Bristol News

All of the pieces are in place for a new Boys & Girls Club in Bluff City for the next school year.

Old historic East Hill Cemetery, situated partly in Tennessee and partly in Virginia, contains a great variety of monuments.

Bowie wrestling coach Spike Fogle announced on Friday that seniors Brian Dorsey and Evalynn Reyna had signed with the wrestling programs at Duke University and King College.

Local political powerhouse, Bill Wampler, died Wednesday night at his home in Bristol at the age of 86.

News 5 has confirmed with a family member he passed away at his home in Bristol after a lenghty illness.

Johnny Frank Royston charged with the crime 18 months after he was paroled from prison, sent there for killing a girlfriend in 1998 Witnesses for the prosecution are testifying in the trial of a Sullivan County man accused of kidnapping, rape and attempted murder.

Sheriff Fred Newman says the toddler was found when officers responded to a call on Lee Highway just outside of Bristol on Monday night.

They tell the story of WCYB/Fox Tri-Cities' news anchor Rebecca Pepin's efforts to raise money for wounded veterans through her coffee table book Faces of Freedom and why the local Jersey Mike's in Bristol decided to help her with her efforts.

Gas prices are dropping. The price for a gallon of regular gasoline fell more than six cents in the past two weeks.

ALLIE ROBINSON/BRISTOL HERALD COURIER - Will Clark, a senior at Abingdon High School, paints his Keep Bristol Beautiful recycling barrel in a variety of colors.

BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. An inmate at the Sullivan County Jail was in critical condition at a local hospital after authorities found him injured in his cell.

He said the monument, which will be built at Darden Garden in Richmond's Capitol Square, is important because Virginia is one of six states in the United States that doesn't have a memorial for law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty.

Kacie Hauldren TTC Director Dean Blevins made the announcement welcoming Hauldren to the faculty.Hauldren received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from East Tennessee State University and Master of Science in Nursing degree from King College in Bristol.

The idea of a postal worker ripping open mail to hide a $34,368 embezzlement scheme did not sit well with U.S. District Court Judge James P. Jones on Wednesday.

The latest Tri-Cities labor market report is out, and according to Dr. Steb Hipple, professor of economics at ETSU, the Tri-Cities and the rest of the country had very different labor market results.

Bobby Ferguson of Chuckey, Tenn., grabbed the title at the May 12 Volunteer Division event on Douglas Lake with a total weight of 26 pounds, 11 ounces.

The current issue of Oxford American magazine, known as "the Southern magazine of good writing," is nicknamed the "Visual South Issue." In its 100 under 100 list, the magazine identifies "the most talented and thrilling up-and-coming artists in the South." This week, we're looking at five of the photographers on that list.

I had the opportunity to spend a couple of weekends with one of the NASCAR Nationwide Teams in Bristol, TN, and Richmond, VA.

ANDRE TEAGUE/BRISTOL HERALD COURIER - Nick Safay, regional manager for EcoLogical Energy Systems speaks during a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday morning as company president and CEO Marti Morenings, left, looks on.

You can certainly feel the power of the sun on one of recent sunny days. It's not only the heat but those rays can be used to make power.