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Tennessee Highway Patrol Adds Eight Experienced Troopers
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Eight officers who already wore a badge somewhere else are now Tennessee State Tr…

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Fall Windstorm Knocks Out Power to Tens of Thousands
National

SEATTLE, Wash. — The first strong fall storm of the season swept across Western Washington on Saturd…

Nov 8
Oman Evacuates 25 From Burning Tanker
National

MUSCAT, Oman — Omani forces pulled 25 crew members off a crude oil tanker that was hit and set on fi…

Oct 31
Spain High-Speed Train Crash Kills 68
National

URDA, Spain — Investigators in Spain are focusing on a decision made inside a Madrid rail control ro…

Oct 30
Three Killed as Two Helicopters Collide Near McMinnville
National

MCMINNVILLE, Ore. — Three people died Thursday afternoon after two helicopters collided in the air a…

Oct 30
TBI Probes Deadly Sullivan County Deputy Shooting in Kingsport
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. — State agents are now looking into a Sunday morning encounter in Kingsport that en…

Oct 26
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Bristol is in Sullivan County, Tennessee. Sullivan County Sheriff: Larry Bailey (Deputy Mayor / Director of Finance, Sullivan County).

Latest Bristol Public Safety News

  1. Tennessee Highway Patrol Adds Eight Experienced Troopers

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Eight officers who already wore a badge somewhere else are now Tennessee State Troopers, after the Tennessee Highway Patrol graduated its latest lateral class on…

  2. Fall Windstorm Knocks Out Power to Tens of Thousands

    SEATTLE, Wash. — The first strong fall storm of the season swept across Western Washington on Saturday night, toppling trees and leaving well over 80,000 homes and businesses…

  3. Oman Evacuates 25 From Burning Tanker

    MUSCAT, Oman — Omani forces pulled 25 crew members off a crude oil tanker that was hit and set on fire near the Strait of Hormuz on Friday,…

  4. Spain High-Speed Train Crash Kills 68

    URDA, Spain — Investigators in Spain are focusing on a decision made inside a Madrid rail control room after a high-speed train plowed into the back of a…

  5. Three Killed as Two Helicopters Collide Near McMinnville

    MCMINNVILLE, Ore. — Three people died Thursday afternoon after two helicopters collided in the air and fell into a farm field a few miles from McMinnville Municipal Airport,…

  6. France Puts 70,000 Police on Streets as Louvre Closes

    PARIS — France sent roughly 70,000 police and security officers into its cities Saturday for a fresh round of nationwide protests, a week after demonstrations over the cost…

  7. Flash Flood Sends Mud Past Golf Course, Swamps Homes

    HURRICANE, Utah — Southwest Utah’s city of Hurricane is under a local emergency after a burst of heavy rain Thursday sent a wall of muddy water down Gould…

  8. Magnitude 7 Earthquake in Tibet Kills 16, Injures 76

    NAGQU, Tibet — A powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked a remote, high-altitude stretch of China's Tibet region late Thursday, leaving 16 people dead and 76 others hurt, local…

  9. Deadly Fire at Canadian Army Base Began

    WAINWRIGHT, Alberta — The fire that killed four Canadian soldiers and hurt 39 more at an Alberta army base last week started on an automatic grenade launcher range…

  10. Deadly Fire at Canadian Army Base Wainwright Injures Many

    WAINWRIGHT, Alberta — An incident in a training area at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright on Saturday afternoon left people dead and injured and touched off a fire that…

  11. France Protests Turn Violent as Arrests Top 1,800

    PARIS — A nationwide day of marches over the cost of living and crumbling schools in France gave way to looting, arson and running fights with riot police…

  12. Truck Drives Onto Youth Soccer Field in Wichita, Killing 2

    WICHITA, Kan. — A pickup truck rolled onto a field during a youth soccer game at the Stryker Soccer Complex on Saturday afternoon, leaving a man, 35, and…