Kingsport News

The "Live with Regis and Kelly" show announced Tuesday that Kingsport's Bone Fire Smokehouse and its Executive Chef Erich Soll won "Best Ribs Recipe" in a nationwide competition for their Smoked "Fightin' Irish Whiskey" Ribs.

Bill Lane, who has covered sports in Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee for 45 years, has been honored by the Virginia High School Coaches' Association as recipient of the 2009 Marshall Johnson Media Award.

"I can remember 20 years ago exactly my feelings and today. I think Tony would still be in law enforcement." Perhaps no one knew Tony Williams better than his college teammate and roommate Johnny Hibbett.

Jury selection has gone into a second day for the first-degree murder trial of a Kingsport man in the death of his girlfriend's toddler.

A little special salute today for the first settlers of this county and those who fought in the "Revolutionary War" for our Freedom as a country.

The popular Quilt Trail of Northeast Tennessee gave the Frontier Quilters of Kingsport an idea: why not stitch a quilt featuring the classic quilt blocks painted on the area's barns? The finished product was unveiled on News Channel 11 Connects Friday morning.

The father of two missing children found last week in the rugged mountains of Mitchell County near the Tennessee line says words can't express how much he appreciates the McDowell rescuers who plucked his youngsters from the wilderness and returned them nearly unscathed.

Last night, officers with the Kingsport Police Department were led on a high speed chase in pursuit of a man who was previously charged with aggravated robbery.

Sullivan County will bring in heavy duty equipment Monday - to locate a missing woman in South Holston Lake.

A pair of Crocs that slipped from the feet of 6-year-old Alex Suddeath offered the first clue as to the whereabouts of the boy and his younger sister - and reason to hope they would be found alive.

Siblings missing overnight in rugged western North Carolina mountains have been located.

Kingsport Police got a call of some suspicious activity a couple of streets over from Rich Hammonds' apartment on Derwood Court Sunday.

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.

Authorities in northeast Tennessee say it appears the deaths of a Hawkins County couple were the result of a murder-suicide. Sheriff Roger Christian told the Kingsport Times-News 61-year-old Joseph Jones and his 53-year-old wife Patricia Jones were found dead inside their home on Saturday by Patricia Jones' two daughters.

Power thunderstorms Thursday afternoon tore down trees, limbs, and power lines, severing service to hundreds of homes in the Kingsport AEP District.

One day, some time ago, a flying saucer landed on Bruce Cooke's lawn. A little man got out, knocked on the door and asked Cooke to exchange his alien money for the real thing.

Resource & Referral Specialist The Upper East Tennessee Human Development Agency, Inc., Child Care Resource & Referral Center, is now accepting applications for the full-time position of Resource & Referral Specialist located in Kingsport: Duties include, but are not limited to: *Conduct training, on-site consultation, support and technical ...

A plant with more than five decades of service to the Tri-Cities region will shut down.

Knoxville area gasoline prices were up again overnight and oil prices hovered near $72 a barrel Thursday as investor optimism about a global economic recovery pushed crude to fresh highs for the year.

A Kingsport, Tenn., man accused of dealing cocaine and marijuana is the third illegal immigrant to wind up in the Sullivan County jail on drug charges in the past six months.