Eighteen children are donning the masks and capes of superheroes. They all profess to possess a super power they believe will help them in the battle against one of humanity’s fiercest enemies, cancer.

May 14, 2008

Joseph Carr and his sister Marguerite Carr Gunn share a particular interest in last week’s shootings in the Dismal area near the Bland/Giles line. 

Their suspected attacker is gone, but the two fishermen who befriended a wiry killer and his dog last week in the Giles County woods are still carrying tangible reminders of their encounter.

Funding for the Mountain Home Center has gone national.

Marion officials unveiled a renovated water treatment plant Monday in a dedication keynoted by Congressman Rick Boucher, D-9th.

Former Chilhowie Police Chief Dwayne Sheffield was sentenced May 1 in Washington County Circuit Court to one year in jail on a charge of distributing methamphetamine.

Picketing United Auto Workers and United Defense Workers voted down a proposed contract offered by General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products Saturday, sending the strike into its fifth week.

Most of the stacks of copper red glazed plates in Nancy Lamb’s cupboard are more than 50 years old. Few if any have chips.
“They’re sturdy,” she said taking a dish down and rubbing it.

Writer/director Rick McVey didn’t expect much when he and a few fellow Barter actors made “Freedom.”
It was an experiment, he said, to see if they could make a movie. Turns out they could. In fact, they could and did make a successful movie.