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The inmates, Calvin Lee Metcalf, 20, Bakersville, NC, and Phillip Nicholas Metcalf, 25, Spruce Pine, assaulted a deputy in Avery County around 4 p.m. Tuesday, according to the McDowell County Sheriff's Office.
Law enforcement in two states were searching for two inmates who reportedly stole a North Carolina sheriff's office vehicle at gunpoint Tuesday afternoon. More>>
Sunday, a tornado swept through the Rock Springs area of Kingsport leaving significant damage. Perhaps, the most extreme damage was found at 1912 Rock Springs Road where a home was almost destroyed. More>>
The State of Tennessee didn't have the money to give its employees raises this year but a Community Watchdog investigation revealed in past years some of the governor's staffers quietly took home bigger raises than other state workers, with one collecting sizeable raises twice in the last four years. More>>
News Channel 11 is following a single car accident in Kingsport. A car rammed into Rack Room Shoes on North Eastman Road around 4:00 p.m. today. More>>
Country superstar Dierks Bentley will rock Bristol Motor Speedway during August race week.
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A warrant has been obtained for Lucky “Ant” Anthony Ross. He’s charged with first degree murder. More>>
Snapshot from video submitted by the Sullivan County Sheriff's OffiiceThe Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office needs your help identifying a woman captured on surveillance video stealing a purse from a car at a convenience store in Blountville. More>>
A southwest Virginia man will serve the next 21 years in prison for the 2013 shooting death of his stepfather. More>>
The four-door Mini Cooper Countryman was the only one of 12 cars to earn a top rating of "good" in new frontal crash tests. More>>
Woodbury recently won his first belt in an MMA fight.Kingsport Police are looking for Lucky Anthony Ross , 37, also known as "Ant". More>>
After 50 years under lock and key, the steamy love letters of President Warren G. Harding and his mistress, Carrie Fulton Phillips, were released on Tuesday. More>>
Greenwood Drive was closed as the crash was being investigated.A wreck involving two vehicles and a motorcycle critically injured one person Tuesday night.Two other people were taken to the hospital as well.The wreck happened just after 8 p.m. on Greenwood Drive two miles outside the Johnson City limits. More>>
A mob armed with knives and axes rampaged through part of China's volatile northwestern region of Xinjiang and police responded with gunfire, leaving dozens of people dead in the latest violence blamed Islamic... More>>
The NCAA agreed on Tuesday to help athletes with head injuries in a proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit that college sports' governing body touted as a major step forward but that critics say doesn't go... More>>
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The Senate voted Tuesday to keep federal highway money flowing to the states into December but only after rejecting the House's reliance on what lawmakers called a funding "gimmick" and moving to force a post-election... More>>
The last surviving member of the crew that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, hastening the end of World War II and forcing the world into the atomic age, has died in Georgia. More>>
For nearly two months, images of immigrant children who have crossed the border without a parent, only to wind up in concrete holding cells once in the United States, have tugged at heartstrings. Yet most Americans now say... More>>
Monday morning the majority of Washington County Tennessee Commissioners voted yes on endorsing Tennessee Amendment One.If passed, Amendment One would change the Tennessee Constitution and allow state leaders to further regulate abortions in the state such as implementing a waiting period for women seeking the medical procedure, among other restrictions.“It’s an amendment that addresses two things primarily one, are fundamental rights as citizens of Tennessee and how we define fundamental rig... More>>
You may have heard the ads on television asking voters to replace the three Tennessee Supreme Court justices up for retention.Typically the race for Supreme Court judge goes under the radar but this year some conservative groups are making sure that is not the case.Chief Justice Gary Wade, Justice Cornelia Clark, and Justice Sharon Lee are up for retention after eight years on the bench.Tuesday Wade toured the justice center in Jonesborough and the jail, campaigning to keep his spot as chief ... More>>
Spurred to action by the downing of the Malaysian airliner, the European Union approved dramatically tougher economic sanctions Tuesday against Russia, including an arms embargo and restrictions on state-owned banks.... More>>
Israel unleashed its heaviest air and artillery assault of the Gaza war on Tuesday, destroying key symbols of Hamas control, shutting down the territory's only power plant and leaving at least 128 Palestinians dead on... More>>
All lanes of Interstate 40 East are back open after one person was killed in a fiery crash involving two tractor-trailers and a truck Tuesday morning. More>>
Hundreds of people across the country lined up Tuesday to tell the Environmental Protection Agency that its new rules for power-plant pollution either go too far or not far enough. More>>
The Senate on Tuesday unanimously confirmed former Procter & Gamble CEO Robert McDonald as the new Veterans Affairs secretary, with a mission to overhaul an agency beleaguered by long veterans' waits for health... More>>
President Barack Obama is to announce a new round of U.S. sanctions against Russian banks and a shipbuilding company Tuesday. More>>
More than 35 percent of Americans have debts and unpaid bills that have been reported to collection agencies, according to a study released Tuesday by the Urban Institute. More>>
Facebook will stop the messenger function within its iPhone and Android apps, pushing a new app for mobile users that want to chat. More>>
Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning was dancing to "Rocky Top," during practice on Monday. More>>
