Floyd County News

A motorcyclist was killed this morning in a multiple-vehicle collision on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Floyd County.

As they said they would do, three longtime board members at the Bank of Floyd quit Wednesday, one day after their re-election. In addition, bank leader Leon Moore has gone on leave after 22 years with the bank, turning over his responsibilities as CEO to his planned successor.

John Houston greets Bank of Floyd president, CEO and Chairman Leon Moore prior to the board election in Floyd on Tuesday.

Got photos from proms around the New River Valley this spring? You can share at news@theburgs.com and be entered in our contest; seven winners will receive $100 prizes.

Floyd County's new theater company, the Locust Street Players, thought it fitting to put on a play titled "Birth" as its first production.

Floyd County Reserve Deputy Rick Morrison reveals how he was scammed while Commonwealth's Attorney Stephanie Murray Shortt, Financial Adviser John Paul Houston, Bank of Floyd Assistant Vice President Pat Harris, and Sheriff Shannon Zeman listen.

A yellow flowerbed of daffodils always greeted visitors to Effie King Brown's house onKings Store Roadin the Spring.

Angela Lambert shares these photos ofA students and guestsA of Eastern Montgomery High School in Elliston.

Got photos from proms around the New River Valley this spring? You can share at news@theburgs.com and be entered in our contest; seven winners will receive $100 prizes.

Mattie Barnes of Mattie's Mountain Mud in Craig County stands back as roasted coffee beans drop into a cooling tray.

Thanks to Nola Shelor Albert, there's a good chance that a century from now, children will be playing in the creek on the 150-year-old Floyd County farm she helped preserve.

Diana Sutphin, president of the Floyd County Education Association, traveled to the Virginia Education Association Convention this past weekend at Virginia Beach and proposed a new business item, which was adopted.