Chuckey News

Sun Photo by Phil Gentry Emergency personnel and bystanders gather around a motorcyclist who was injured when the motorcycle, shown at right, went off Warrensburg Road about 9:25 p.m. Tuesday, struck a ditch and overturned.

The Greene County Sheriff's Department is warning the public to beware of unsolicited phone calls in which the caller informs residents that their debit cards have been canceled.

Sun photo by bob hurley His Purple Heart and one of his Bronze Star Medals from the days following D-Day have been lost or burned in the 65 years that have passed, but Oscar Payne, of Baileyton, has managed to hold on to this one, the second Bronze Star Medal he was awarded for heroic or meritorious service during World War II in Europe.

Four men charged in connection with the Jan. 16 fatal shooting of Zachary R. Nave at Highway 107 Cutoff residence had their cases bound over to a Greene County grand jury after a June 1 hearing in General Sessions Court.

A traveling display honoring the 58,261 American lives lost or missing in the Vietnam War is now open to the public.

The Greene County Sheriff's Department confirmed that a man's body had been found near Chuckey Beach off Sandbar Road.

Rescue crews recovered a body from the Nolichucky River shortly before 3:00pm. The body was found near Chuckey Beach off Sand Bar Road.

The Chuckey Utility District is preparing to start a large water-line replacement project along Ripley Island Road.

Two young Washington County men pleaded guilty Tuesday in Washington County Criminal Court to being accessories after the fact to the second-degree murder of a Chuckey resident in 2007.

A collision Wednesday evening between a pickup truck and a horse on Horton Highway injured the horse's 17-year-old rider and required the injured horse "to be put down." Trooper David Good, who investigated the 6:45 p.m. accident about a dozen a miles north of Baileyton, said it occurred when a northbound Ford F-150 pickup truck driven by Danny ...

An elderly Chuckey man apparently suffered a heart attack while driving on the Erwin Highway just after 5 p.m. Saturday, causing his vehicle to hit a car waiting to make a turn, which caused that car to hit another car.

Three men were charged with reckless endangerment on Wednesday night after an incident in which two vehicles allegedly pursued a third across northern Greene County.

Two people were injured about 6:50 p.m. Wednesday in a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of the East Andrew Johnson Highway and the Erwin Highway.

Young storytellers will share the spotlight with several seasoned storytellers at the 15th annual Iris Festival this Saturday and Sunday.

A Washington County grand jury has indicted Gabriel Lee Hoyle, 25, of Telford, and Brenda Bolton, 40, of Chuckey, on felony murder charges in connection with the July 4, 2008, shooting death of 21-year-old Keylando Webster, of Nashville, at Bolton's Erwin Highway residence.

On Friday, Greene County Deputies made a stop at the Freshour Trailer Park to serve an outstanding warrant.

Two people were slightly injured about 6:15 p.m. Tuesday in a three-vehicle collision on the East Andrew Johnson Highway.

The Greene County Board of Education spent about three-quarters of an hour Thursday discussing a South Greene High School bus driver's complaint that he and other regular "route drivers" are being deprived of the chance to earn extra money by driving school buses on field trips and athletic trips.

Two people were injured shortly after 9 p.m. on Saturday when a vehicle pulled from the Towne Crossing exit road into the path of a motorcycle on the west Andrew Johnson Highway.

Four persons were charged locally with DUI offenses during the weekend. Those charged included * Sheila A. Hill, 45, of 97 Davis Lane, Chuckey, who was charged Sunday by Deputy Sheriff Michael MacDonald with the second offense of DUI and driving on a revoked license, plus violating the implied consent law.