Parrotheads will recognize Peter Mayer’s name from his nearly 20 years with Jimmy Buffett on lead guitar. Others may know he has stepped out to form his own band, The Peter Mayer Group. Both audiences and anyone who appreciates virtuoso musicianship will want to know Mayer will be in Marion tomorrow, performing at The Lincoln Theater on Sunday, May 18, at 3 p.m.

Eighteen children are donning the masks and capes of superheroes. They all profess to possess a super power they believe will help them in the battle against one of humanity’s fiercest enemies, cancer.

Former Chilhowie Police Chief Dwayne Sheffield was sentenced May 1 in Washington County Circuit Court to one year in jail on a charge of distributing methamphetamine.

Most of the stacks of copper red glazed plates in Nancy Lamb’s cupboard are more than 50 years old. Few if any have chips.
“They’re sturdy,” she said taking a dish down and rubbing it.

Writer/director Rick McVey didn’t expect much when he and a few fellow Barter actors made “Freedom.”
It was an experiment, he said, to see if they could make a movie. Turns out they could. In fact, they could and did make a successful movie. 

Most folks feel a drought with restrictions that might include fewer car washes, turning off the faucet while brushing, that sort of thing.
Dairy farmers, though, feel a drought in the wallet. 

When John Shields and Karen Urie talk, they tell a love story. The elements of devotion, respect, excitement and a leap of faith combine for a compelling tale of passion for one another and for food.

It promised from the get-go to be the most interesting of races.
And it didn’t disappoint.
It was race that handed a lopsided victory to one incumbent and showed two others the door. And it was a race, on the Town Council side, where a plurality amounted to 143 votes.

With no incumbents on the ballot, Glade Spring’s council race was anyone’s ballgame.
On Tuesday, it was Melissa Mitchell’s.

There was no question about who would fill the first Town Council seat up for grabs Tuesday.
Jason Berry, the challenger and director of the Virginia Highlands Small Business Incubator, was the runaway winner. The 31-year-old received a total of 652 of the 1,517 votes cast.