Rob Chittum says he and his wife cannot risk waiting any longer for the state to pay them for their services. The Chittums own Behavior Solutions, a TennCare-approved health care provider that offers its services to kids with autism. Last month, Behavior Solutions stopped offering its TennCare-funded in-home service to clients.

Law Allowing Gun Permit Holders To Carry Weapons Into Bars And Restaurants Was Overturned By Chancellor.

Southwest Virginia needs another power plant, said Del. Bud Phillips, D-Castlewood, who announced at Monday’s Southwest Virginia Legislative Forum that he’s working to bring a natural gas-fired power plant to the region.

A man was killed by gunfire in an apartment complex near Appalachian State University over the weekend in Boone, NC.

Governor Bredesen first hoped to expand the Pre-K program, but in a report commissioned by the State Comptroller’s Office says the positive impact of Pre-K diminishes as years pass. 

The Elizabethton Police Department continues their investigation into an early morning armed robbery, which they say involved a gun.

The Republican sweep in Virginia is about to become official.

Gov. Timothy Kaine plans to meet with a state panel to discuss the prospects for Virginia’s strained
budget.

Tennessee Children’s Services Commissioner Viola Miller says proposed additional cuts by Gov. Phil Bredesen would be “very painful.“

AAA expects more Virginians on the highways this Thanksgiving weekend.

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For Washington County sheriff’s deputies, it was a move from worn-down tile, water-damaged walls and cramped, mismatched offices to a Taj Mahal.

Public health officials were breathing a collective sigh of relief this week as new data shows the latest swine flu outbreak might be coming to an end.

It’s 4 p.m. on a Wednesday, and Mark Reynolds is watching the weather on a radar screen.

The Bristol Blotter

On November 5th, a gunman shot Spc. Fred Greene to death.  His family would have moved to Fort Hood Texas eight days later.  Greene’s wife had already sold their house, quit her job, and notified schools.

The country of Iran was in the news earlier this year for the unrest borne out of a contested presidential election that pitted incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against a vocal opposition candidate, Mir-Hossein Mousavi.

Being rich, prominent or famous in no way gives assurance that you will not become a lost burial site in a cemetery somewhere. 
I am made aware of this fact as I stroll through our local cemeteries. Some, perhaps most of them, once had markers, but in one manner or another, they have disappeared.

Dr. Ralph Stanley doesn’t mince words in his new ‘Life and Times’ autobiography

“I Can’t Believe I’m Knitting!” Editorial Writer Susan McManus Johnson

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“Dream Big! O’s Guide to Discovering Your Best Life,” 2009, Oxmoor House, $29.95/$34.95 Canada, 320 pages

Open house to be held Nov. 28 at store

Improperly stored flammable liquids were blamed Saturday for a fire in a storage room at Logan’s Restaurant on Linden Drive in Bristol, Va.

Sequoyah Couoncil Boy Scouts fan out to collect food to help fight hunger

To win, the 46 teams needed to exercise more often than their competition, lose more weight and participate in just about all of the creative athletic events in the fitness competition staged Saturday at Tennessee High School’s track and pool on Saturday.

Hundreds gather for Christmas tradition

Alcohol may have been contributing factor in domestic shooting incident

The Nourses said their “road of heartache” has been long and rough, but community support has helped them along.

The train rolled in just after 3 p.m., with two special guests on board—Santa and country music icon Wynonna Judd.