Jacob Richardson, 18, woke up at 7 a.m. and practiced for four hours.
“You know they switched the cookies and changed the size of the chips,” he said looking down at the neatly labeled items on the checkout counter.
Richardson won the state bagging competition last year and is trying to be the first ever, two-time state winner in Food City history.

A former Northwood High School teacher pled guilty Tuesday in Smyth County Circuit Court to 17 felony counts of a sexual offense against a girl who was a student of the school when the incidents occurred.

The sound of sirens echoing through North Fork River Road in Washington County signaled the end of a three-day manhunt.
Four people were captured, three of whom were arrested, in connection with the shooting of a Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office deputy around 8:30 Sunday morning off U.S. Highway 19. Additional charges in regards to two armed robberies in Tazewell County are pending.

Sherman Lamie walked into The Harvest Table, opened the menu and saw his name. 
He’s not the only local farmer with his name there. There are a handful of others.
About 15 years ago, Lamie found three cushaw squashes growing in his back garden. Though he didn’t know how they got there, he saved the seeds, and every year raised a new generation of the squash to make pies. His cushaw/butternut pie became a family favorite. This year, however, you don’t have to be a family member to get a taste. Anyone eating at The Harvest Table, which opened last month in Meadowview Square, can enjoy it. At least for as long as squash is in season.

The wood is worn between the first three frets and the shell inlay, grooved from decades of metal grinding on wood.
The neck itself is thin from a hand slipping back and forth.
Across the right corner, in a small, neat and faded script, reads, “Sincerely Jimmie Rodgers.”

For several years, Washington County’s school system has hoped to add on to several buildings, and for several years the funding has been elusive.

“Step right, rock forward and quarter turn to the left,” Susie Buckner melodiously instructed a room full of students, young and old, who kicked up their heels Friday evening as they learned the basic steps of line dancing. 

It was a sunny day, bright and clear. The surf beat against the hull of the USS Missouri. The world around the battleship was tranquil and serene.
Thousand, though, teemed on the deck. Some had duties. Many others had cameras. Nearly everyone felt a deep sense of impending peace. 

The town-owned Bayer Property was the focus of Monday’s Damascus Town Council meeting, with the volunteer fire department looking for land and a council member hoping to charge those who camp there during Trail Days.

County events planned through November aim to not only get people reading, but talking, too.
“If you’re reading, your mind is thinking and putting pieces together and then talking about what you’re reading is much more broadening,” Washington County Library Director Charlotte Parsons said. “It encourages people to think about what they’ve read because you have to do some reflection before you can articulate your thoughts. TV, on the other hand, is very passive; it just happens to you.”