INMATE CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER

INMATE CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AFTER ALLEGEDLY ATTACKING A CORRECTIONS OFFICER AT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE DETENTION CENTER. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE REPORTS THAT 44-YEAR-OLD PATRICIA NUNLEY, OF BRISTOL, TENNESSEE WAS CHARGED AFTER THE INCIDENT WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN OFFICER WAS REPORTEDLY IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING NUNLEY FROM ONE HOUSING UNIT TO ANOTHER WHEN SHE BEGAN CURSING AND ATTEMPTED TO STRIKE THE OFFICER IN THE FACE. A DEPARTMENT-ISSUED CHEMICAL AGENT WAS USED TO SUBDUE NUNLEY, WHICH IS WHEN SHE STRUCK THE OFFICER IN THE FACE, CHOKED THE OFFICER, AND CONTINUED TO HIT HER. THE ALTERCATION WENT TO THE GROUND, WHERE NUNLEY ATTEMPTED TO STRANGLE THE OFFICER WITH A RADIO CORD. TWO INMATES WERE ABLE TO PULL NUNLEY AWAY AND DETENTION OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO SEPARATE THE TWO. THE OFFICER WAS TRANSPORTED TO AN AREA MEDICAL FACILITY FOR TREATMENT.

3^RD ATTORNEY FOR SEAN WILLIAMS WITHDRAWS

THIRD ATTORNEY FOR ACCUSED CHILD RAPIST AND FORMER JOHNSON CITY BUSINESS OWNER SEAN WILLIAMS FILES MOTION TO WITHDRAW FROM CASE. JOSEPH MCAFEE IS THE THIRD ATTORNEY THAT HAS BEEN APPOINTED BY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES SINCE LAST MAY. WILLIAMS FILED A MOTION EARLIER THIS MONTH TO FIRE MCAFEE, BUT WAS DENIED BY THE JUDGE. MCAFEE HAS NOW FILED A BRIEF OUTLINING HIS REASONING FOR WANTING TO LEAVE THE CASE. WILLIAMS’ FIRST OF TWO TRIALS IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN TWO WEEKS.

DOMTAR FINED $64,650 FOR WATER PERMIT VIOLATIONS

DOMTAR HAS BEEN FINED OVER $64,000 FOR VIOLATING WATER DISCHARGE PERMIT MULTIPLE TIMES. THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION FINED THE COMPANY $64,650 AFTER DOMTAR VIOLATED THEIR PERMIT IN THE MONTHS FOLLOWING STARTUP OF ITS NEW KINGSPORT RECYCLED PACKAGING FACILITY. DOMTAR WILL ALSO HAVE TO PAY $13,024.10 IN DAMAGES, BUT CAN AVOID PAYING NEARLY $52,000 OF THE PENALTY IF IT SUBMITS AN ACCEPTABLE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN AND MEETS MILESTONES DESIGNED TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE.

MISSING JONESBOROUGH WOMAN COULD BE IN MEMPHIS

SILVER ALERT ISSUED FOR MISSING JONESBOROUGH WOMAN. THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ANNOUNCED THAT 55-YEAR-OLD ORETHA KOLLIE WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A BLUE JUMPSUIT AND COULD BE TRAVELING IN A 2005 RED HONDA PILOT WITH TENNESSEE TAG B-B-D-4-7-2-4. THE T-B-I BELIEVES THAT KOLLIE COULD BE IN THE MEMPHIS AREA. SHE REPORTEDLY HAS A MEDICAL CONDITION THAT COULD IMPEDE HER ABILITY TO RETURN HOME. KOLLIE IS DESCRIBED AS A BLACK FEMALE, FIVE FEET SIX INCHES TALL, WEIGHS 160 POUNDS, WITH BLACK HAIR, AND BROWN EYES. IF ANYONE HAS INFORMATION ON KOLLIE, THEY ARE ASKED TO CALL THE JONESBOROUGH POLICE DEPARTMENT.

