Giles County

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"He's yelling: 'What can I do?' And I'm saying: 'Just shoot!'" Panzie Whittaker vividly remembers the fox attack. "I yelled at it to go but it didn’t move. It slowly started to walk toward me, and I'm thinking: 'This is not happening'," said...

If you've never experienced an earthquake before - and most people on the East Coast haven't - Tuesday's shaker was HUGE. It shook things that aren't ever supposed to shake, and rattled us in every sense of the word. We......

In a split decision, the Giles County school board voted to put the Ten Commandments back up in county schools. But is that decision legal? Can the Ten Commandments- even in a historical display- hang in public schools? The ACLU and Freedom from Religion...

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Rabies cases are increasing in the New River Valley. The New River Health District said Tuesday that 15 cases have been confirmed this year. That matches the 15 cases confirmed in all of 2010. Two cows and a bobcat are...

State Police have identified the body of a man who drowned in the New River last weekend. Police say 27-year-old Virginia Tech student Kevin Ocampo-Arias drowned Sunday near McCoy Falls in Giles County. His body was recovered early Monday afternoon. --...

E-mail Jay Read Jay's Blog Follow Jay on twitter:  OnAirWeather Follow Jay on Facebook Jay Webb joined the First Alert weather team in July 2006.  He grew up in Giles County where he constantly watched the weather and "Your Hometown News Leader."...

Two weeks ago, the posting of the Ten Commandments in Giles County schools was generating headlines.  Now, the issue is prayer in the public schools, and a state constitutional amendment proposed by a lawmaker from western Virginia. "The prayer was...

Police make an arrest after a string of robberies during the 2010 holiday shopping season. Raymond J. King, 19 of Blacksburg, is charged with nine counts of breaking and entering, ten counts of grand larceny, and one count of unauthorized use of a motor...

A few creeks and streams across the New River Valley are overflowing their banks.  The flooding has caused road closings in several areas: GILES COUNTY The Virginia Department of Transportation says Route 724, Old Wolf Creek Road, in Giles County will...

It’s not every day that a school board votes unanimously to ignore legal advice, defy Supreme Court precedent and invite litigation. But that’s exactly what happened earlier this month in Giles County, Va., when members of the board ordered...

An update to the Ten Commandments flap in Giles County Schools. The Freedom From Religion Foundation now says the person who originally filed a complaint doesn't actually have children in the school system and therefore can't be a plaintiff. Back in...