Students will go 35 minutes longer until further notice

Shain Collins sentenced to life plus 54 years for robbery of local store

Employees may face reduction in pay

No injuries reported

The same stories keep repeating themselves, Delegate Ward Armstrong said Saturday.
They’re the stories of people trying to make ends meet on reduced salaries being shocked by a $500 power bill. It’s the story of the woman wearing hats and gloves indoors to keep heating bills down, even as the bills continue to climb, taking 60 percent of her income. Or the one of the woman choosing to cut back on medicine. Or the woman who owns an unoccupied rental, using very little electricity to speak of yet still getting hit with a bill north of $300.

What’s Latin for spelling bee champion?
Davis Little has good reason to know the answer.
The Scott Memorial Middle School seventh-grader and county spelling bee winner credited part of his recent academic success to earlier study of the ancient language that plays a part in the words used today.

The Floyd County man has joined an international disaster relief organization. Photo by Colleen Redman

Antonio Rueda, 25, is being charged in connection with the death of Stephen Futchko, 49, who died at an area hospital after a fight with Rueda.

Several vehicle wrecks were reported, but no one was seriously injured.

A federal judge Monday indicated that he would let stand all three counts in a $10.35 million lawsuit filed by a Smyth County woman against the company that fired her.

A Los Angeles design studio run by a Sugar Grove native was chosen to create the stationery for the wedding of last season’s star of the ABC television show “The Bachelor.” 

If there has been debate in Richmond in years past over Smyth County schools qualifying for the pre-Labor Day opening waiver, the winter of 2009-10 has strengthened the division’s case.

When it comes to community service, Emory & Henry College is no slouch.
As a matter of fact, the school is now ranked in the top six in the country for lending a hand to those in need.
“This is quite a significant achievement,” said Emory & Henry Director of Public Relations Dirk Moore.
The college received The President’s Award, the highest federal recognition for commitment to service-learning and civic engagement.
Emory & Henry was picked from among 780 applications nationwide. This also makes the college the first Virginia college or university to be recognized as one of the top six Presidential Awardees since the Honor Roll was established in 2006.

Last week, Virginia representatives talked about a bill that would require medical clearance before a player is let back on the field.
The legislation, however, is old news in Washington County, where similar policies have been in place since November.
According to Washington County Public Schools Head Athletic Trainer Beth Funkhouser, area schools have been going off the National Federation of High School Association’s policy.
“It changed in early fall,” said Funkhouser.

A public hearing on the county budget is set for Thursday at 5:30 p.m.
The biggies in the county budget this year are potentially drastic reductions, due to state funding cuts, to schools, Constitutional Offices and the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority.
The fiscal year runs from July 1 through June 30. The county sets an annual budget and the state a biannual budget.

The same stories keep repeating themselves, Delegate Ward Armstrong said Saturday.
They’re the stories of people trying to make ends meet on reduced salaries being shocked by a $500 power bill. It’s the story of the woman wearing hats and gloves indoors to keep heating bills down, even as the bills continue to climb, taking 60 percent of her income. Or the one of the woman choosing to cut back on medicine. Or the woman who owns an unoccupied rental, using very little electricity to speak of yet still getting hit with a bill north of $300.

March 10, 2010

Going from social worker to elementary school teacher was an easy transition for Gwen Vicars. The change was prompted by her belief that an early education can prevent many of society’s problems.