Two suspects wanted by the Richmond Police Department in connection to an attempted homicide were taken into custody in Smyth County Friday morning.
The Marion Police Department is seeking information into the whereabouts of an Atkins woman. According to a post on the PD's Facebook page, 29…
Virginia State Police is investigating following a police pursuit that ended in a crash near Interstate 81's mile marker 47 in Marion Wednesda…
Saltville council members heard from new EMS Chief Kyle Brewster about a tentative budget for emergency services but asked him to revise it fo…
Three people including a student were injured early Tuesday morning when a passenger car collided with a school bus in Marion.
Billy S. Williams witnessed the birth of Hungry Mother State Park, though he wasn’t an especially old witness – about 5 at the time of the par…
Inspired by the need for more nurses made starkly plain during the pandemic, Emory & Henry College is enhancing its healthcare education o…
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The month of March marked several painful anniversaries for the family of Israel Ray Smith —the last time anyone saw or spoke to him, the init…
A Marion man convicted of using Snapchat to coerce underage girls into sending him sexually explicit photos was sentenced Tuesday in federal court.
Now fully vaccinated, Dr. James Patterson is back at the Mel Leaman Free Clinic he helped found in 2000 and continues to serve as medical director.
In what Smyth County Sheriff Chip Shuler called a major narcotics arrest, a Saltville man was taken into custody Wednesday.
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Police continue to investigate Marion woman's death.
A Tennessee man is in custody following a Monday afternoon police chase in which the driver at times drove the wrong way on Interstate 81, pol…
A Smyth County judge certified a malicious wounding charge against a Chilhowie man accused of stabbing another man in January to a grand jury.
The victim of a Thursday morning homicide in Marion has been identified as 54-year-old Teresa Lynn Mathena Greer of Marion. The Marion Police …
As the first step toward the town assuming control of the rescue squad’s operations, Saltville has hired an EMS chief who will start work on Monday.
Smyth County students of all ages returned to classrooms this week leaving the hybrid plan behind yet again, with high schools joining element…
Governor Ralph Northam is proud of the job teachers and school staff members have been doing to help students through the pandemic and came to…
It’s the time of year when so many people are eager to plan gardens and start digging in the dirt. Some folks, however, may need a little help…
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A family of four has been displaced after their home caught fire in Thomas Bridge Sunday evening.
Local law enforcement serving Smyth County gathered Thursday evening at Marion’s VFW Post #4667 for its third annual Officer of the Year award…
When three defendants charged in connection to a Memorial Day 2020 shooting came to the Royal Inn in Marion, they were looking for a man who o…
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Smyth program aims to keep those with mental illness out of jails; Wythe program to launch in future
A program designed to divert low-level criminal offenders who have mental illnesses from jails to treatment is gaining traction in Smyth Count…
When Eleanor Goodrich was growing up in Smyth County she loved reading and storytelling. Today, she’s telling other people’s stories in a way …
A Rural Retreat man is facing breaking and entering, and larceny charges in two counties after police investigating storage unit thefts search…