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May 06, 2008

Double shooting suspect in custody
Double shooting suspect in custody

The Bland County and Giles County Sheriff’s Offices are investigating a double shooting that happened late Tuesday night.

Riding the Goodyear Blimp
Riding the Goodyear Blimp

The 45 minute flight took the blimp across Pulaski County to Claytor Lake.

Local company tests products for contamination
Local company tests products for contamination

Polymer Solutions Inc. Owner Jim Rancourt: “We’re getting a lot of calls from domestic companies that are importing materials from China.“

Play benefits Jarrett Lane memorial scholarships

A local school puts on the 3 Musketeers play to raise money for the Jarrett Lane memorial scholarships and two students killed in a car accident

Community news: VT English professors win national awards
Community news: VT English professors win national awards

Bob Hicok and Paul Sorrentino, faculty members in the Department of English in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech, were both awarded prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships.  Hicok has also garnered the 2008 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry.


May 05, 2008

Goodyear blimp visits New River Valley
Goodyear blimp visits New River Valley

The 192 foot long aircraft arrived Sunday night at the New River Valley Airport in Dublin and will leave Wednesday morning.

Cost to attend Virginia Tech soars
Cost to attend Virginia Tech soars

Tuition and fees to rise nearly 11% for in-state students.  Steger blames security and energy costs, highlights plan to protect lower-income students from future tuition hikes.

Blacksburg Police investigate stabbing
Blacksburg Police investigate stabbing

Officers tell us a man was stabbed during a fight in the 400 block of Fairfax Road, around 9:56 p.m. on Sunday (May 4th).


May 03, 2008

Judge Charged with DUI Gets In More Trouble In His Car
Judge Charged with DUI Gets In More Trouble In His Car

Michael Keith Blankenship is accused of failing to report an accident.


May 02, 2008

Probation instead of jail time for former Montgomery Co. employee

A former treasurer’s office employee, charged with embezzlement, receives probation instead of jail time.

Mock DUI crash

Local high school students get a crash course in what can happen if they drink and drive

Film made about Liviu Librescu’s life

The film highlights Librescu’s past as a child-survivor of the holocaust, his life in communist Romania and the events that led to his final act of heroism

T-bone crash in Hillsville
T-bone crash in Hillsville

Investigators say a woman pulled out in-front of another car on Route 58


May 01, 2008

New building used as tool to teach students
New building used as tool to teach students

Exposed ceilings and plumbing work helps students see the structures they’re studying in class.

VT free child safety seat checkpoint Friday
VT free child safety seat checkpoint Friday

It will be in the track lot, on Spring Road from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Librescu Jewish center opens
Librescu Jewish center opens

A new student center is now open to honor a man hailed a hero

Copper Hill Postmaster retiring
Copper Hill Postmaster retiring

When William L. “Billy” Mullins started his career with the postal service, he was out on the mail route, as a substitute rural carrier. That was 30 years ago, and when Mullins retires May 2, he will be leaving as postmaster.


April 30, 2008

Community News: Play to benefit scholarships in Giles County
Community News: Play to benefit scholarships in Giles County

For an evening of fun and laughter, come see The 3 Musketeers performing live on stage May 2, 3, 9, and 10 at 7 PM, and May 3, 4, 10, and 11 at 2 PM. All proceeds benefit the Jarrett Lane Memorial Scholarship, the Jarrett Lane Governor’s School Scholarship, and the Lexi Thompson and Melissa Lawrence Mann Scholarships.

RU remembers professor
RU remembers professor

Radford University will hold a memorial service this weekend for professor Forrest Green.

Laptop containing VT personal information stolen
Laptop containing VT personal information stolen

The university says the laptop belongs to an outside company, who did work for Virginia Tech back in 2000

Former VT student convicted of DUI, driving SUV through crowd
Former VT student convicted of DUI, driving SUV through crowd

Mary Bowen was convicted on three felony counts of maiming after her SUV ran off the road and through a crowd of people in Blacksburg last June


April 29, 2008

Radford professor dies after being hit by car
Radford professor dies after being hit by car

Investigators say 67-year-old Forrest Green was hit on April 23rd, near the entrance to Bisset park.

Water pump theft investigated in Wythe Co.
Water pump theft investigated in Wythe Co.

According to Chief Deputy Keith Dunagan, Curb Appeal, a landscaping company from Hillsville, was using the pump to take water from the creek and transporting the water back to the job site

Christiansburg Police still looking for rape suspect
Christiansburg Police still looking for rape suspect

It’s been three months since a Christiansburg woman was sexually assaulted in her home

Shooting suspects get ready for trial
Shooting suspects get ready for trial

Two men will go on trial next week for shooting into the off-campus apartment of Virginia Tech cornerback “Macho” Harris


April 28, 2008

Radford Univ. to receive major facelift
Radford Univ. to receive major facelift

If you walk or drive around campus you’ve probably seen some of the projects under construction

New fire station opens in Elliston
New fire station opens in Elliston

The Elliston Volunteer Fire Department has a new place to call home

Mother charged in death of toddler
Mother charged in death of toddler

Mary Nelson Parks faces involuntary manslaughter and child abuse/neglect charges in connection with the death of her child from last September

VT daycare program serves as model for others
VT daycare program serves as model for others

Neighbors Growing Together puts tiny children and white-haired companions together to help the young ones with their social skills and the older ones improve their memory


April 25, 2008

Branscome hearing delayed by lawyer’s hospital stop
Branscome hearing delayed by lawyer’s hospital stop

Preliminary hearing for malicious wounding charge of state trooper postponed.  Branscome remains in West Virginia jail.

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