Wythe County News

Wytheville and Wythe County are continuing negotiations to consolidate dispatch services.

A 45-year-old Wytheville man died Sunday afternoon after a golf cart overturned with him, police said.

There's a temptation when an amateur angler qualifies for the Bassmaster Classic to call the rare accomplishment a once-in-a-lifetime event.

There is still one major harvest of the year and it's coming soon to Rural Retreat.

Tuesday's general election produced at least one major upset on the local level.

An intricate case involving four local adults accused of offenses against children took another twist Thursday afternoon when a substitute judge rejected a plea deal worked out between Wythe County prosecutors and one of the defendants.

Growing up in Wytheville, Bryan Underwood learned that exposure to first-rate local musical events was severely lacking.

ProjectVirginia has a profile of Delegate Anne B. Crockett-Stark posted to its website.

Plan B for Wythe County's long-discussed Appalachian Agricultural Exposition Center got an "A+" grade Tuesday from the Wythe County Board of Supervisors.

Let us start by saying that anytime you straddle two wheels, you ought to have a helmet strapped to your fat head.

Wythe County's top prosecutor confirmed this week that police are looking into whether "dusting" - inhaling cans of compressed gas to get high - could have played a role in last weekend's head-on crash that killed two sisters.

Five former employees of the Wytheville branch of Carter Bank and Trust were indicted on embezzlement charges last week.

Two women were killed and two more injured on Sunday evening in a head-on crash on Chapman Road in Wythe County.

Two sisters died in an accident in Wythe County. State police say it happened Sunday, October 26th, around 6:20 p.m. on Chapman Road when a car crossed the median and hit another car.

The Wythe County school system unveiled its latest battle plans Wednesday morning to conquer middle school math scores that again fell short of minimum state standards during the 2008-09 school year.

The second armed robbery in Wytheville this month is under investigation by the Wytheville Police Department.

After months of scouting potential locations for a community based outpatient clinic in Wytheville, the Veterans Administration has picked a site.

Earthganic Greenhouse is a unique business arrangement. It offers a variety of plants to the community at a reasonable price while providing a source of revenue for Crossroads Shelter and jobs for some of the shelter's residents.

The Marquee Cinemas held their third quarterly promotional event of the year on Saturday, October 3rd with the double feature re-release of the Disney-Pixar animated classics Toy Story and Toy Story 2. Released in theaters for a limited two-week run, the two films were presented in Disney Digital 3D in an effort to hype viewers up for the unveiling ...

And they all lived happily ever after For now. After weeks of acrimonious debate, the Wythe County Board of Supervisors and the county's constitutional officers kissed and made up Monday evening after the governing body unanimously voted to use county funds to save courthouse jobs jeopardized by cutbacks in state support.