MISSING KPT BABY FOUND AND FATHER IS IN CUSTODY

MISSING KINGSPORT INFANT THAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE WITH WANTED FATHER IN NORTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN FOUND AND FATHER IS IN CUSTODY. THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION HAD ISSUED AN ENDANGERED CHILD ALERT FOR EIGHT-MONTH-OLD SEPHRONA MCCULLOUGH ON WEDNESDAY AND SHE WAS BELIEVED TO BE WITH HER FATHER, 22-YEAR-OLD MASON MCCULLOUGH, IN TOPSAIL, NORTH CAROLINA. SEPHRONA’S MOTHER REPORTED THE BABY MISSING ON SUNDAY AND TOLD POLICE THAT SHE HAD ALLOWED MASON TO TAKE THE CHILD TO NORTH CAROLINA ON APRIL 14^TH, BUT HAD AGREED TO RETURN THE BABY TO KINGSPORT ON APRIL 19^TH. THE T-B-I REPORTED SEPHRONA SAFE AS OF 12:10 A.M. THURSDAY AND MASON WAS IN CUSTODY, AS WELL.

COEBURN VA BOIL WATER NOTICE

BOIL WATER NOTICE ISSUED CUSTOMERS OF COEBURN WATERWORKS IN WISE COUNTY, VIRGINIA. THE TOWN OF COEBURN ISSUED A BOIL WATER NOTICE FOR COEBURN WATERWORKS CUSTOMERS ON WEDNESDAY. THE NOTICE WAS ISSUED DUE TO POTENTIAL WATER SERVICE DISRUPTIONS OR LOW PRESSURE IN THE SYSTEM DUE TO MAINTENANCE. THE AFFECTED AREA IS FROM CENTRAL AVENUE AT THE CAR WASH TO PINE CAMP ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF C-N-W. AFFECTED CUSTOMERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE BOTTLED WATER OR TO BOIL TAP WATER BEFORE CONSUMING. WATER SHOULD BE BOILED FOR ONE MINUTE AND ALLOWED TO COOL BEFORE USE.

CLINCH RIVER STATE PARK ADDS 457 ACRES

CLINCH RIVER STATE PARK IN RUSSELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA ADDS 457 ACRES. THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION ANNOUNCED THAT 457 ACRES OF RIVERFRONT MOUNTAINS IN THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE STATE PARK. D-C-R SAYS THAT THE ADDITION WILL PROVIDE GUESTS WITH NEW PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE RIVER FOR RECREATION. THE DEPARTMENT ACQUIRED FIVE PARCELS ALONG A 2.5 MILE STRETCH OF THE CLINCH RIVER THAT CONNECT TO THE TOWN OF CLEVELAND AND ARE PART OF THE PARK’S ARTRIP BENT UNIT. THE LARGEST OF THE PARCELS IS KNOWN AS THE OWENS PRESERVE, THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY NONPROFIT, THE NATURE CONSERVATION. THE EXPANSION INCLUDES MORE THAN 4,000 FEET OF RIVERFRONT AS WELL AS NUMEROUS NATURAL STREAMS AND A WATERFALL INTO THE CLINCH RIVER.

TRAIN HITS SWEEPER IN WASH CO VA

TRAIN HITS SWEEPER TRUCK IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA WEDNESDAY MORNING. VIRGINIA STATE POLICE REPORT THAT A STREET-SWEEPER TRUCK WAS CROSSING THE RAILROAD TRACKS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OR PAIRGRIN ROAD AND WALLACE PIKE AT AROUND 8 A.M. WEDNESDAY WHEN IT WAS HIT BY A NORFOLK SOUTHERN TRAIN AS IT WAS CROSSING THE RAILROAD TRACKS. THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THE TRUCK IS OWNED BY A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR. THE CRASH OCCURRED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHIN THE COUNTY. NO FURTHER DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED.

SULLIVAN COUNTY SHOOTING LAWSUIT

A FEDERAL LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED IN RELATION TO A SHOOTING INVOLVING SULLIVAN COUNTY DEPUTIES IN 2023. 48-YEAR-OLD CASEY CROWLEY WAS SHOT FOUR TIMES OUTSIDE A DOLLAR GENERAL STORE IN BLOUNTVILLE AFTER OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A WELFARE CHECK. UPON ARRIVAL, A FIGHT BROKE OUT BETWEEN CROWLEY AND THE OFFICERS WHERE A GUN WAS OBSERVED. A COUNTY GRAND JURY FOUND THE S-C-S-O DEPUTIES FOLLOWED POLICY, BUT NOW THE FEDERAL LAWSUIT FILED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE ON BEHALF OF THE WIFE OF CROWLEY ACCUSES THE OFFICERS OF USING EXCESSIVE FORCE. NO COURT DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR THE CASE TO BE HEARD.