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Ramsey: Tenn. revenues won't rebound until 2014
Kingsport Times News
That doesn't mean we can start spending money left and right, but it hopefully means ... we are on the (economic) uptick,” Mumpower, a former state representative from Bristol, told the crowd at the breakfast hosted by Tri-Cities' chambers of commerce.


Count to help assess homeless needs in region
TriCities.com
ANDRE TEAGUE/BRISTOL HERALD COURIER - Claas Ehlers, director of affiliate services for Family Promise discusses the program Friday in Bristol, Tenn. Adam Douglas' piercing gaze and occasional smile belie pain that many in the Tri-Cities simply cannot ...

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Bartlett to tour E. Tenn. schools
DeSoto Appeal
By Clay Bailey Bartlett officials will head out on their own education field trip to the Tri-Cities region of East Tennessee early next week. With stops in Johnson City, Bristol and Kingsport, the entourage will try to get an inside look at the ...


Unemployment rates for Tennessee counties ... - TriCities.com
Locally the Tri-Cities regional reported a slight decrease in umemployment numbers, from 7.3 percent in November to 7.1 percent in December.


Unemployment down from last year in the US, Tri-Cities
TriCities.com
So not only are the December unemployment numbers down for the Tri-Cities the year to year comparison that Hipple spoke of shows that all eight counties in northeast Tennessee had a decrease in unemployment in 2011


2004 murder of a Tri-Cities resident to receive coverage on Discovery Channel
TriCities.com
Most have heard the story of Johnia Berry a man brutally murdered the Tri-Cities native in 2004 at her apartment in Knoxville. It took Knox County investigators nearly three years to make an arrest in the case before the suspected murderer could go to ...

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Bulli rapist's victims watch as he wins freedom Sydney Morning Herald As a young man, he terrorised the community of Bulli, on the NSW south coast, for 10 months in 1989 and 1990, and used a police radio scanner to avoid detection. His victims included 10 females, the youngest aged five, and an 11-year-old boy. Scanner: Police Seek Gray Prius Used in Roxbury Shooting Patch.com According to scanner reports, police are seeking a gray Prius with several people in it, believed to have been used in a shooting on Harold Street in Roxbury, just outside Jamaica Plain. By Chris Helms UPDATE, 1:04 pm — According to scanner reports, ... Man, woman reportedly stabbed to death in Bucks | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2012 ... Philadelphia Inquirer Police scanner reports say a suspect was taken into custody around 11 am The Morning Call newspaper reported that all all-points-bulletin issued in the fatal stabbings, which were reported around 6 am, indicated the victims were a man and a woman. Police charge estranged husband in Nockamixon double homicide Allentown Morning Call By Tracy Jordan and Pamela Lehman, Of The Morning Call State police on Friday evening charged a Bucks County man with a double homicide in the slaying of his estranged wife and her live-in boyfriend at their Nockamixon Township apartment. Springfield police probing machete attack on man MassLive.com The wound required staples to close, according to Springfield Police Capt Cheryl Clapprood. No arrests have been made. SPRINGFIELD – A man was treated at Baystate Medical Center after he was struck in the head with a machete during an altercation in ...

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Kingsport, Johnson City annual home prices at three-year high Kingsport Times News The annual average sales price for previously owned homes in the Tri-Cities' two largest housing markets ended 2011 at three-year highs. And, there are early signs that 2012 will be a better year for the local housing market.

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Bloomfield: Police Blotter, Jan. 26 NorthJersey.com A 42-inch Panasonic TV, a desktop computer and scanner were taken from Simply Self Storage on Jan. 18. * A thief took several pieces of jewelry from a Davey Street apartment Jan. 19 and left behind valuable electronic equipment. Police: Woman robs W. Toledo bank Toledo Blade Police are responding Thursday morning to a robbery at a Charter One bank in West Toledo. According to police scanner traffic, the bank, at 3230 W. Alexis Rd., was robbed at 9:08 am and handed a note to a teller demanding money. Sylvania Twp. police search for bank robber Toledo Blade A police dispatcher could only say the robbery occurred at Huntington Bank, 6655 W. Central Ave. A time was not available, but the dispatcher said crews were still at the bank shortly before 3 pm The suspect, according to police scanner traffic, ... Police search for man who robbed 'Boro credit union The Tennessean Murfreesboro police are at the scene of Cornerstone Credit Union, 1282 NW Broad St., this afternoon where, according to scanner traffic, an armed robber struck shortly before 1 pm today. The financial institution is immediate off West Northfield ...

