A Wytheville Main Street landmark and three related properties sold for more than $1 million at public auction last Wednesday. The R.P. Johnson & Sons building, the Williams Supply Inc. site, an adjoining lot and a vacant lot were auctioned separately.

Traveling across Europe, finding a wife, being a part of history in the making – serving in the military has suited Maj. Benjamin Bird just fine.
Bird, a 1991 George Wythe High School graduate, currently is at war in Iraq. But even difficult days in the scorching heat haven’t deterred his love for his job.

Traveling across Europe, finding a wife, being a part of history in the making – serving in the military has suited Maj. Benjamin Bird just fine.
Bird, a 1991 George Wythe High School graduate, currently is at war in Iraq. But even difficult days in the scorching heat haven’t deterred his love for his job.

A Bland County man has been charged in connection with a Thursday evening traffic fatality on U.S. 52 in Wythe County.
Virginia State Police Trooper J.G. Armstrong arrested Melvin Chadwick Compton of Bland late Friday night.

Two others await trial for last spring’s damage at Hankins Cemetery

Bland County man faces felony, misdemeanor

Bishop recalls the life of small-town racer

Bland County man killed in U.S. 52 wreck

The phone book says his name is Claude.
The old newspaper photo captions call him Cloyd.
But the moniker that brings a broad smile to the face of the gritty old racecar driver could just as easily be the name of a fluffy, white kitten.
Meet Snowball, Wythe County’s racing legend.

Traci Lynn Fricke and her friends Sandra Salyers and Anita Gee were headed from Huntington, W.Va., to Myrtle Beach, S.C., last Friday. On the way, they planned to stop in Charlotte, N.C., to visit Fricke’s brother.