Montgomery County News

TONIA MOXLEY Radford University seeks historical recognition of black church site RADFORD, Va.

A man charged with beating, setting on fire and killing an 83-year-old woman is scheduled to be sentenced on Monday in Montgomery County .

Virginia has 332 state-run liquor stores flung into all corners of the state. Some do big business.

Three finalists have been named for school superintendent for Montgomery County.

The Montgomery County School Board released this afternoon the names of three finalists for its open superintedent's job.

Montgomery County leaders will soon consider some tough scenarios to deal with an estimated budget shortfall of $2.8 million for next year.

Investigators are looking for the owner of a silver or gray minivan that was seen on Craig Creek Road in Montgomery County the night two Virginia Tech students were killed at Caldwell Fields.

Montgomery County leaders approved giving money to their constitutional offices to offset state cuts but say they are worried about what cuts may come next.

Beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad, who terrorized the Washington, D.C., region in a 2002 shooting spree that killed 10 people and wounded three others, was pronounced at 9:11 p.m. today in Virginia's execution chamber.

If the goal of moving the Blacksburg municipal elections from May to November was to increase voter participation, it worked.

Flooding from persistent heavy rain and downed trees have blocked roads and closed schools in western Virginia.

Some of the worst flooding in the New River Valley is being seen in the Shawsville and Elliston areas of Montgomery County Emergency workers tell us dozens of mobile homes are surrounded by water there.

A Montgomery County man with a history of run-ins with the law was taken to jail Tuesday night after he held a relative hostage during a 90-minute standoff with sheriff's deputies, authorities said.

If the goal of moving the Blacksburg municipal elections from May to November was to increase voter participation, it worked.

When James D. Martin was shot dead on an early October evening seven years ago in the parking lot of a grocery store in Wheaton, a northern Washington suburb, it got little attention on the nightly news.

Rik and Melissa Obiso are living proof that wine is taking root in Montgomery County.

Montgomery County election officials had several problems this year that demand further investigation.

Spotsylvania Sheriff Howard Smith remembers the day his county became part of the Beltway Sniper case.

The Montgomery County School Board will see just one new face joining it in January, as voters chose incumbents Phyllis Albritton in District A and Jamie Bond in District D. Bond has been on the board since 2005.

A data-entry error that originated in Montgomery County caused the State Board of Elections to inaccurately report that Leonard Session won the District D seat on the Montgomery County School Board.