Sullivan County News

The Tennessee Regulatory Authority announced Thursday that Dr. Kenneth C. Hill, of Blountville, has joined the agency as one of its four directors, the first from Northeast Tennessee in memory.

Ribs and hot dogs will be grilled, family and friends will gather and there'll be lots of loud bangs and lights this weekend as Mountain Empire residents celebrate Independence Day.

It resembled a scene from a post-apocalyptic movie: Computers and ham radios powered by a mobile generator cluttering a picnic stand of tables ringed by trees and overlooking South Holston Lake.

Loudon High School was filled with a multitude of police officers from across the state Thursday through Saturday as they took part in the United States Police Canine Association Region 8 Patrol Dog Trial and Competition.

Sullivan County health officials remain concerned over the H1N1 flu virus. Two cases have been confirmed so far.

Commissioner Mike Hammond says he and Commissioner Dave Wright are researching how to suspend Knox County Law Director Bill Lockett.

As a notorious puppy import broker sits in federal prison, one of her last victims has been making a slow but steady recovery thanks to a Southwest Virginia animal rescue group and a local veterinarian.

Controversy surrounding Knox County Law Director Bill Lockett has given 12 residents who filed an ouster complaint against County Mayor Mike Ragsdale last year ammunition to consider renewing their efforts.

Sullivan Co., Tenn. - The Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency scoured the scene of a capsized boat on Boone Lake Friday night.

John Gill, special counsel to Knox County District Attorney Randy Nichols, said today a civil ouster case could interfere with the criminal investigation currently under way in the matter of county Law Director Bill Lockett.

Attorney Van R. Irion gives his view that County Law Director Bill Lockett should resign on Tuesday at the City County Building.

The outside prosecutor appointed to investigate possible theft by Knox County Law Director Bill Lockett says the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking at records from Lockett's former law firm.

The investigation of Knox County Law Director Bill Lockett continues with Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents questioning members of the county pension board.

A traffic stop in Bristol blossomed into a lengthy investigation that netted the arrests of 10 people on almost 60 drug charges.

Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey slowly turned the pages of Llama, Llama Red Pajama as he read the book to a group of 4- and 5-year-olds following a Friday news conference at Kingsport's First Presbyterian Church.

Tomorrow morning the Sullivan County Imagination Library will celebrate the delivery of the 200,000th book delivered through the reading program that was pioneered by Dolly Parton.

According to Tri-Cities TV reporter George Jackson , Republican Congressman Zach Wamp "stopped by Dino's restaurant on Saturday to express his support for Tennessee House Speaker Kent Williams" and to have lunch.

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has matched - maybe even outdone - Tennessee Republican Chairman Robin Williams in denouncing House Speaker Kent Williams.

BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. - Showdown at the Deery Inn. "Sometime today I will be killed by Wyatt Earp," said Jeff Pierce of Elizabethton.

A Blountville man was seriously injured and airlifted to the Johnson City Medical Center following a motorcycle crash on Egypt Road.