Abingdon News

John E. Dreyzehner, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Cold War, bends down to examine a ribbon on a tree dedicated in his honor at the Veterans' Memorial Park in Abingdon.

DAVID CRIGGER/BRISTOL HERALD COURIER - Shade trees were a popular place to sit while watching the entertainment at Plumb Alley Day on Saturday.

On April 1, 2010, the Washington County, Va., Board of Supervisors voted to purchase a building in Abingdon to house county government offices.

Twenty-three professors and students from far southwest Virginia colleges will travel to Germany from May 18 - June 1 for the second Southwest Virginia International Business Study in Germany program.

Washington County, Virginia Sheriff Fred Newman tells 11 Connects that deputies are investigating the death of a 2-year-old girl.

Abingdon, Virginia has been named one of the Top 10 Cities for Historic Preservation by Livability.com, a national website that highlights more than 500 of America's best places to live and visit.

You folks in Virginia's 9th Congressional District would do yourselves well to learn the term "sustainability" as the United Nations defines it.

The former self-storage manager of Abingdon Mini Warehouses Inc. in Abingdon, Va., has been arrested for felony embezzlement on allegations that she took $34,000 from the business over a three-year period.

First Bank and Trust Co. has filed a lawsuit in Indiana's Hamilton County Common Pleas Court, alleging Fifth Third Bank was involved in a fraudulent check-kiting scheme.

A former southwest Virginia postmaster will spend a year and a day in prison for stealing more than $34,000 from the U.S. Postal Service.

Vandals have struck at an industrial park near Abingdon, Virginia, leaving broken glass and a lot of serious damage that needs to be repaired.

When Gov. Bob McDonnell hosted 14 CEO's and senior executives in Southwest Virginia last September he and Virginia's taxpayers rolled out the red carpet.

Deputies responding to a domestic argument arrived at a house on Azen Road to find it fully engulfed in flames.

Abingdon, Virginia is now home to campaign headquarters for Democrat Anthony Flaccavento who is hoping to represent Virginia's 9th Congressional District in Washington.

Before he signed documents Monday donating 72 acres and his former home toEmory & HenryCollege, Charles Bartlett gave the college president something much smaller a 3,000-year-old arrowhead.

Strike two goes to the Washington County Board of Supervisors, who once again thumbed their collective noses at the people they represent.

A big name is coming to Abingdon, Virginia this fall. We've learned entertainer Bill Cosby will be at the Barter Theatre on October 4th at 7:30 p.m. Cosby will appear at the fundraiser for Barter's Annual Fund for Artistic Excellence.

One way to get discounted printed comics is to actually work for a comic book store.

As an adult leader with the BSA for over 40 years and a Navy Vet. I know of no better start for our youth then through Scouting.

Make the most of it by catching Parsons on May 10 at O'Mainnin's in Bristol, Tenn.