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ROGERSVILLE — Two infants were located in the backseat of a stolen Volvo late Saturday after police received a tip that a man wanted on multiple Hawkins County arrest warrants would be driving that vehicle near Stapleton Lane in Rogersville.
Around 11:47 p.m., Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Anthony Crosby located the 2006 Volvo, which was reportedly being driven by Dusty Logan Smith, 30, 140 Beck Lane, Bulls Gap, near Holston Hills Apartments on Stapleton Lane.

CHURCH HILL — Two Kingsport residents were charged with child abuse and drug possession last week after heroin and meth were allegedly found in their motel room while their children were locked outside.
Around 8:40 p.m. Thursday, the Church Hill Police Department received an anonymous tip that the occupants of Room 114 at the Church Hill Inn, 1142 Volunteer Blvd., were using drugs in their room while their children, ages 7 and 11, were locked outside.

After a couple of weeks on the winding road, Chad Finchum is glad to get back to Bristol Motor Speedway.
The Knoxville driver is entered into Friday’s Food City 300 for the NASCAR Xfinity Series. BMS is both Finchum’s home track and favorite track, a place where he won in the NASCAR K&N Series in 2016.
It’s also a welcome change of pace to be on a high-banked short track, which the 24-year-old grew up racing on. He’s coming off back-to-back races at the road courses at Watkins Glen and Mid-Ohio, where he ran limited laps in the Carl Long-owned No.

BLOUNTVILLE — The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office’s K9 program has a new “bite suit” thanks to Food City. Such suits are worn by deputies during “apprehension” training with K9s.
Sheriff Jeff Cassidy said Food City’s representatives reached out to his office after Sgt. Steve Hinkle died in the line of duty earlier this year, asking what the company could do to help honor the fallen officer.

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Just like in an actual race, Kyle Larson has put some separation between himself and the drivers near the cutoff line for the playoffs heading into Saturday’s Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Larson, the driver of the No. 42 Ganassi Racing Chevrolet, ranks 13th in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series standings, 71 points ahead of 17th-place Daniel Suarez and 77 ahead of seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson.

JONESVILLE — Cumberland Gap used balanced scoring to dominate the field Tuesday on the way to winning the 28th annual Farmers & Miners Bank Invitational golf tournament at Cedar Hill Country Club.
Led by a 2-over-par 73 from Carley Downhour and a 76 from Peyton Wilder, Cumberland Gap finished with a team score of 325 — 23 strokes ahead of second- place Chilhowie.
The rest of the field was much closer.
The runner-up Warriors, led by Noah Burr’s 85, had a 348 total. Marion (350) placed third and Castlewood (351) finished fourth, bolstered by Coleman Cook’s 78.

KINGSPORT — Four pitchers combined to limit Danville to five hits and the Kingsport Mets snagged a 3-1 Appalachian League victory over the Braves on Tuesday night at Hunter Wright Stadium.
The Braves (20-33) failed to get a hit over the final five innings. K-Mets pitcher Jefferson Escorcha (7-1) was good for four of those innings, earning the decision in the process.
Nick MacDonald struck out two of the three batters he faced in the ninth for his second save.

JOHNSON CITY — Kyle Petty sees NASCAR getting back on track.
After a decade-long drop in attendance and television ratings, Sunday’s race at Michigan drew a 1.81 television rating, the highest-rated cable Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race since 2017. It was also the highest-rated sports event of the weekend.
Both numbers are expected to increase Saturday with the running of the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Petty, whose 829 Cup Series starts rank sixth on the all-time list, sees people more excited about the sport than in a while.

Linda Carol Rose Crawford, 75, died on Tuesday August 6th, 2019 at 6:40 PM.
Her fight with heart failure is now over. She is at peace. Linda was born in Green CO. TN. June 18, 1944. She married Jack Crawford in 1963, forging a strong life together. She lived most of her adult life in Washington Co TN Sulphur Spring Community. She enjoyed making the home and farm run well, as was her way. Linda was a tenacious and compassionate daughter, sister, wife, mother and friend. She was a devoted family woman and an extra ordinary human being.