Police say the younger brother corrected his dad when officers asked who was driving the van that crashed, revealing that a 10-year old had been behind the wheel driving 90 miles an hour moments before the Sunday crash. 

Keith Cate with sister station WFLA-TV in Tampa interviewed Republican VP candidate Governor Sarah Palin at a rally in Ft. Myers on Oct. 6, 2008 for an exclusive interview.  This is the unedited tape of that conversation.

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98.5 WTFM radio team is collecting braziers to get the Tri-Cities thinking about breast cancer and motivate women to get mammograms. The radio team plans to string the bras on the outside of their station in Kingsport Tuesday at 3p.m.

Some Tri-Cities homeowners awoke this morning to flooding in their front yards. It hasn’t rained in days in Johnson City, but along Forrest Avenue and Lowell Street, there is plenty of water.

The average price for a gallon of gas in the Tri-Cities is $3.54. That’s down four cents from Monday’s average of $3.58.

Tennessee district one congressional candidates face off Tuesday evening in a debate in Greeneville. It will be held at 7p.m. at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center.

Voter registration ended at 5 p.m. Monday, and local election officials in Virginia and Tennessee say the number of voters has risen in comparison to the 2004 election.

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A traffic advisory for drivers hitting the road Tuesday morning in Southwest Virginia.

West Market Street between Buffalo Street and Commerce Street will be closed to all traffic Tuesday from 8-30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

A Johnson City woman will appear in court today after Johnson City Police say she allegedly stole over $1,000 worth of property at a
Bi-Lo convenience store.

The Washington County School Board reaffirmed its policy Monday prohibiting the posting of students’ names with pictures on school Web sites.

The Abingdon Town Council did not vote on an agreement Monday night spelling out details of a joint sports complex with Washington County, opting instead to ask for another meeting with county officials.

City leaders said Monday they plan to restrict spending for the next two months to avoid any possible cash flow problems.

The only boat ramp along Netherland Inn Road in Kingsport has been closed for the last few weeks, and residents want to know why.

District 2 State Representative candidates talk about plans to fix the dangerous road.

Southwest Virginia soldiers deployed for Iraq today.

R.H. Donnelley in Bristol, Tennessee notified 46 employees they would lose their jobs. 

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Investigators are looking into what sparked a fire that tore through a Unicoi County house Monday morning. The fire sparked around 10:45a.m. on Anderson Chapel Circle in Unicoi County near the Carter County line.

Local tourism officials expect 25,000 visitors to pass through Washington County, Va., as they set out to see the leaves change colors this fall.

Time is running out to register to vote in the November elections. Monday is the deadline in Tennessee and Virginia. North Carolina’s deadline is Friday October 10th. 

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A Johnson City man will appear in court later today, accused of holding three men at gunpoint.

A Tri-Cities woman accused of wielding a knife and wounding a person will appear in court today.

“We’d see those shark fins swimming around us. They were as curious about us as we were them. A man would get a high fever from an injury. He would begin to hallucinate and imagine he saw an oasis. He would leave to swim to it and all of a sudden you would hear a blood-curdling scream and he would disappear. Then, his kapok [life] jacket would appear in a red pool of blood growing in the water.”
- Edgar Harrell

“It’s like playing poker. It depends on a lot of factors.”
- Ed Shoots, Virginia Department of Forestry’s Western Region

Beekeeper said he’s kept the insects as a hobby since the early 1980s and hasn’t heard any complaints about them from anyone in the neighborhood.

The slowing economy has had a varied effect on lottery ticket sales, said Virginia Lottery Executive Director Paula Otto.