ABC examiner issues decision

Less than an acre burns

Council to decide whether or not to approve proposed pharmacy

Just over a dozen people gathered in Marion Friday afternoon for the 53rd stop on Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling’s “100 Ideas for the Future of Virginia” tour. It was one of the smaller audiences on the tour that began in April and is set to go to 100 such meeting across the state.

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.

Bishop recalls the life of small-town racer

Bland County man killed in U.S. 52 wreck