Emory News

CLEVELAND, Va. - Russell County keeps calling to Kathy Shearer. Just over the mountain, from her home at Emory, Va., Russell County has lured Shearer into giant book projects for years.

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Johnson of Spotsylvania, Va., are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Matthew Scott Johnson, to Sara Laureen Harding of Abingdon, Va., daughter of Mr.

The Washington County, Va., School Board and a county supervisor now oppose a controversial truck stop proposed for the Exit 24 area of Interstate 81.

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After being well represented for over a decade by the former Commonwealtha s Attorney, Mike Bush, Russell County has a new top prosecutor.

EUGENIE RUSSO Piano music may conjure wild hair visions of Jerry Lee Lewis or Billy Joel with most people.

More than 80 people arrived at the fire hall Thursday for the first of two public information meetings about the truck stop proposed for Exit 24.

Emory & Henry College will provide a musical and literary look at excerpts from a novel by Carson McCullers on Thursday, March 19.

Stressing the value of a private college education is important, Catawba College's new Vice President of Enrollment Lois Williams says.

EMORY, Va. - Students here have found a new way to harness the power of vegetables: fuel for spring break.

Seven Emory & Henry students enrolled in a spring semester accounting course are joining a local tax preparation program that assists Smyth County residents who will complete a basic federal tax return.

There was barely room to move inside the Barter Cafe Wednesday evening as 100 people kicked off the Big Read, a coordinated set of activities centered around a book.

It is said that in order to be truly happy, one must have a strong purpose for which to labor and live.

Seven students enrolled in a spring semester accounting course have joined a local tax preparation program that assists Smyth County residents who will be completing a basic federal tax return .

A couple of years ago when he was an upperclassman at Allegany High School, all Brian Mathews knew was that he wanted to go to a big college and study business.

EMORY, Va. - The year 2008 was not the first time Barack Obama got elected president, an old classmate of the new commander in chief told students Monday at Emory & Henry College.