Montgomery County News

Some residents are worried about an effort afoot among Montgomery County officials to ease rules for adding so-called 'in-law suites' to single-family homes, the Washington Examiner reports.

"Jayne Powell will be the featured performer Saturday during the annual Hethwood/Foxbridge and Terrace View spring flings." - "Police in Montgomery County are arresting more drunken drivers, but too few repeat offenders are going to jail, a citizens' group says." - "A rainstorm Tuesday night washed away a fence and the dirt and clay baselines of ... (more)

The end of the school year marks the completion of many high school careers after four years of hard work.

A woman who pleaded no contest to the murder of her estranged husband will serve 40 years in prison.

Blasting for a new truck climbing lane on Interstate 81 in Montgomery County will continue until after Memorial Day.

Richmond Police and emergency responders are dealing with a barricaded subject inside a home on West Moore Street.

VDOT says blasting on the Interstate 81 truck climbing lane project in Montgomery County will go on past Memorial Day.

The Kennedy family, so practiced at public mourning, is grieving again after the estranged wife of Robert Kennedy Jr.

The man convicted in a DUI crash that took place in Elliston back in August of 2011 , and seriously hurt four people, will head to prison.

A Montgomery County man will face a retrial on an attempted capital murder charge this summer after a mistrial was declared earlier this month.

Diplomas will be handed to thousands of graduates during ceremonies in Montgomery County over the next week.

A Montgomery County jury found a Christiansburg man guilty of rape and sodomy today in a case in which the man's DNA was tied to the sexual assault through a peeping incident.

Cody Journell was found guilty of trespassing and was sentenced to community service and probation.

The Montgomery County Planning Department has named Planning Department executive Rose Krasnow interim director, following the resignation last month of Director Rollin Stanley.

Looking for ways to raise revenue, Montgomery County officials are eyeing allowing liquor to be sold by the drink in unincorporated areas.

The American Cancer Society's New River Valley Breast Health Team invites area women to a fun and informative "Women's Night Out" on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, from 5 to 7 p.m. This free event will be at the Montgomery County Health and Human Services Building, 210 S. Pepper St.

Christiansburg Town Council last week took the first step toward becoming an independent city.

Montgomery Co., VA - At this hour, The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries is investigating a body found in the New River in the White Thorn Boat Landing area of Montgomery County.

Police-involved shootings stemming from confrontations with mentally ill people seem to be growing, according to some experts, but concrete evidence doesn't exist.

The Montgomery County Planning Department has named Planning Department executive Rose Krasnow interim director, following the resignation last month of Director Rollin Stanley.