Many high school girls aspire to clothe themselves in an array of expensive dresses and tackle world issues with an opinionated smile made possible only with the help of over-the-counter tooth whiteners while a panel of judges meticulously analyze their every step and breath.

There wasn’t that much contention at last week’s candidate forum for District C School Board and Board of Supervisors candidates considering only incumbant Bucky Boone for School Board and incumbant Kenneth Reynolds for Board of Supervisors showed up. Their opponents Belinda Cole for School Board and William Gibson for Board of Supervisors were absent. 

Jacob Richardson, 18, woke up at 7 a.m. and practiced for four hours.
“You know they switched the cookies and changed the size of the chips,” he said looking down at the neatly labeled items on the checkout counter.
Richardson won the state bagging competition last year and is trying to be the first ever, two-time state winner in Food City history.

Restaurant set to open on Nov. 5

Thompson vs. Russo

Preliminary hearing set for Dec. 14 and attorneys appointed for all four

A former Northwood High School teacher pled guilty Tuesday in Smyth County Circuit Court to 17 felony counts of a sexual offense against a girl who was a student of the school when the incidents occurred.

Mount Rogers Shelter Home is back in business, welcoming its young residents for their first night on Friday, opening for public tours Sunday. The open house was a celebration of renewal and of the staff and residents’ safe escape last winter of an upstairs bedroom fire.

Cash taken from Wytheville business

Woman struck by rock slab