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Alleghany Outdoor Track Team Wins Big in Floyd County: Full AHS Results
GIRLS ATHLETE PLACE SECTION 100 METER DASH 13.25 Ja’kara Heighter 4th Finals H6 14.90 Kristin Johnson 31st Finals H3 15.10 Taylor Jenkins 32nd Finals H2 200 METER DASH 32.31 Taylor Jenkins 26th Finals H3 400 METER DASH 1:12.52 Hannah Hipes 14th Finals H4 1:13.16 Brooklyn Connor 17th Finals H3 1:19.94 Emily Haynes 25th […] The post Alleghany Outdoor Track Team Wins Big in Floyd County: Full AHS Results appeared first on The Virginian Review.
School board receives third-party report for deaths of Blacksburg High School students
BLACKSBURG, Va. (WFXR) — The Montgomery County Public Schools has confirmed that it has received the report from the third-party review into the deaths of two Blacksburg High School students from 2023. On Nov. 8, 2023, two teenagers were found dead inside a car at a parking garage, near...
‘When I lost him, my life just stopped.’ Community rallies to help truck driver find lost dog
BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ/Gray News) – Community members in Virginia rallied together to help a truck driver from Canada reunite with his lost dog. Samuel Bissonnette often makes pitstops in Blacksburg and Christiansburg when he’s driving on a long haul, but he never travels alone. His two dogs are always along for the ride.
Bedford PD makes arrests in two child sex-related investigations
BEDFORD, Va. (WFXR) — The Bedford Police Department has announced that two people are now in custody in connection to separate ongoing investigations involving crimes against children. On April 11, officers arrested 39-year-old Franco Calestino Herrera, from Montgomery County, on three felony offenses related to sexual crimes against children.
FRED FIRST: Still is Still Moving . . .
We just don’t quite know when the VAN will be at the door THE RECAP The storyline for the past 6 months has been the tale of our discovery that living in an off-the-beaten-path one-stop-light place like Floyd, Virginia comes with challenges for health and housing in what I am understanding as retirement’s ugly older […] Source
19-year-old charged in Montgomery County fatal crash
MONTGOMERY CO., Va. – A 19-year-old woman was charged after a crash in Montgomery County left a 60-year-old man dead on Sunday, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities said at around 7:25 a.m. Sunday, deputies with the sheriff’s office and Christiansburg Fire and Rescue responded to...
UNC Baseball Notebook: Solid Week, Still Work to Be Done
CHAPEL HILL, N.C–– North Carolina (33-11, 17-7 in the ACC) won its fifth ACC series of the season by defeating Virginia Tech twice over the weekend, cementing its lead in the ACC Coastal division. With two series remaining -- Louisville and at Duke -- the Diamond Heels hold a three-game lead in the Coastal over Virginia and Duke. Clemson leads the Atlantic division with a 15-6 conference mark.
Radford hosts 4th annual 5k SOS Fun Run
RADFORD, Va. (WFXR) — Saturday, April 27, marked the end of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. In recognition, the Virginia Department of Corrections hosted events throughout the Commonwealth. On Saturday they ended the week in Radford with the 4th annual 5k SOS Fun Run/Walk. Residents in the City...
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