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'Border Regions' residents oppose Kingsport annexation
Kingsport Times News
The annexation in question near the Interstate 26 and 81 interchange has been dubbed the Border Regions annexation — 344 acres including property off Eastern Star Road, along Mitchell Road, and near the Tri-Cities Crossing exit.

Tri-Cities Regional Area Medical Clinic set for April at BMSTriCities.com
Some 2000 uninsured and underinsured residents – particularly those who need major dental care -- are expected to be treated during a Tri-Cities Regional Area Medical Clinic set for April at Bristol Motor Speedway, officials said Tuesday.


Another Washington County Tenn mom charged with ... - TriCities.com
Johnson City police charged a mother with child neglect. Officers say Angelina Cruzcortes left her sleeping five-year-old son alone in their apartment this ...

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Scanner Report: Restaurant Violence, False 911 Call, and 'No Evidence of a ...
Patch.com
This is the Scanner Report, detailing some police and fire incidents in the Valley and Los Angeles, overheard on the scanner. By Anthony Pardines Los Angeles Fire Department rescue units, Light Force 8 and Rescue 5 (ambulance) are responding to a ...


Canton police arrest two on drug charges
Peoria Journal Star
Bonds were set at $40000 for Lindsey and $75000 for Gent, who has a past conviction for selling crack cocaine, police said. Both remained in the county jail Tuesday. Officers seized the car, along with a police scanner inside the vehicle.


Tow truck operator honored for heroic ice rescue effort
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
When Nieman heard on the radio scanner that a car had gone off the road, onto a pond and through the ice, he immediately reacted, heading out to the scene. Those types of calls don't come every day -- maybe a couple of times a year -- but when they do, ...


Hingham Scanner Tales: Three arrested in Fort Hill St. house breakBoston.com
By Jessica Bartlett, Town Correspondent Three suspects were arrested by Hingham police on Tuesday after a resident called to report a housebreak that had just occurred on Fort Hill Street. According to police, the resident was driving to a relative's ... 

Island County Sheriff's Office and Oak Harbor Police Department | Island ScannerWhidbey News-Times
At 12:05 pm, a caller reported he needed to speak with the “6-foot-3 to 6-foot-4 chief of police who used to run the jail” to pass on information about a serial killer. At 10:06 pm, a Walker Road resident reported that her husband was “hitting on her. 

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Man who was shot on Bradley Avenue dies, police say
The Flint Journal - MLive.com
By David Harris | Flint Journal FLINT, Michigan -- Police say the man who was shot in the neck on Bradley and Reynolds has died. Police were called to the scene around 8 am Scanner reports indicated the shooting was accidental, but police have not yet ...

Quincy Scanner Tales: Police arrest Beverly man allegedly carrying 800 ...
Boston.com
By Jessica Bartlett, Town Correspondent Quincy Police and agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency arrested a large-scale Oxycodone distributor yesterday after getting a tip off from a local that he would be in the area. Police set up a perimeter around ...


Braintree Scanner Tales: Two arrested on heroin-possession charges
Boston.com
According to Braintree Police, detectives were watching Weston Avenue after receiving information of drug activity in the street. On Wednesday, police said they observed the two men and a 29-year-old Attleboro woman drive off from an address on the ...

2 dead in apartment shooting, police searching for suspected killers
Colorado Springs Gazette
According to emergency scanner traffic, police are searching for two men who may have been connected to the shooting. The men are believed to be driving a dark-colored Chevrolet Monte Carlo with a back window that may have been blown out.