The Kingsport Firefighters Association (KFA) is voicing their endorsement of Kingsport's second district state representative candidate, Tony Shipley. More>>
.A Unicoi County family is celebrating after a friendly game of tackle football quickly turned into a welcome home surprise. Lawrence Hampton, a member of the Air Force, has been stationed in Qatar for the past few months. More>>
Next month, East Tennessee State University will begin its management of the newly relocated and renamed ETSU Charitable Pharmacy, formerly known as the Northeast Tennessee Dispensary of Hope. More>>
Despite some good news, Medicare and Social Security still face long-term financial problems as millions of baby boomers reach retirement. Social Security's disability program is already in crisis as it edges toward... More>>
Teachers and employees with the Sullivan County School System are invited to come out to a free self-defense clinic Tuesday night. More>>
Three of the suspects in a drug and money laundering scheme involving Newport police officers were arraigned in a Cocke County courtroom Monday. More>>
Aerial shot of storm damage over Sullivan and Washington counties According to the National Weather Service’s preliminary assessment, two tornadoes are confirmed to have touched down in Sullivan and Washington counties Sunday evening. More>>
Signaling an escalation of Israel's Gaza operation, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israelis Monday to be ready for a "prolonged" war, and the military warned Palestinians in three large neighborhoods to leave... More>>
In an escalation of tensions, the Obama administration accused Russia on Monday of conducting tests in violation of a 1987 nuclear missile treaty, calling the breach "a very serious matter" and going public with... More>>
Embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling lost his attempt to block the $2 billion sale of the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. More>>
Two accused paving scammers are on the run after they got caught in Carter County ripping off elderly residents in the Milligan community.The Carter County Sheriff's Office wants to charge Frank Edward Small and Richard Donovan Adams with theft over $10,000.Investigators said they could be connected to similar crimes in other areas. More>>
Storm damage on home in Rock Springs Road (Source: Mark Hagy) Preliminary damage assessments could be ready by Tuesday morning. More>>
Crystal Dawn Poore, 32, agreed to plead guilty to child sex crime charges that stem from sexually explicit photos of children ages two, six and eight. More>>
A maintenance worker with financial problems killed his wife and three children with a shotgun, then committed suicide, over the weekend in what state police called one of the worst cases of domestic violence in Maine... More>>
When a Pennsylvania man died, he left behind a now-viral reminder of his life and his quirky sense of humor.
The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF-3 tornado touched down near Speedwell in Claiborne County last night with winds of 140 miles per hour. More>>
A Tri-Cities man is accused of being married to two people at the same time; a crime in Tennessee. "It made me feel like I had been taken for a ride for 20 years," his wife said. More>>
Washington County Tennessee Commissioners approved a resolution Monday morning, banning the use of e-cigarettes or "vaping" inside county owned buildings. This is one of the first regulations put in place regarding vaping in the Tri-Cities.Violators could face a fine of up to $50. More>>
Brooke Thornburg (Source: Elizabethton Police Department) A woman was indicted this month by a Carter County grand jury for alleged aggravated statutory rape.The Elizabethton Police Department says on May 18, it began an investigation allegations that 32-year-old Brooke Thornburg engaged in sexual relations with a 15-year-old boy. More>>
Parts of Kingsport were slammed with hail. We looked through dozens of viewer photos, showing some hail pieces the size of golf balls.
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Hamas and Israel blamed each other for an explosion at a Gaza park Monday that killed at least 10 Palestinians - including nine children playing on a swing - in a horrific scene that underscored the heavy price civilians... More>>
In a story July 26, The Associated Press reported that Latoya Caldwell, a mother of four from Kansas City, Missouri, who earns $7.50 an hour at a Wendy's restaurant, said she works six days a week to get 40 hours and... More>>
The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it is proposing a $12 million civil fine against Southwest Airlines for failing to comply with safety regulations related to repairs on Boeing 737 jetliners. More>>
A bipartisan deal announced Monday would authorize about $17 billion to help veterans avoid long waits for health care, hire more doctors and nurses to treat veterans and make it easier to fire executives at the Department... More>>
Medicare's financial future is looking brighter despite a growing wave of baby boomers reaching retirement. More>>
Monday cleanup began for families and some local businesses that were destroyed or damaged in Sunday night's storm.Many of you sent in pictures and videos of storm damage near you. The hardest hit seemed to be homes and residential areas, but we did receive one report of damage to a business in Gray at the Station Square.Businesses there include Anytime Fitness, and there was also damage next door at the Miner's Exchange Bank.The property owner David Psimer told us the entire roof has to be r... More>>
Aerial view of area storm damage (Source: Ted Overbay via Twitter) News Channel 11 was in the skies Monday with Wings Air Rescue accessing the damage in Sullivan and Washington counties after Sunday evening's tornado outbreak. Many of you contributed to our news coverage by being our reporters in the field. More>>
The fight for penny pinchers is intensifying. More>>
If you’re interested in America’s hottest new burial trend, you should start planning now. Even if you’re not, you should plan ahead, said a spokesman for the National Funeral Directors Association. Green burials, which the burial site is as natural as possible and limit pollution, now constitute about 2 percent of funerals in the U.S.
