🌱 How deputies stopped a Sullivan County jail walk-off in six minutes

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• How deputies stopped a Sullivan County jail walk-off in six minutes

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• Thursday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 79 and low of 48 degrees.
• Friday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 77, low: 53.
• Saturday: Some rain in the afternoon, with a high of 67 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Inmate captured within minutes of leaving Sullivan County Jail (wjhl.com) — An inmate briefly walked out of the old section of the Sullivan County Jail in Blountville on Wednesday morning but was caught within six minutes along Highway 394, and officials say the public was never in danger. The 20-year-old, already held on misdemeanor charges and an immigration detainer, was quickly returned to custody as the incident remains under investigation.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Bristol

• Build Your Apparel Brand (thehackersparadise.com)
• Two-decades old Bristol cold case concludes with guilty verdict in Sullivan County court (969wxbq.com)
• Concerns grow over Avoca Library future (wjhl.com)

Kingsport

• Registration open for Intermediate Pickleball Classes – Kingsport, TN (kingsporttn.gov)

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