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.

The presence of so many at the memorial service Monday for the University of Virginia’s College at Wise’s Chancellor David Prior speaks to the relationship between Prior and his college community, one speaker said.

District Attorney General Tony Clark and Defense Attorney Jim Bowman said they do not plan to request a change of venue.

 In very ambiguous terms, Abingdon town leaders discussed the possibility Monday night that a long-awaited sports complex project could be nearing reality.

Closing the branch library, one of the city’s seven fire stations or one of four community centers were all mentioned as ways to close Danville’s estimated $1.9 million budget gap during a special work session held Monday night.

The latest effort for wine to be sold in Tennessee grocery stores died because the bill did not have a senate sponsor. However, the local representative sponsoring this bill says the fight's not over, and his opponents in liquor stores are prepared to stand their ground, as well.

State Representative Matthew Hill is pushing a bill that will exempt sales tax from funeral merchandise.

Senate Bill 323, which repeals Virginia’s “one-gun-a-month” law and was sponsored by Sen. Bill Carrico (R-Fries), passed the State Senate