On today’s Dailies, Diana and I covered the following:
An elderly woman is dead, and three more were injured in a Church Hill apartment fire. Church Hill police say two men acted heroically during a fire at The Landings apartments in Church Hill Sunday afternoon, saving one man from a burning apartment. The men, both neighbors at The Landings, were attempting to rescue another woman from that same apartment when the victim’s oxygen tank exploded. We showed video from timesnews.net.
The Kingsport Farmers Market will be opening this week at its new home on the old Quebecor property, a location the farmers are excited about due to the high visibility of the site. The farmers market for years was located in the parking lot behind the Kingsport Public Library. Now, city staff have been working to relocate the farmers market to the old Quebecor property — specifically, the corner of Center and Clinchfield. The farmers market will open this Saturday, April 18, and as usual will be open Wednesday and Saturday mornings.
In other area news, Jessica R. Adkins was charged in Johnson City with first-degree murder in the death of her 2 month old daughter, Kaylie Adkins. The child’s father, Russell D. Long, was previously arrested and charged with first-degree murder on March 13. State senator Mike Faulk is pushing for a “Repeat DUI Offender†registry similar to the state sex offender registry people can check out on the Internet, and fund-raising efforts for the rebuilding of the High Knob Observation Tower that was destroyed by fire on Halloween of ‘07 have topped $108,000.
Here is the video: