Christiansburg News

After no one picked all five winning numbers and the Powerball, the new Powerball prize for the Saturday, May 19 drawing is an estimated $600 million-the third-largest Powerball prize in the history of the game.

Sometimes the best news isn't what people are doing in the community, but what they're thinking.

Check your Powerball tickets! One person from Virginia won $1 million in Saturday night's $590,500,000 drawing.

After no one picked all five winning numbers and the Powerball, the new Powerball prize for the Saturday, May 19 drawing is an estimated $550 million-the third-largest Powerball prize in the history of the game.

On Thursday, Carmon bought $5 worth of tickets at the Shell gas station at 9082 Warwick Boulevard to play in the Mega Millions , with a $190 million prize in Friday's drawing.

The ticket is one of more 64,000 sold in Virginia that won a prize in Wednesday night's drawing.

Allen Worrell/The Carroll News Wythe Morris, who has served as the Commercial Horticulture Extension Agent for Carroll, Smyth, Grayson and Wythe counties, speaks to an area farmer May 4 during a retirement ceremony held in his honor.

Unemployment rates fell in all of Virginia's metro areas in March as the state's unadjusted jobless rate declined half a percentage point.

Unemployment rates fell in nearly 90 percent of large U.S. cities in March, though most of the declines likely occurred because more Americans stopped looking for work, rather than found jobs.

The police department will be responsible for protecting students and staff during business hours.

The Giles County Autism Focus Group's annual Autism Walk will be held this Saturday, May 4, from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. "We're raising awareness for autism but also on top of that we use the funds to purchase educational tools for children with autism to use," said event coordinator Catharine Petch.

Rev. Carolyn Elizabeth Grace Dale Repass, age 66, of Wytheville, Virginia passed into the arms of her Lord and Savior surrounded by her loving family and friends on Saturday, April 27, 2013.

Morgan Walls, a junior English major, will marry Mark Bychowski, 2012 Virginia Tech graduate, at the Cambria Baptist Church in Christiansburg.

The New River Valley continues the celebration of Earth Day with a second weekend of nature- and environment-oriented events on Saturday, April 27.

Authorities obtained 100 warrants or summonses for alleged improper records keeping and reporting at a Christiansburg pawnshop last week, leading officers to seize a number of items connected to an investigation referred to as "Operation Pawn." Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Division of Criminal Investigations, along with Christiansburg Police ... (more)

Montgomery Co., VA - The owners of a Montgomery County pawn shop are facing dozens of charges Tuesday, following an investigation by the Sheriff's Office.

That's what a group of New River Community College students did Friday - just one week after a gunman walked into the college's satellite facility at New River Valley Mall in Christiansburg and shot two women, who are still in recovery.