Richlands News

By JIM TALBERT\Staff RICHLANDS - It wouldn't be the holiday season without a parade and several are on tap in the area this week.

A Pounding mill man is charged with embezzlement, grand larceny, larceny with intent to sell or distribute stolen property and selling stolen property.

With the day after Thanks-giving fast approaching, organizations across the Virginias are seeking participants for annual events featuring bands, civic clubs, marchers and a fellow by the name of Santa Claus - the Christmas Parade.

TAZEWELL, Va. - Involuntary manslaughter, possession of controlled substances, and possession of child pornography were among the indictments handed down by the latest session of the Tazewell County Grand Jury.

Bob Howell graduated from Richlands High School in 1938 - the same year that my mother graduated from Bethany High School.

The headphones are causing a delay, so she takes them off. And three-two-one. "Thank you for listening to WEHC-FM 90.7 your college and community station," April Bertaux said into the microphone last week.

NORTH TAZEWELL, Va. - James B. "Jim" Khatib, age 51, of North Tazewell, Va. died Tuesday, October 20, 2009 in Tazewell County, Va.

County rivals will square off Friday night as the Tazewell Bulldogs travel to Mitchell Stadium to face the Graham G-Men. The Bulldogs are coming off a 35-13 win over Honaker last week.

Russell Co., Va. - She lost one of her sandals as the four-seat, single-engine Piper plowed into the treetops in the Jefferson National Forest, its left wing shearing off before the fuselage thudded to the forest floor.

RICHLANDS, Va. - Faced with a growing number of illegal trash dumps in Tazewell County, officials are proposing a new trash removal service in the Northwestern District that could eventually become a county-wide program.

RICHLANDS, Va. - After more than nine months of service in Iraq, several Southwest Virginia-based soldiers are on their way back home.

A jury found a former Tazewell County fire chief guilty Thursday on charges of aggravated sexual battery and indecent liberties.

Former Richlands Fire Chief William Darrell "Apple" Vance was found guilty of aggravated sexual battery and indecent liberties with a minor in custodial care, following a four-day trial that ended Thursday.

CEDAR BLUFF, Va. - A sun-splashed southwestern Virginia day welcomed thousands of visitors to the 32nd annual Cedar Bluff Heritage Festival as the western Tazewell County, Va., town with a population of about 1,100 people was bursting at the seams with guests.

Despite a troubled state economy, the tourism industry is still booming in Virginia.

Marsh Regional Blood Center will hold a memorial blood drive for Ephraim Batten, an infant who died tragically this summer, Saturday, Sept.

TAZEWELL, Va. - Charges against a Virginia resident arrested in the death of a McDowell County man whose body was found early August at a Richlands, Va., motel were unsealed Monday in Tazewell County.

LEXINGTON - The city missed out the first time on stimulus money to fund sewer line repairs, but when several project bids came in below budget, the state was able to add that and five other projects to the list.

TAZEWELL, Va. - A Bluefield, Va., man has been indicted by the Tazewell County grand jury on a charge of rape.

RICHLANDS, Va. - A small Southwest Virginia town has big concerns over the proposed climate bill now pending before the U.S. Senate.