The Sullivan County District Attorney's office may upgrade an attempted murder charge to murder.

 Boone, North Carolina Police say an Appalachian State student had a side job as a drug dealer.

North Carolina voted Tuesday to ban same-sex marriages with an amendment to the state's constitution.

“People in cars, trucks and buses are not looking for them,” said John Milliken, program coordinator for the Tennessee Motorcycle Rider Education Program. “Most are small, and get in the blind spot. People aren’t looking for that one headlight.”

The purpose of the drill is to test the emergency response protocols currently in place and make changes where necessary.

Five people spoke during the public comment portion of Tuesday night’s meeting, including two opposed to a plan that could raise the real estate tax rate 5 cents for fiscal 2012-13. Last week, Mayor Ed Harlow said the city’s draft $83.2 million budget includes the increase, which restores the rate to 99 cents per $100 of assessed value, from the current 94 cents. The previous rate was $1.05.

The free concert takes place at 7 p.m. Friday, May 18, at the pavilion by the lake at Steele Creek Park. The concert will feature Outta the Blue with the Holloway Sisters, a bluegrass band from Lenoir City, Tenn.

Three years after it was voted down by the Washington County Board of Supervisors, a controversial truck stop project has been revived.

The vote to discuss the matter in closed session was 4-3, with supervisors Randy Pennington, Wayne Stevens and Bill Gibson opposed.

A teen with a mohawk was “sitting in the middle of the road,” and “causing a traffic hazard.”