEDULED TO MEET ON NOVEMBER 15TH. MANCIA IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR FOR A STATUS HEARING ON NOVEMBER 17TH. HE WAS CHARGED AT THE TIME OF HIS ARREST WITH DUI, DUI-INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER, ONE FELONY COUNT OF HIT AND RUN, RECKLESS DRIVING, DUI-MAIMING, AND DUI-REFUSAL TO SUBMIT A BREATH/BLOOD SAMPLE.

ETSU TO START SELLING BEER AT FOOTBALL GAMES

EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY WILL BEGIN SELLING BEER AT FOOTBALL GAMES, STARTING WITH THIS SATURDAY WHEN THEY HOST CHATTANOOGA. FANS WILL HAVE TO PRESENT A VALID, GOVERNMENT ISSUED ID, VERIFYING THAT THEY ARE 21 YEARS OR OLDER IN ORDER TO GET A WRISTBAND FOR PURCHASING BEER. FANS CAN PURCHASE ONE WRISTBAND PER TRANSACTION, WITH A MAXIMUM OF THREE DRINK TABS ON EACH WRISTBAND. WRISTBANDS AND DRINK TABS WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE ONCE THE GAME REACHES THE 7 MINUTE MARK OF THE THIRD QUARTER. BEER DISTRIBUTION TENTS WILL CLOSE AT THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER.

ARMED MAN/BODY FOUND INSIDE KINGSPORT HOME

AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING, AFTER A BODY WAS FOUND IN A KINGSPORT RESIDENCE LAST WEEK. ACCORDING TO THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFFu2019S OFFICE, DEPUTIES WERE DISPATCHED TO A HOUSE ON HORSESHOE DRIVE ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, IN REFERENCE TO A 911 HANG-UP CALL. WHEN AUTHORITIES TRIED TO CALL THE NUMBER BACK, NO ONE COULD BE REACHED. OFFICERS AT THE RESIDENCE WERE MET BY 37 YEAR OLD COREY VAUGHN, POINTING A FIREARM AT THEM. INSIDE THE HOME, OFFICERS FOUND THE BODY OF 37 YEAR OLD MATTHEW ISENBERG. HIS DEATH IS BEING CLASSIFIED AS SUSPICIOUS. VAUGHN IS CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT FOR POINTING THE FIREARM AT THE DEPUTIES. u00a0AS OF TUESDAY POLICE HAVE NOT ANNOUNCED ANY CHARGES STEMMING FROM ISENBERGu2019S DEATH. HEu2019S BEING HELD IN THE SULLIVAN COUNTY JAIL WITHOUT BOND.

BOE PLANS TO NAME PRINCIPAL INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT

THE KINGSPORT BOARD OF EDUCATION PLANS TO NAME DOBYNS-BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DR CHRIS HAMPTON AS INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT. DURING A MEETING TUESDAY, THE BOARD DISCUSSED NAMING AN INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT, TO TEMPORARILY FILL THE POSITION, AFTER DR JEFF MOORHOUSE RETIRES THE END OF OCTOBER. A DRAFT AGREEMENT WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE BOARDS OCTOBER 11TH MEETING, NAMING HAMPTON AS INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT UPON MOORHOUSEu2019S RETIREMENT, THRU JUNE 30TH 2023.

AUCTION ENDS

BIDDING FOR THE FORMER COLONIAL HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL PROPERTY HAS CLOSED.u00a0 LAKEWAY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS SUBMITTED THE HIGHEST BIDu2014AT $2.3-MILLION DOLLARS.u00a0 THE CITY OF KINGSPORT ALSO PLACED A BID, BUT IT WAS LESS THAN LAKEWAYu2019S BID.u00a0 THE SULLIVAN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS THE OPTION TO APPROVE OR DENY THE HIGHEST BID.u00a0 THE ONLINE AUCTION ENDED AT NOON MONDAY.

UNICOI SHERIFFu2019S DEPARTMENTu2014SALARY HIKE

UNICOI COUNTY SHERIFFu2019S DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES WILL BE GETTING A PAY RAISE.u00a0 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE APPROVED INCREASING THE HOURLY PAY FOR CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS TO $15-AN HOUR AND $18 FOR ROAD OFFICERS.u00a0 SERGEANTS WILL NOW BE PAID $20 AN HOUR.u00a0 SHERIFFu2019S DEPARTMENT CHIEF DEPUTY FRANK ROGERS SAYS LOW PAY IS ONE OF THE BIG REASONS THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS UNDERSTAFFED.u00a0 HE ALSO WARNED OF POSSIBLE DECERTIFICATION AT THE JAIL IF STAFFING ISSUES ARENu2019T ADDRESSED.

ONE DEAD IN GREENE CRASH

ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A HEAD-ON COLLISION IN GREENE COUNTY.u00a0 THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS CHRISTOPHER NICHOLSON WAS DRIVING A CHEVY SPARK ON CHUCKEY PIKE MONDAY EVENING WHEN THE VEHICLE CROSSED THE CENTER LINE IN A CURVE.u00a0 IT THEN HIT A TRUCK HEAD-ON.u00a0 ROBERT HENSLEY OF LIMESTONE WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK AND IT WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.u00a0 NICHOLSON WASNu2019T WEARING A SEATBELT AND DIED AT THE SCENE.u00a0 HENSLEY WAS AIRLIFTED TO THE JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER.u00a0 THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

NEW HOTELu2014THE FALLS

A NEW HOTEL IS PLANNED FOR BRISTOL VIRGINIA.u00a0 ITu2019LL BE 100 ROOMS AND WILL BE NEAR TEXAS ROADHOUSE AT THE FALLS, WHICH IS LOCATED OFF EXIT 5 OF INTERSTATE 81.u00a0 CITY OFFICIALS SAY THEYu2019RE EXCITED ABOUT GROWTH AT THE FALLS AND GROUNDBREAKING ON THE NEW HOTEL IS SET FOR EARLY 2023.u00a0

MAN CHARGED WITH CHILD SEX CRIMES

BRISTOL VIRGINIA POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A MAN ON CHILD SEX CHARGES.u00a0 43-YEAR-OLD GEORGE W. MURRAY II WAS CHARGED AFTER A LENGTHY INVESTIGATION INTO AN ALLEGED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MURRAY AND A 14-YEAR-OLD.u00a0 MURRAY FACES 4 TOTAL CHARGES AND IS JAILED WITHOUT BOND.

MURDER TRIAL

A JOHNSON CITY MAN IS ON TRIAL FOR MURDER IN CARTER COUNTY.u00a0 PAUL BEARD IS CHARGED IN THE 2019 DEATH OF HIS 4-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER.u00a0 AUTHORITIES BEGAN INVESTIGATING INJURIES SUSTAINED BY KENLYN BEARD.u00a0 THE INFANT WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL, THEN MOVED TO A CHILDRENu2019S HOSPITAL IN KNOXVILLE, WHERE SHE DIED.

ELIZu2014HOMECOMING

ELIZABETHTON HIGH SCHOOLu2019S HOMECOMING HAS BEEN MOVED TO THURSDAY.u00a0 THE CHANGE COMES AMID WEATHER CONCERNS, AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IAN COULD AFFECT THE REGION.u00a0 A PARADE WILL START AT 6:00 ON JASON WITTEN WAY AND THE FOOTBALL GAME AGAINST SULLIVAN EAST WILL FOLLOW AT 7:30. HOMECOMING FESTIVITIES WILL BE HELD AT HALFTIME.