As Tennessee teachers face their first year of new state evaluations, many are seeking the advice of a local professor and author about how to make the most of their classroom.

The man who was on trial for the shooting death of Johnny Flando Calloway in what the state called a “drug robbery gone bad” was acquitted of murder Thursday but got 17 years in prison for robbery and firearms charges.

A Thursday afternoon fire blamed on unattended cooking damaged a home in North Danville.

On Wednesday, Feb. 8 at approximately 10 p.m. officers of the Johnson City Police Department arrested Joshua D. Campbell of Elizabethton, Tenn. charging him with identity theft and simple possession. 

A Tennessee woman who spent more than $30,000 of an elderly woman’s money pled guilty this morning in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon.

The Tennessee Valley Authority announced Thursday an organizational realignment to deliver on its Vision to be a leader in providing low cost, cleaner energy.

FINCASTLE – The James River wrestlers won their fourth straight Pioneer District wrestling tournament when the Knights edged Parry McCluer last week, 158-154. Both schools had six district champions as River hosted the three-team tournament in Buchanan. Covington was third with 96 points. “I knew the score was going to be really close, even before the [...]

A passing car collided with a construction worker on Highway 75 this afternoon in Sullivan County.

FINCASTLE – The Lord Botetourt girls clinched the Blue Ridge District regular season championship with wins over Staunton River and Alleghany last week, pushing their winning streak to 14 straight games. Botetourt has clinched a berth in the Region III, Division 4 tournament and will be the top seed in the BRD tournament next week. The [...]

Jerry Wayne Gwynn Jr. was sentenced to 17 years in prison Thursday by a Pittsylvania County Circuit Court jury. The jury previously found him not guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Johnny Flando Calloway.