The 14-year-old boy held in the shooting of a Groseclose truck stop clerk last week may be charged as an adult, and Southwest Virginia Mental Health Institute is reviewing its procedures in the tragedy’s wake.

Impact on Camelot project unknown

Petition seeks action in injured puppy’s treatment

David Krug thought the memories had been forever lost to this world.
His father, Paul William Krug, died in Texas in 2005, more than 60 years after he was part of the D-Day invasion.

David Krug thought the memories had been forever lost to this world.
His father, Paul William Krug, died in Texas in 2005, more than 60 years after he was part of the D-Day invasion.

When it rains, it pours.
After suffering through two months of severe drought conditions, Wythe County skies opened up late last week, dumping 5.23 inches on the county in a three-day period.

A pedestrian killed Sunday night on Chapman Road had not been identified as of Monday, according to Virginia State Police. The female was walking in the middle of the road, Sgt. M.T. Conroy said, when she was struck by an oncoming vehicle.

The countdown to Election Day 2007 is under way at the Wythe County General Registrar’s Office. The deadline for applying for absentee ballots is Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 4:30 p.m. and the last day to vote by absentee ballot in person is Saturday, Nov. 3, with the office open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

After meeting for the second time this month, county grand jurors have returned even more criminal indictments against local and out-of-state individuals.
Now that they’ve been indicted, the defendants will stand trial in Wythe County Circuit Court.

The two factions stared each other down, with just a sliver of ground between them.