Independence News

On Tuesday afternoon, students and administrators packed into the Colonnade Club in Pavilion VII on the UVA Lawn to honor Amos Leroy Willis, a pioneer in civil rights activism at the university.

The hundreds of tourists who line up outside the National Archives to see the original U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence are a daily testament to how much Americans cherish their official history.

Presidents Day Weekend is a great time to visit Colonial Williamsburg and learn about the contributions of the people who helped shape our country on the eve of the American Revolution.

Nautilus employees have now been told that the plant could shut down in mid-February if a buyer is not found.

Martin Luther King, Jr. The only caveat was that the quote not be taken from the "I Have A Dream" speech.

THE SPIRITUAL ANCESTRY of Martin Luther King Jr. is ironically anti-kingly. It may be said to have formally begun in 1215 when a host of English barons stormed London and forced King John, in a meadow at Runnymede, to sign the Magna Carta, renouncing his absolute sovereignty and recognizing the rights of "freemen" . Notable ancestors in MLK's ...

For 13 years, Ed Jackson has been steeped in a struggle to make a dream come true.

INDEPENDENCE a * A Grayson County deputy has been charged with sexual intercourse with a minor under 13 and is being held in the New River Valley Regional Jail with no bond.

INDEPENDENCE Grayson County Public Schools may be forced to cut $660,503 from its current budget and $2.3 million from next year's after previous enrollment estimates proved to be too high.

While Thomas Jefferson's house remains off-limits, corporations and other organizations will be allowed to rent out certain facilities on Monticello's grounds for private functions.

The Grayson County Board of Supervisors will likely decide at its regular meeting in January whether to turn Bridle Creek Elementary School over to the Independence Volunteer Fire Department when the school closes next month.

The Virginia-Carolina Water Authority has received additional funding to complete a regional water system between the towns of Independence and Sparta, N.C. Rep.

Thomas Jefferson did more than draft the Declaration of Independence. He founded the University of Virginia.

The Galax Christmas Parade, with the theme "Music, Memories & Miracles," will begin at 7 tonight, Friday, on North Main Street.

Holding true to a promise to find an alternative to a public-access Dumpster site at its Public Works Department, Grayson County has found a solution.

It's not every day that a memorial service is held without a soldier, but it happened at the Saddle Creek Cemetery on U.S. 58 west of Independence on Oct.

STAUNTON - When Dr. H. Lynn Moore started practicing medicine 45 years ago, house calls were the norm.

A bystander called police after hearing a gunshot and seeing a man limping out of a Northeast area carwash stall Thursday afternoon.When officers arrived, according to their report, the victim said he had been shot in the knee but refused to say who shot him or why.I aint no snitch, he told them.The shooting happened shortly before 2 p.m. at 5700 ...

Following suit with another volunteer fire department in Grayson County, the Independence squad will seek an old school building to further benefit residents of its coverage area.

You won't see it sailing up the New River, but the U.S. Navy's latest war ship will be commissioned early next year with support from a Grayson County town that bears its name.