TAZEWELL COUNTY

Zion Shirley (3) on defense for MGCC. (Recorder photo by Gavin Dressler) Men's College Basketball – Southwest Virginia CC 86, Mountain Gateway CC 78. The Flying Eagles improved to 2-0 on the young season Tuesday night with a victory in Clifton Forge. Titus Cunningham had 19 points for the winners, from Tazewell County, Brennan Howard

Appalachian Power said that the route is for electrical upgrades and its purpose is to support economic development and increase reliability in the area.

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that a sign manufacturer will soon establish a facility in Tazewell County, creating new jobs in the area.

David Whitt is now in custody, according to the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office.

Fifteen-year-old Lily Elizabeth Payne and her boyfriend, Julian Reese Phipps, have been found safe, according to the Richlands Police Department.

A Pulaski man is dead after a motorcycle crash on Monday afternoon in Tazewell County.

RADFORD, Va. – The Radford City Police Department arrested a wanted Tazewell County man who was wanted on six warrants early Thursday morning. At about 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, police responded to a call about a wanted person out of Richlands, leading to a search in the area surrounding Rock Road. Authorities said 45-year-old Jason Edward Matney was taken into custody after an overnight search. According to New River Valley Regional Jail, Matney was wanted for brandishing or pointing a firearm, assault with a firearm used in the commission of a felony, weapons convicted as a felon, conspiracy to kidnap/abduct by force without justification, kidnapping/abducting by force without justification and simple assault. Police said he is currently being held in the New River Valley Regional Jail without bond.

BLAND COUNTY, Va. – What started out as a search for a missing person has ended in a murder case, according to authorities in Bland County. A grand jury indicted two people on Monday in connection with the murder of David Hayes, of Tazewell. On Monday, Justin Hackler was indicted on charges of second-degree murder, concealing a dead body, conspiracy to conceal a dead body and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Leslie Hackler, his mother, was indicted on charges of conspiracy to conceal a dead body and concealing a dead body. The Bland County Sheriff’s Office and Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office both presented evidence to the grand jury in Bland County Circuit Court on Monday.