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Three injured in 4-vehicle crash

INDEPENDENCE — Three Grayson County residents were injured and a juvenile has been charged with reckless driving in a four-vehicle accident that occurred just west of Independence on April 9 around 4:30 p.m.

School calendar changes, but not...

Students in Galax won’t be going to class year-round, but educators have spent nearly all this school year developing a new schedule.
After months of discussions, research and drafted proposals, the Galax City School Board has approved a final calendar proposal for the 2014-2015 school year.

I-77 motorcyclist critical after...

HILLSVILLE — Virginia State Police said that a Bluefield man injured in a Friday morning motorcycle wreck on Interstate 77 was in critical condition.
A helicopter flew Darren Wayne Coe, 45, to Roanoke for treatment after the incident near mile marker 19 at about 10:30 a.m.
When southbound traffic slowed in front of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle, Coe could not stop, according to a report by Trooper C.M. Delp.
The motorcycle struck the back of a 2004 van, driven by Donald Goetz of Edinboro, Pa.

Grants Supermarket could open by...

Grants Supermarket, a family-owned grocery chain, announced April 3 that it will open a new store in Galax at the old Kroger building in the Twin County Plaza Shopping Center.
Grants has been a family-owned company since it was formed in 1949, and owners say their goal is to present a personal, family atmosphere with their stores.

Devils rally late, nip Buffaloes

INDEPENDENCE –– Perhaps Grayson County has been going about this whole thing the wrong way.

Unable to hold a lead midway to late in either of its first two games – both of them losses to Auburn – the Blue Devils instead rallied from a seven-run deficit over the final two innings Wednesday and edged Floyd County 8-7 in a nonconference game at the Grayson Recreation Park.

Carroll girls pick up first win

It’s called the beautiful game. In that respect, Carroll County girls’ soccer coach Wayne Edmonds was 100 percent half-right.

After a nondescript first half, Carroll County put together what Edmonds described to his players afterward as “a beautiful half of soccer” as the Cavaliers defeated Galax 3-0 in a nonconference game at Galax High School.

Coach resigns in wake of charges

WYTHEVILLE — Howard S. Ingo, a former coach, teacher and administrator with Carroll County schools, has resigned from his coaching post at George Wythe High School after he was charged with  hazing and corporal punishment of a football player.
Ingo, 47, was suspended with pay after he was charged in March.
Grayson County Commonwealth’s Attorney Doug Vaught, the special proscutor in the case, said the two misdemeanor charges were filed after an investigation of complaints.

Database chronicles history of...

The organizing committee for the Blue Ridge Veterans Memorial and American Legion Post #245, in partnership with ProNets Business Computer Solutions, have launched a free database chronicling the history of the area’s veterans.

Murder suspect once lived in...

The suspect in three April 13 shooting deaths in Overland Park, Kan., temporarily moved to Hillsville in 1987 to begin a “white power” group, but failed to attract a single member, by his own account.
Frazier Glenn Miller, 73, who also uses the last name Cross, faces charges of first-degree murder after the shooting outside a Jewish Community Center and retirement complex in the suburban Kansas City community, according to news reports. He is also expected to face hate crime charges.