Boones Mill News

Hayden Newell was rushed to a hospital three times before doctors were able to determine the cause of his severe and unpredictable allergic reactions.

Staff Photo by Joel Turner: Ruby and Galen Brubaker have received dozens of awards during the past six decades for their work in national, state and local organizations.

Students at Sontag and Snow Creek elementary schools became the first students in Franklin County to receive the H1N1 flu vaccine on Monday.

A trial for a Boones Mill man charged with two counts of welfare fraud that was scheduled for Wednesday in Franklin County Circuit Court was postponed until a psychiatric evaluation is completed on the man.

This cannot be happening again, Hayden Newell thought as the angry, red, ferociously itchy welts encircled his waist and spread up his arms.

Roanoke County fire officials have released the following in regard to the house fire on Circle Creek Drive off U.S. 220 : Combustibles Stored Too Close to a Water Heater Cause Fire October 21, 2009 Investigators have determined that combustibles stored too close to a gas water heater caused a fire that displaced a Roanoke County woman early this ...

Was it a sudden seafood allergy? No. Research sheds light on dangerous reactions Hayden Newell of Boones Mill, Va., was rushed to a hospital three times before doctors were able to determine the cause of his severe and unpredictable allergic reactions.

Town officials are concerned that a water line construction project by Franklin County and the Western Virginia Water Authority could disrupt water service and fire protection in Boones Mill if the contractor breaks, cuts or damages one of the town's water lines.

A hoe-down for a heartfelt cause. That's what was going on in Boones Mill. Non-profit organization Healing Strides threw it's annual fundraiser, complete with kids games, treats, and music- and they were also showing what the organization does, therapy through working with horses.

Veston Clement works to install a trenchless pipe for Grindstaff Underground Utilities, which is subcontracted on the waterline project from Roanoke County into Franklin County.

Two men and one woman have been indicted in connection with the attempted burglary of the CVS Pharmacy on Route 40 West on July 1. Blaine Lester Smith, 21, of Glade Hill, Bradley Shawn Smith, 20, of Rocky Mount and Brittany Jo Ashley, 19, of Boones Mill were indicted Monday by a Franklin County grand jury on charges of attempting to enter the drug ...

Activities for the 32nd annual Boones Mill Lions Club Apple Festival will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday with opening remarks by Lions President Tom Webster.

After working for the U.S. Postal Service in post offices from Henry, Va., to Raleigh, N.C., Janice Minnix said she feels like she has come home.

A nurse with a penchant for healthy eatingA is starting her ownA good-for-you enterprise in Roanoke County.

A Boones Mill-area woman charged with attempted murder of a police officer accepted a plea bargain and avoided a trial Wednesday.

As summer winds down and the air becomes cooler, a new excitement fills the air in the Roanoke Valley.

A Boones Mill man is one of two suspects charged with the armed robbery of the Apple Market in Salem on Sunday, Aug.

Roanoke County police have arrested two men believed to be responsible for an armed robbery Sunday night in Salem.

Two men are facing armed robbery charges in Salem. The Apple Market was hit around 10 p.m. Sunday.

The Franklin County Sheriff's Department and Virginia State Police seized more than $300,000 worth of marijuana Thursday as part of a continuing eradication program in the county.