Tazewell County News

Authorities in Virginia and North Carolina are on the look out for a Tazewell, Va., man charged with murder, attempted robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery.

The Tazewell County, Virginia Sheriff's Office is helping in a search for a man wanted for murder and armed robbery in Mount Airy, North Carolina.

DIG DEEPER: We've compiled all of the data, including salary information, for the region's rescue squads in a database for our readers.

The fires started around 6:15 p.m., when a string of lightning-producing thunderstorms rolled through the area.

TAZEWELL, Va. - Candidates for the upcoming town council races in Tazewell County are being urged to have their petitions filed and verified by June 1. All five towns in the county have moved their elections from May to November.

State police tells us a man is in the hospital after being hit by a Ford Focus in Tazewell County.

After nearly 40 years in public education, Richlands High School Principal Karen Webb is retiring.

Major Harold Heatley with the Tazewell County Sheriff's Office said Marissa Hope Johnson, 17, and Taylor Mounts, 20, were both taken into custody inHillsboro,TX, May 6. Both are being detained inHillsboroon charges of providing false information to police and evading.

Doran A 44-year-old Doran man is in custody following an early morning standoff that begun with a domestic disturbance.

Marissa Hope Johnson, 17, had been missing from her home in Bandy, Va., since April 25.

Carilion Clinic's chief of emergency medicine, Dr. John Burton, confirmed potential cases of bath salt overdose have been seen in its Roanoke Memorial Hospital emergency room.