Danville City Council closed a loophole in its animal control ordinance Tuesday that had allowed some people to beat a charge of allowing their dog to run at large.

"This motion to dismiss is denied," Judge Jon Kerry Blackwood announced just before 11 a.m. 

The Johnson City Board of Education is making its opposition to part of Governor Bill Haslam's education reform plan be heard loud and clear.

Another local state representative wants to level the playing field when it comes to state taxes levied on golf course operators.

A ‘suspicious package’ reported at Stonewall Jackson Elementary School earlier this afternoon turned out to not be a threat.

The Virginia Senate has passed legislation to toughen the state's law against texting or emailing while driving.

On Feb. 7 officers of the Johnson City Police Department arrested Mickey K. Walker, 28, of Johnson City Tenn.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday declared California's same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, putting the bitterly contested, voter-approved law on track for a likely appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development announced today that Chevrolet Volt purchasers are now eligible for the state’s $2,500 electric vehicle (EV) rebate.

Just released January data collected by the National Precursor Log Exchange (NPLEx) reveal impressive results for Tennessee in blocking unlawful sales of pseudoephedrine (PSE) at the sales counter. Sponsors of the law are touting the results as proof Tennessee is at the forefront of the fight against meth.