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Snap-On plant expansion to add new jobs to county's workforce
Elizabethton Star
He noted that Carter County's proximity to automotive plants in North Carolina and SoutheastTennessee are improved by the Interstate 26 corridor which links the Tri-Cities to the Port of Charleston in South Carolina. “We're going to be the closest to ...


'Top Cities for Hospital Care' omits Nashville, lists TN peers
The Tennessean
Chattanooga ranked seventh, Knoxville placed 20th and the Tri-Cities came in at number 34 on a list released today by Health Grades Inc. The comparison is based on mortality and complication rates among Medicare patients.


Tri-Cities to host second Remote Area Medical clinic
TriCities.com
... Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. This event shows the compassion of our region at its best,” said Smiddy. For more information on Tri-Cities RAM call Helen Scott at 423.652.2516. An information line is also available for patients at 423.573.0695.


Nashville budget cuts could leave thousands of women without cancer screenings
TriCities.com
King is one of more than 1000 women in the Tri-Cities who rely on the program's free screenings and treatments every year. With possible funding cuts looming, the American Cancer Society is asking its volunteers to speak up. "They are right now, ...

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Greenville County EMS, Fire and Police Scanner Feeds Free Online ...
Why drop $400+ on a police scanner when you can find plenty of feeds streaming live of free on the web, via RadioReference.com. The site has scanner feeds ...


Bridgeton police probe armed robbery at South East Ave. market
NJ.com
By Greg Adomaitis/The News of Cumberland County The unknown suspect was an African American male with light-colored skin, according to police scanner reports. He hit the store located along South East Avenue with a red bandanna covering his face and ...


Suspect fires gunshot at officer during early Sunday morning chase
The Flint Journal - MLive.com
The man was arrested a short time later. There was a young child in the man's vehicle, but the child was not injured, the report stated. The scanner-listening Facebook group Flint Police Operations has audio of the scanner traffic at that time.


Weather to blame for several accidents
Effingham Daily News
Scanner traffic reported the pileup began with two vehicles, which had a domino effect on at least four other vehicles. Police reported via scanner that the area's two interstate highways weren't much better off. One of the first accidents reported ...


Quincy Scanner Tales: Attempted Dunkin Donuts robbery, Woman robbed on walk ...
Boston.com
By Jessica Bartlett, Town Correspondent Police are investigating reports of a robbery that took place at Dunkin Donuts on Franklin Street at 7:46 pm on Friday evening. According to police, the employee said two white males, ages 20-25, came into the ...


Police Hunting for Gunmen who Shot 6 at Teen Party
ABC News (blog)
On Saturday night, Gougeon heard gunshots and immediately spread word of the shooting on her Facebook group, conveying information she heard on her police scanner to her neighbors. ” I heard 10 shots fired pretty rapidly, and I guess there was a large ...

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City planners OK Old Mill Park, Tri-Cities Crossing annexations
Kingsport Times NewsThat annexation — dubbed the Border Regions annexation — includes approximately 344 acres in the Tri-Cities Crossing area of town. The targeted land is also the remaining property of a special taxation district that is outside the city limits ...


East Tennessee vet using Facebook to reunite lost pets with owners
The Republic
AP COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Tenn. — A veterinarian in East Tennessee has created a Facebook page to reunite lost pets with their owners. Andrew Proffitt says he started "Lost and Found Pets of theTri-Cities" about six months ago. He told the Times-News that ...

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Police investigating shooting in West Seattle
West Seattle Blog (blog)
9:59 PM: Police and fire are in the 4800 block of 35th SW after a report of a shooting. The scannersays the suspect vehicle MIGHT have been a blue BMW, license plate starting with 478, “last seen northbound on California.” Scanner traffic also ...


Scanner: Man with gun robs Brookline Village Gulf station
Wicked Local
By Staff reports A man with a gun in his pocket robbed the Gulf Station at 25 Washington St., this afternoon, according to the police scanner. The suspect is described as a white male, 5-foot-9, around 180 to 190 pounds, wearing a light blue ski mask, ...