Wirtz News

Two Rocky Mount men have been sentenced for their participation in a theft ring that burglarized 12 Franklin County businesses and residences in the past year.

For decades, a miniature train park near Wirtz has been a source of pride, joy, and great memories for Joe Feazell.

People in the Wirtz area of Smith Mountain Lake continue cleaning up after flash flooding caused damage earlier this week .

Courtesy Photo: Michelle Hall and her children, Courtney and Aiden, participated in a 5K run at Dudley Elementary to raise money for the American Red Cross.

Faith Adams, 18, was on her way home from work late Monday when she saw a truck flashing its lights at her car from the far side of where the stream flows under Windy Creek Road in Franklin County.

Multiple bridges and roads in Franklin County, near Smith Mountain Lake, saw severe damage from the heavy rain Monday night into early Tuesday.

Police in Virginia are trying to locate Heather Hodges, a missing morther who vanished without a trace 5 weeks ago.

A Wirtz teenager has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with a wreck on Jan.

One charge is headed to a grand jury and another has been dropped in connection with a wreck that killed one Franklin County High School student and injured three other people in January.

Massive catfish shook up the leaderboard and record book two days into the annual Optimist Club's fishing tournament at Smith Mountain Lake.

Virginia State Police have charged a 17-year-old girl from Wirtz with involuntary manslaughter and reckless driving in connection with the Jan.23 wreck that killed a Franklin County High School classmate and severely injured two others.