Two bills favored by Virginia’s powerful gun rights lobby are likely to win easy house passage today.

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam's anti-crime package is advancing in the legislature.

A man convicted of murdering his mother-in-law in 1988 will not get a new trial.

On Tuesday, Feb. 07 officers of the Johnson City Police Department arrested Genaro Iannini, 45, and charged him with aggravated assault.

Best-selling author Adriana Trigiani and Chuck Todd of NBC News headline the Bristol Public Library's 2012 Discovery Series.

On Tuesday, Feb. 7 at noon officers from the Johnson City Police Department arrested Susan D. Long. 

“This has been a long time coming. It’s really taken awhile,” Bristol, Tenn., Mayor David Shumaker said during the groundbreaking ceremony. “We’ve got such a vibrant downtown now. Everybody’s worked so hard – both cities and the private sector -- have done so much to bring our downtown back, we want to make sure it’s protected now. This first project will make a huge difference. We want to keep the momentum going.”

Most members of Sullivan County’s Executive Committee expressed support Tuesday for current state law under which school superintendents are hired by local school boards rather than elected by the public.

The newspaper’s investigation revealed that working for the Saltville squad can be lucrative, even if just for a few hours of work a week.

CavitroniX, whose technology improves the efficiency of oil-fired boilers, is the second company brought to Washington County by the Southwest Virginia Clean Energy R&D Center, one of five energy centers developed under a Tobacco Commission initiative launched three years ago to build technology and manufacturing in the region.