Crockett News

Artist Ken Johnson will be honored Thursday for having his painting chosen as the cover of AARP's 2010 calendar.

A 45-year-old Wytheville man died Sunday afternoon after a golf cart overturned with him, police said.

Republican candidates swept the ticket in Pulaski County and much of Virginia in Tuesday's general election, returning a Republican to the governor's office for the first time in eight years.

Two hours after polls opened, only 7 percent or 1,402 of Pulaski County's 21,141 registered voters had cast ballots in Tuesday's general election.

The county's registered voters will head to the polls again Tuesday morning to elect a governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and representatives of the Virginia House of Delegates.

Learning to master a musical instrument is a long, tedious process for most children.

ProjectVirginia has a profile of Delegate Anne B. Crockett-Stark posted to its website.

As the days dwindle to Tuesday's election, the most recent campaign finance disclosures show that the Democratic Party has focused its chances on the 6th District with control of the state House at stake.

Virginia State Delegate Anne B. Crockett-Stark joined a bi-partisan coalition of 14 area state legislators to express concern over Appalachian Power's proposed rate increase before the State Corporation Commission .

Another Democrat hopes to ride a party wave of momentum, and take a Virginia House of Delegates seat away from an incumbent Republican.