Crockett, VA

Peyton Garrett Blankenship, age 18, of Pulaski, was called home Friday June 24, 2022. The Good Lord and his paternal grandparents, Draper and Margaret Anderson and several other family members were there, arms wide open for him. It is undeniable that he departed this world, as devastation rang throughout the family and friends.

CARROL COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - A Woodlawn man has been arrested on multiple charges including possession of a schedule I/II controlled substance, according to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office. A Carroll County Sheriff’s deputy was driving on Rt. 58 when he saw Matthew Blaine Gilliam, 31, on a motorcycle...

Ernest Lee Taylor, age 85 of Pulaski, died Sunday, June 26, 2022 at Highland Ridge Rehabilitation Center in Dublin. “I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course. I have kept the faith!” He was born on November 10, 1936 in Montcalm, West Virginia, and was the son of the late Loessie Hill Taylor and the late Cletus Taylor.

A Woodlawn man has been arrested on numerous charges after leading local law enforcement on a chase on his motorcycle and on foot. According to Carroll County Sheriff Kevin A. Kemp, a deputy with the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office was traveling U.S. 58 on June 26 when he observed a motorcycle also traveling U.S. 58 in Woodlawn community. The deputy observed the operator traveling above the posted speed limit and attempted to stop the motorcycle.

WYTHE COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — A single-vehicle crash on Route 52 Saturday afternoon left one woman dead and two children injured, according to Virginia State Police (VSP). A release from police detailed the crash that occurred around 2:30 p.m. a half-mile north of Route 664. Investigators determined a 1998 Ford Explorer had been traveling south […]

UPDATE 1:03 p.m.: Police have released more details about Saturday afternoon’s crash in Wythe County, including the name of the woman who died. According to Virginia State Police, state troopers responded to the single-vehicle crash on Route 52 — about half a mile north of Route 664 — shortly after 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 25.

WYTHE COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — A Wytheville woman died over the weekend in a rollover crash. Virginia State Police responded to Route 52, about a half-mile north of Route 664, around 2:30 Saturday afternoon. Troopers say a 1998 Ford Explorer was southbound on Route 52 when it entered a...

WYTHE COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - Virginia State Police and the Wythe County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the death of a man who collapsed while in custody. John Brown, 49, died at the scene of a traffic stop Friday. At 9:32 p.m. June 24, 2022, deputies were called to the...

WYTHEVILLE, Va. – The Wythe County Sheriff’s Office responded to a possible intoxicated driver call that resulted in one person’s death on Friday. On Friday around 9:32 p.m., the Wythe County Sheriff’s Office responded to a possible intoxicated driver call in the Ivanhoe community area, according to authorities.

PRINCETON, W.Va. (WVVA) - Isis Wallace and Nichole Brooks both pleaded not guilty during an arraignment on Monday, for the murder of 13-year-old Maryze Unique Tatum in Bluefield, W.Va. on March 24, 2022. The pair’s pretrial date is set for Aug. 19, and their trial is set to begin Sept....

At 2:34 p.m. on Saturday (June 25), Virginia State Police responded to a single-vehicle crash on Route 52 a half-mile north of Route 664. A 1998 Ford Explorer was traveling south on Route 52 when it entered a curve in the road. The vehicle then ran off the left side of the road, traveled down an embankment, struck a fence and overturned several times.

WYTHE COUNTY, Va. – A man is behind bars and has been charged with murder after a man was found dead in Wythe County last week, according to the Wythe County Sheriff’s Office. On June 23, at about 5 a.m., deputies found the body of Lloyd Trenton Stilwell...

WYTHE COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — A man suspected of swallowing methamphetamine during a traffic stop in Wythe County Friday night later died while in the custody of the Wythe County Sheriff's Office. Deputies were tipped off about a suspected intoxicated driver in the Ivanhoe community around 11:30 Friday night....

Peyton Garrett Blankenship, age 18 of Pulaski, died Friday, June 24, 2022. Arrangements are pending with Seagle Funeral Home, Pulaski. www.seaglefuneralhome.com 540-980-1700.

WYTHE COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - A Wythe County man has been arrested and charged for the killing of a neighbor last Thursday. Kenneth Sayers is charged with Murder and Possession of Ammunition After Being Convicted of a Felony. He is being held in the New River Valley Regional Jail without Bond.

WYTHE, Va. (WDBJ) - A Wytheville woman is dead after a single-vehicle crash in Wythe County Saturday afternoon, according to Virginia State Police. Police say they responded at 2:34 p.m., to Rt. 52, a half-mile north of Rt. 664. A Wytheville man driving south on Rt. 52 entered a curve,...

On June 23, 2022, at approximately 5:00 am deputies discovered the body of Lloyd Trenton Stilwell at 190 Stone Drive in Max Meadows. Stilwell sustained a gunshot wound to the chest and was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim was found lying facedown and no firearm was found in or near the vicinity of the victim. The body was taken to the medical examiner’s office in Roanoke for an autopsy.

MAX MEADOWS, Va. (WCYB) — Deputies discovered the body of Lloyd Trenton Stilwell at 190 Stone Drive in Max Meadows on June 23, according to police. Authorities say Stilwell sustained a gunshot wound to the chest; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim was found lying face...