Callaway News

Coming up with the right band name is hard. For a good example, look no further than Blacksburg's own DecembeRadio.

'Muscle car' restoration labor of love for Pegler Staff Photo by Charles Boothe: David and Susie Pegler stand with their 1963 Ford Galaxie, on the road after a two-year restoration job.

Kimberly Jones, a guidance counselor at Callaway Elementary School, has been named Franklin County's Teacher of the Year for 2010.

Sixteen teachers have been nominated by their schools for Franklin County's Teacher of the Year for 2010.

Keeping Franklin County's 15 schools clean is expensive. Custodial supplies for all schools are projected to cost $220,374 in the next school year, an increase of nearly $11,000. The salaries for all custodial personnel are projected to be $1.6 million in the 2009-2010 school year.

Dairy farmer Laird Bowman runs a farm that's been in his family since 1839 and says he isn't going anywhere, no matter what happens.

Firefighters battled slow-moving water due to single-digit temperatures Saturday to extinguish two house fires in Rocky Mount.

Scott Martin, director of Franklin County's Department of Commerce and Leisure Services, was presented the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce's Marshall L. Flora Award Thursday night during the annual awards ...

In his book "The Botany of Desire," Michael Pollan provides a unique plant's-eye view of the world from the perspective of four species: the apple, tulip, cannabis and potato.