Centerpiece Top Story Fugitive captured after Wythe County police chase Jeff Simmons May 6, 2025 May 6, 2025 0 Jedidiah Dakota Cruise Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jeff Simmons A Virginia fugitive is locked up without bond following a May 3 police chase that ended with a crash on Interstate 77 in Wythe County.kAm(2?E65 :? |2CJ=2?5[ ~9:@ 2?5 |@?E8@>6CJ r@F?EJ[ bg\J62C\@=5 y65:5:29 s2<@E2 rCF:D6 @7 }6HA@CE H2D 492C865 H:E9 >F=E:A=6 76=@?:6D 2?5 >:D56>62?@CD :? 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Film debut draws overflow crowd In the summer of 1880 four young black children died in a house fire in Burke’s Garden.
