Featured Updated: Suspect shot; police hurt in Wythe chase, crash May 9, 2019 May 9, 2019 Updated Jul 23, 2020 0 1 of 2 Investigators check out a Wythe County Sheriff's Office SUV involved in a Thursday morning chase and police shooting in Wytheville. Jeffrey Simmons/Wytheville Enterprise Jeffrey Simmons/Wytheville Enterprise Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Police are continuing to investigate a Thursday morning chase that ended in Wytheville with an officer-involved shooting. kAmp44@C5:?8 E@ E96 ':C8:?:2 $E2E6 !@=:46[ b`\J62C\@=5 (:==:2> #] r=2C< @7 !F=2D<: 5:65 uC:52J >@C?:?8 2E #@2?@<6 |6>@C:2= w@DA:E2=] k^AmkAmpC@F?5 `ic_ 2]>] @? %9FCD52J[ r=2C< 925 366? 5C:G:?8 2 a__g s@586 A:4<FA E92E 925 366? 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Smyth's Democratic Party finds new life Smyth County’s Democratic Party is more active than it’s been in years.
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