Storm damage in the Wiltshire Subdivision in Gray, TN Folks who live on Wiltshire Drive in the Boone’s Creek community surveyed the damage left behind after Sunday’s storms. Almost every house on the street sustained some kind of damage. More>>
Lightning (Source: George "Mo" Moore, Kingsport, TN) Communities across East Tennessee have begun cleaning up after powerful storms raked across the state destroying at least 10 homes. More>>
The search is on for the Ozark man police say kidnapped a woman and child from their home at knife point and sexually assaulted them. More>>
Brooke Roberts, 30, was last seen Monday at the Harper’s Point Apartments in Murfreesboro where she works. Her SUV was found at the nearby Cason Trailhead greenway. More>>
JCPB crews were working to restore power to nearly 1,000 customers.
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A local is on her way to Miss Teen U.S.A. 16 year-old Morgan Moseley will head to the Bahamas this week to represent the state of Tennessee in the Miss Teen U.S.A. Pageant. Moseley participated in the Miss Tennessee Teen U.S.A. representing eastern Tennessee. in the end she was chosen to represent our state in this nationwide pageant... Moseley tells us this will be her biggest pageant yet with 51 other girls vying for the crown-- and she's putting in plenty of practice..."I have been having ... More>>
When it comes to preventing the spread of germs, maybe the president is on to something with his fondness for fist bumps. More>>
A 20-year-old man died Sunday after lightning struck or rattled 13 people at a popular Los Angeles beach and a golfer on Catalina Island during summer thunderstorms that swept through Southern California, authorities said. More>>
Video sent into us by a viewer shows a tornado moving swiftly through the Rock Springs Road area in Kingsport. In the blink of an eye, that tornado left one home in pieces.
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Israel and Hamas launched new attacks Sunday in the raging Gaza war, despite going back and forth over proposals for a temporary halt to nearly three weeks of fighting ahead of a major Muslim holiday. More>>
Frank Thomas choked back tears, Joe Torre apologized for leaving people out of his speech and Tony La Russa said he felt uneasy. More>>
With a tinge of gray hair at his temples, his hat on backward and his two young children by his side, Jeff Gordon celebrated as if he was 23 years old again. More>>
Ukrainian armed forces mounted a major onslaught against pro-Russian separatist fighters Sunday in an attempt to gain control over the area where a Malaysia Airlines plane was downed earlier this month. More>>
Local emergency management agencies are getting ready for the severe weather forecast for our area.Nes Levotch, Director of Washington County, Johnson City Emergency Management Agency, said the agency has been making preparations all day. He said he's advised first responders and the TWRA to get their boats off local lakes.Levotch said Washington County, Johnson City EMA has been in contact with the National Weather Service to monitor the storms moving our way."We have not activated our emerg... More>>
Amid the costumes and fantasy of this weekend's Comic-Con convention, a group of young women drew widespread attention to a very real issue - allegations of sexual harassment at the annual pop-culture festival. More>>
The shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner completed its final journey, reaching Genoa on Sunday where it will be scrapped. More>>
News Channel 11's Lauren Haviland sits down with Appalachian School of Law Professor Stewart Harris. More>>
The “BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR” is for all school age children. More>>
Photo courtesy: KOINA Portland cop is getting free coffee from a user of the online community Reddit after reuniting him with his bike, KOIN reports. More>>
According to investigators a family of four is displaced and a 20-year-old is in jail after driving his car into their house. More>>
Picture courtesy: WATECharges have been filed against a male suspect in the case of the early morning shooting on Cumberland Avenue, according to WATE More>>
A man dressed as Spider-Man was arrested on charges he slugged a police officer who told him to stop harassing tourists in Times Square. More>>
An American doctor working with Ebola patients in Liberia has tested positive for the deadly virus, an aid organization said Saturday. More>>
Hamas resumed rocket fire Saturday on Israel after rejecting Israel's offer to extend a humanitarian cease-fire, the latest setback in international efforts to negotiate an end to the Gaza war. More>>
As of Saturday morning the bridge that runs over Reedy Creek in Kingsport has a new title, Specialist Four David Lee Hann Memorial Bridge.A salute to the U.S. Army Soldier who went to Dobyns-Bennett High School, and volunteered his service in the U.S. Army. His life was cut short, making the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom during the Vietnam War. The ceremony on Saturday included a Missing Man Table Ceremony. It also recognized Hann's family members, including his brother Paul, and sister ... More>>
Three buildings are being called a total loss after a fire started in an outbuilding south of Kingsport.
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Traveler Gina Hyams caught a massive cloud-to-ground lightning strike while on a flight Thursday.
Traveler Gina Hyams caught a massive cloud-to-ground lightning strike while on a flight Thursday.
Astronaut Alexander Gerst took a photo of the fighting in the Middle East from the International Space Station, calling it his "saddest photo" yet.
Astronaut Alexander Gerst took a photo of the fighting in the Middle East from the International Space Station, calling it his "saddest photo" yet.
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