Surry County

GIRLS BASKETBALL    Abingdon 57, Tazewell 49    Alleghany 44, Staunton River 35    Atlantic Shores Christian 32, Hampton Christian 19    Atlee 59, Lee-Davis 56    Bassett 31, Patrick County 27    Blacksburg 47, Christiansburg 41    Broad Run 53, Freedom...

GIRLS BASKETBALL    Altavista 72, Gretna 27    Amelia County 60, Randolph Henry 44    Amherst County 58, Rockbridge County 44    Appomattox Regional 47, Windsor 25    Bayside 44, Tallwood 41    Bethel 80, Denbigh 9    Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot 63,...

The state is allowing a woman facing animal cruelty charges to run a dog shelter at NFL quarterback Michael Vick's former Surry County dogfighting compound. Tamira Thayne's organization, Dogs Deserve Better, bought the property in 2011. Thayne was...

Week 12, Playoffs Cave Spring    45, Abingdon 0 Christiansburg    64, Bassett 28 Colonial Forge    27, Patrick Henry 20 Stuarts Draft    55, Dan River 27    Eastside 23, Northwood    16 Fort Chiswell    44, Grundy 3 Franklin 55, Craig Co.    9 Galax   ...

Virginia education officials say 68 percent of the state's public schools met new annual benchmarks in reading, mathematics and graduation. The state Department of Education on Wednesday released results of the objectives aimed at reducing proficiency...

AAA Northwest Region Division 5 Massaponax Freedom (LC) Freedom (PW) Mountain View Halifax County Albermarle North Stafford Broad Run Potomac Brooke Point Orange William Fleming George Washington Division 6 Battlefield Osbourn Park...

Despite a four-month search that attracted 41 applicants from around the country, Smithfield's search for a new police chief ended within town limits. Virginia Marine Resources Commissioner Steven G. Bowman, a longtime Smithfield resident and former town...

UPDATE: House lawmakers declined to adopt that would make it illegal to possess "dangerous wild animals." FRANKLIN — Debbie Jeter unlocked the chain-link fence door and stepped inside. Less than 10 feet away was a 450-pound brown bear. The only...

The Yorktown Power Station and Chesapeake Energy Center, the two largest coal-fired power plants in Hampton Roads, burn on average 6,700 tons of coal every day. The plants, which date to the 1950s, create enough electricity for 260,000 households. Yet...

Buzz word heard at the Gov. Bob McDonnell's energy conference: whipsaw. A financial term that refers a sudden change in direction, it was mentioned frequently during discussions over ever-changing electricity demand forecasts. “I think...

The second nuclear reactor at Surry Power Station is running near capacity after a two-month shutdown. The reactor, which was shut down when a tornado cut electric service to the power station on April 16, was operating at 94 percent capacity on Monday,...

Fire crews are busy battling a 600 acre brush fire just South of the Virginia border in Lowgap, North Carolina.  That's in Surry County. It's been burning since Monday.  Firefighters have been on the scene there since 4:00 p.m. that day. Lowgap Deputy...