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Elliston man gets 25-year sentence in DUI incident
A man who seriously injured four people in a drunken car crash was sentenced to 25 years in prison Tuesday. James Edward Rickman, ...
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Chamberlain retrial date set after mistrial
A Montgomery County man will face a retrial on an attempted capital murder charge this summer after a mistrial was declared earlier ...
Challengers elected to Bank of Floyd board
A North Carolina-based investor started a movement to bring change to the bank. Read ...
Christiansburg man found guilty of rape
The jury deliberated for several hours yesterday. Read more.
Magazine ranks New River Valley localities high among best places for jobs
Forbes magazine ranked the Christiansburg, Blacksburg and Radford metropolitan statistical area as fifth.
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The lucrative lure of liquor in Montgomery Co.
Sale of liquor by the drink, something that’s allowed in the towns of Christiansburg and Blacksburg but not in the unincorporated ...
Courthouse construction nearing finish
CHRISTIANSBURG – Court business in Montgomery County will soon be conducted with a makeover and more breathing room. The ...
Blacksburg man dies after falling from boat into river
Christopher Roderick Elliott, 51, apparently drowned, but an official report from the medical examiner’s office this week ...
Flashback: Tracking NRV history
1987 (25 years ago) - “Margaret Weis said she couldn’t remember what she talked about as guest of honor at last year’s ...
Jury finds for patients in medical malpractice lawsuit
A Roanoke Circuit Court jury decided that a mom and a daughter should get $9 million for the negligence of two New River Valley ...
Virginia Tech kicker reaches plea deal
Cody Journell will plead to a misdemeanor trespassing charge in relation to an incident from December, his lawyer Jimmy Turk ...
Three drug arrests made in Montgomery County
A search warrant executed in McCoy Tuesday turned up three meth-related arrests, according to Capt. Brian Wright with ...
Virginia Tech board to consider three tuition increase options
Montgomery County School Board agrees to leave vacancies open, charge athletics fee
A proposed two-day furlough for employees was dropped, slots in the Governor’s School were restored, and assistant principals ...
3 hospitalized after wreck in Montgomery Co.
A three-vehicle crash on Virginia 8 between Christiansburg and Riner in Montgomery County sent three people to hospitals Tuesday ...
General Assembly makes New River judge appointments
Montgomery County Commonwealth’s Attorney Brad Finch will be a juvenile and domestic relations judge. Read ...
Opposition forms to Blacksburg housing proposal
Nearly 200 people have signed a petition designed to block an off-campus student housing project in northwest Blacksburg proposed ...
Navigating the Ten Commandments legal quagmire in Giles County
At the urging of a federal judge, two sides with polar opposite views of posting the Ten Commandments in a public school will ...
