Bristol, Virginia News

The Birthplace of Country Music Alliance has erected a giant banjo - the “Banjometer” to gauge progress towards a cultural heritage center.

The Greene County Partnership announced that the Link Hills Country Club will host the 2011 and 2012 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Women’s Golf Championships. Officials expect visitors to bring in a quarter million dollars each week.

A woman convicted of second-degree murder more than two years ago will get a new trial this summer.

Convicted cop-killer Nikolaus Johnson may be on death row, but he’s still finding a way to communicate with the outside world using Facebook.

The Senate and House Judiciary Committees approved legislation this week to attack a major source of illegal drug activity in Tennessee. 

Michael Douglas Barton, age 25, was sentenced for manslaughter and child abuse in the Scott County Circuit Court on Tuesday, March 9.

According to a police department news statement on the indictments, the group’s drug of choice was dihydrocodeinone, a schedule II opiod generally prescribed for pain relief. Thomas said the indictments came after an investigation that lasted several months. They anticipate additional indictments shortly.