Ballard Lee Court dedicated on Friday.

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The newly named floor at Virginia High is named after longtime coach Ballard Lee.

New Chief in Town

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New Bluff City Police Chief Greg Depew

DB still winning at Arby's

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DB #22 Devaun Swafford goes up for two with IRMO #25 Detrek Browning.

Basketball and School together

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Urspring High School (Germany) players and students study Geometry, History and German on Thursday during some down time at the Holiday Inn in Bristol, Va. The team is on vacation and will not start classes again until Jan. 9th. however, the team still has study time while traveling in the US playing basketball.

Charlotte Christian over Cherokee

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Charlotte Christian #5 Ben Richter shoots over Cherokee #23 Ethan Hagood.

Mentor over Greater Atlanta Christian

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Mentor #14 Danny Wallack shoots past Greater Atlanta Christian #4 Troy Morrison.

Urspring (Germany) over Fort Myers in Arby's.

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Urspring #94 Sid-Marlon Theis looks to pass.

Tennessee High plays Arby's

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Tennessee High School #24 Adam Mitchell.

Merry Christmas

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Gary Crum from St. Paul, VA. took two hours out of his busy schedule to play Christmas Carols on his Concertina (squeeze box) along State Street on Thursday. Crum has been playing for 4 yrs. and with the white beard and red and white clothing he was playing 20 of his favorite carols to people walking or driving downtown as he looked a lot like someone else who will be visiting the area this weekend.

Patrick Henry over Union Thursday

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Cadence Wilmoth drives downcourt leading her team against Union High School. Wilm­oth scored 20 points in Thursday’s game.

Slow moving on I81 this holiday

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Traffic will be slowed on I81 this holiday weekend as bridge work is being done on the North and South bound lanes at the 45 mile marker in Marion, Va.

Lee Foundation helps out families in Bristol, VA.

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Santa holds one of several food boxes that were given out to 7 families by the Lee Foundation on Wednesday. Toys were also given out.

Mac Store coming to Bristol!!

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Bristol Virginia announced Tuesday that CityMac Bristol is coming to the Downtown. Owners Needly and Jim Neu, left, and Mayor Ed Harlow announced with an iMac and apples with the CityMac logo on them during a called meeting.

VHS Girls over Abingdon on Tuesday

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VHS #3 Chelsea Delapp and Abingdon #44 Taylor Blevins

Virginia High takes charge of Abingdon

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Abingdon #24 Jacob Meade looks to pass between VHS #50 Alex Couch, left, and #5 Derrick Lee.

Helping the Generation Gap work together

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Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier..Jessica Stollings Strang stands in front of the displays that she helped put together for the new offices of Alpha Natural Resources in Bristol, Va.

Fun in the Sun

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Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier..Shon Vasquez drives his gas powered remote control ATV outside his house on Oakview Ave. in Bristol Va on Monday. He has been practicing driving for the past 3 mos. and still is trying to control the car which can reach speeds over 25 mph. The sunny day made for some good practice time.

Great lady and friend.

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Claudia Byrd, Exec. Director of the Bristol Chapter of Speedway Children's Charities, smiles during the 2011 Night of Smiles thursday.

New regulations may stop farming

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Austin Owens stands next to a creek that flows through one of his cow pastures near Cleveland, Va. New Gov't regulations may cause him to stop using this area due to runoff from the cows into the stream.

Coming down to make new Food City offices

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Progress is being made in the demolition of the old Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon, VA. This view shows the back of the building is being torn down.