Washington County News

Washington County authorities say a man faked a marriage certificate so he could visit a woman held in the Johnson City Detention Facility.

Washington County authorities say a man faked a marriage certificate so he could visit a woman held in the Johnson City Detention Facility.

A man presents a marriage certificate to visit someone in a detention center but police say he's now facing charges.

Saylor is charged with aggravated burglary in Washington County, Tennessee, where he's being held in jail this afternoon.

David A. Billings of Mountain City recently pled guilty in Washington County Criminal Court to vehicular homicide, as well as vehicular assault charges, to a December 3, 2010 crash that killed Tanya K. Martin and injured her six-year old daughter.

Deputies were called to a home on Rambling Road early Sunday morning. That's where they found the body of a 24-year-old woman lying in the front yard.

After over a year of physical rehabilitation, Deputy Gary Daughtery wants to be at the wheel of his patrol car answering calls for help across Washington County, Tennessee.

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation's Office of Energy Programs held its annual Energy Education Awards today at the Adventure Science Center in Nashville.

The attempted murder trial for three people accused of running down a Washington County sheriff's deputy more than a year ago while they were allegedly trying to evade arrest from a robbery is scheduled to begin with jury selection Monday.

Officials tell us these items are hazardous and should never be thrown away with your everyday trash.

A relative of a Johnson City man who died while custody at the Washington County Detention Center this week wants answers about his death.

BY KEN LITTLE STAFF WRITER A Limestone man being held in the Washington County Detention Center died Thursday morning after being taken by ambulance to the Johnson City Medical Center, Sheriff Ed Graybeal said in a news release.

Undercover drug agents arrested a Johnson City man during a drug investigation Wednesday and seized more than 40 pounds of marijuana, several ounces of cocaine, guns and more than $8,000 cash from the Washington County home where he lived.

U.S. Sen. Bob Corker will be in the Tri-Cities to meet with constituents in Washington and Sullivan counties and discuss economic issues.

The Washington County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday shut down an extensive indoor marijuana growing operation following a one-week investigation.

Washington County, Tennessee sheriff's deputies shut down what sheriff Ed Graybeal called a 'very sophisticated' marijuana growing lab in Gray.

A sheriff's office spokesman said 22-year-old Stewart W. Peppers of Johnson City was found unconscious late Monday afternoon.

According to Washington County Sheriff Ed Graybeal, 22-year-old inmate Stewart Peppers, of Johnson City, died late Monday afternoon after he was taken to the hospital by ambulance.

A dangerous intersection in Washington County, Tennessee could soon receive a facelift in hopes of reducing the number of crashes.

As the weather warms and flowers bloom, grass and pollen can start to affect your child's breathing.