Chilhowie High School English teacher Phyllis McMurray always has her seniors write a valedictory speech before graduation. This year, she recalled, Alexander Charles Cole Blevins wrote about his plans to go to college, get a career, a wife, and a house. Blevins, 17, graduated June 8, but this Sunday afternoon he was killed in a fatal car wreck. 

Keeping track of the vast wildlife activity surrounding the 2,175-mile-long Appalachian Trail is a gargantuan task.

A tractor-trailer wrecked near Exit 47 at Marion just before 9 a.m. Tuesday, injuring its driver and blocking southbound traffic for hours. At noon, traffic was backed up to the Groseclose vicinity.

Around 3 p.m., the teenager lost control of his 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier, hit an embankment and was ejected from the car. He wasn’t wearing his seat belt, according to Virginia State Police spokesman Sgt. M.T. Conroy.

In late October 2006, this grand jury handed down indictments on more than 200 drug charges against 101 individuals…

Through Wednesday, Aug. 15, local departments of social services throughout the Commonwealth will accept Cooling Assistance applications as part of the Virginia Department of Social Services’ (VDSS) Energy Assistance Program.

Municipalities are ever vigilant for ways to increase revenues, especially those receivable through residents’ annual taxes and fees. Accepting credit card payments is one way to make payment of obligations easier for people who do personal business online, or use plastic instead of cash and checks.

Capers! (proper noun): a new fine-dining restaurant in the General Francis Marion Hotel