Sullivan County deputies say a Blountville woman is charged with aggravated child neglect after her 8-year-old son was admitted to the hospital weighing 27 pounds.
UPDATE: Narrows High School Principal, Brian Bowles, told News Channel 11 that the three students sent to the Bristol Regional Medical Center following Thursday morning's bus crash on I-81 in Washington County at mile marker 12 southbound were released from the hospital Thursday afternoon.
A Washington County, Tenn. grand jury has indicted a Johnson City man on charges related to February 2019 assault on the East Tennessee State University campus.
Bristol Motor Speedway announced plans Thursday afternoon to commemorate 40 years since Dale Earnhardt, Sr. took his first career win. It happened to be at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 1, 1979, during the Southeastern 500.
Reigning national champion Villanova will be in action along with Michigan, the runner-up from a year ago, while Belmont and Murray State open the NCAA Tournament as trendy upset picks.
Marie-Christine Williams was a 14-year-old girl living in her father's house in Kigali, Rwanda, on the day in 1994 when the Rwandan genocide began. She happened to be outside in the backyard when a death squad burst into her family's home. Hiding in the bushes, she listened in horror as the killers attacked her family members with machetes.
Tennessee's GOP-dominant House has approved an anti-discrimination business bill that some critics have deemed as dangerous for LGBTQ people. According to the bill, cities and state agencies would be banned from taking "discriminatory action" against businesses if they have internal policies in compliance with state law. However, critics counter Tennessee law does not have any anti-discrimination protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. They argue the bill...
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Thursday signed a bill to outlaw most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, about six weeks into pregnancy. During a ceremony at the state Capitol, Bryant said he's not worried about lawsuits as Mississippi prepares to enact one of the strictest abortion laws in the nation. The New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights calls it "blatantly unconstitutional" and says it will sue Mississippi to try to block the law from taking effect on July...
Bump stocks - the attachment used by the killer during the 2017 Las Vegas massacre to make his weapons fire rapidly like machine guns - will become illegal in the U.S. next week. It's the only major gun restriction imposed by the federal government in the past few years. Owners of the devices are anxiously watching the legal wrangling and wondering what to do. Their options are to destroy the devices, turn them over to federal authorities or risk getting caught and face a...
A North Carolina teen who went by "itslilhotgirl" on Instagram is accused of using the social media platform to sell marijuana. Citing a Durham County Sheriff's Office warrant, The Herald-Sun reports 18-year-old Hannah Lyne Peters posed online with what appeared to be a pound of marijuana and a pink-and-black semi-automatic rifle and would post stories advertising her wares. An informant twice bought from Peters and a deputy found marijuana in a car she was in March 5. She was released...
Researchers at East Tennessee State University are using group and one-on-one interviews to identify factors influencing fentanyl-related overdose risk in Central Appalachian heroin user communities.
BRISTOL, Tenn. (WJHL)- More than 30 minutes before an active shooter response class was set to begin Wednesday evening in Bristol, we found people already lining up to get in.
If you drive through Bullock's Hollow near Bluff City, there's a pretty good chance you'll smell barbecue. And if you follow the aroma, it will lead to a place called Ridgewood Barbecue.
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Dr. Enuf, a true Tri-Cities original, has been around for seven decades. The popular beverage hasn't changed much over the years, but its popularity certainly has.
