A campaign is on here and in the other end of the state to break the vicious circle of diabetes and depression, and to offer the hope for a better life that treatment of both disorders can bring.

A former American Legion commander in a Wednesday court hearing admitted to bilking thousands of dollars from his organization’s bingo and gaming fund.

A Wytheville man was arrested Monday after allegedly holding people against their will at a Justus-Mills Road residence in Wytheville, according to the Wythe County Sheriff’s Office. Eric Leslie Newman, 35, of Wytheville, was charged with felony abduction, felony communicate a threat to destroy a means of transportation, misdemeanor assault of a household member and misdemeanor destruction of property.

Jack Weaver figures he’s been waiting on a train – or a train company, in his case – long enough.
So, come August, the owner of the historic Rural Retreat Depot plans to pull up stakes and chug out of town

Jack Weaver figures he’s been waiting on a train – or a train company, in his case – long enough.
So, come August, the owner of the historic Rural Retreat Depot plans to pull up stakes and chug out of town

An Ivanhoe cat had quite the present for its owners last week: Stuart Little.
Regina Sayers and her son, Philip, 17, returned home around 10 p.m. on July 9 to find the family’s gray tabby, Gunther, outside preparing for his familiar role of mouse executioner.
Gunther, though, wasn’t toying with any old brown or gray field mouse.

More doughnuts in the break room. Get rid of the boss. My co-worker needs deodorant. We need a raise.
These might be some of the recommendations you’d expect to find tucked inside your company’s padlocked suggestion box.

MUSTANG MAKEOVER: Lynn Decker is training Jimbo, a wild mustang, for the 2008 Extreme Mustang Makeover competition in Texas in September. She and her husband, Steve, own and operate Dream Weaver Farms in Crockett

July 12, 2008

Several new amusement rides for adults will be featured at the Wytheville Lions Club Charity Carnival next week. Catch N’ Air and Cliff Hanger from Cole Shows Amusement Co. will debut at the Al Jennings Athletic Field near the entrance to Wytheville Community College.