Anthony Benfield News Today

ELIZABETHTON — Chad Anthony Benfield is scheduled to face another trial in Carter County, 11 months after his December trial in the death of 89-year-old Mary Nolen, who was his

Many of the top news stories of the year in Elizabethton and Carter County had something in common with the many of the top stories from the rest of the

ELIZABETHTON — After deliberating into Saturday afternoon, a Carter County jury found Chad Anthony Benfield not guilty of two counts of first-degree murder in the death of 89-year-old Mary Nolen.

ELIZABETHTON — Carter County jurors considering the fate of Chad Anthony Benfield will resume their work at 9 this morning after deliberating for more than five hours on Friday.

ELIZABETHTON — After deliberating for several hours on Friday evening and for several more hours on Saturday morning and afternoon, a Carter County jury found Chad Anthony Benfield not guilty

ELIZABETHTON — The long-awaited trial of Chad Anthony Benfield began in earnest on Tuesday, with seven witnesses testifying in a hearing that went on until after sunset.

Here are some of the high-profile local public safety stories in chronological order from 2020: April 12: Adam Joseph Decker, 34, told investigators that a 9 mm weapon he was holding went off accidentally while he and Kristi Breland were cooking dinner on Easter Sunday. Decker told 911 dispatchers he had accidentally shot his live-in girlfriend at 107 M Coffey Lane, located in southern Washington County just below the Nolichucky River near Erwin. Deputies arrived to find Breland, 30, dead in th...