On Jan 15 asset protection officers at Wal-Mart, located at 3200 Ft. Henry Dr., reported that a white male took a Sony 46” television and left the store without paying for it.

On Jan. 28 the Elizabethton Police Department and the Department of Children’s Services began an investigation into an assault of a 16-year-old juvenile male by Maison Little.

Laura Keeble of Bristol, Va., was the winner of the Mountain States Foundation’s 2012 Spirit Gala raffle. Her prize, provided by Champion Chevrolet Cadillac, was any one of three new cars or $25,000 in cash, and she chose the cash.

On Monday, Feb. 6 at 1:45 p.m. officers of the Johnson City Police Department arrested Galven J. Siler, 19, of Knoxville, Tenn. and charged him with possession of a schedule II drug for resale, possession of schedule VI drug for resale, unlawful possession of a weapon, theft of property under $500, possession of unlawful drug paraphernalia and possession of an item with altered serial numbers.   

The Bristol, Va., School Board will continue holding a series of monthly lunch meetings at its schools.

Two Bluff City men with the same address on Pleasant Grove road face child pornography charges, while one was also earlier charged with child rape.

Steven Smith, president and CEO of K-VA-T Food Stores, has received the Sidney R. Rabb Award for his service to consumers, the community and the supermarket industry.

A sign inside the Mountain Empire chapter of the American Red Cross serves as a motto for all who work there: Blessed are the flexible because they don’t get bent out of shape.

 City school leaders hope more funding is coming from the state because they expect a shortfall for their fiscal 2012-13 budget.

Bristol Virginia Police Department

Feb. 2

 A man who was “in the middle of getting a tattoo” stopped and “went outside and left.”

 A Mary Street woman said someone was “trying to break into” her apartment around 9:30 p.m.