Patrick County News

Montana Young, Whitetop Mountain Band perform at MHS Sixteen-year-old Patrick County fiddle player Montana Young performs at Martinsville High School on Saturday.

Thanks to federal stimulus funding, hundreds of area youth, age 14 to 24, will have summer jobs.

Montana Young to play Saturday Sixteen-year-old fiddle player Montana Young practices at Woodalla s Music Shop in Collinsville.

Two of his requests for Southside were included in the bill. Perriello says, a oeToday we approved smart investments in crime prevention and Americaa s technological advantage, and Ia m pleased that the final version included my requests for programs in Southside.

ABINGDON, Va. a ' An afternoon crime spree in two neighboring Virginia counties has led to federal prison sentences for four Mount Airy men.

A will believed to be from 1912 was found by an area historian recently at a yard sale in Stuart.

Patrick County Genealogy Society will meet from 5 - 9 p.m. celebrating the 10th Year Anniversary of PCGS with a covered dish picnic at the upper picnic shelter at DeHart Park on Johnson Street in Stuart.

Beach music comes to the mountains Donna Brantley of Greensboro dances with Don Watts of Stuart at the Hot Fun in the Summertime XXVIII beach music festival at Wayside Park near Stuart on Saturday.

STUART, Va. a 'The Ararat and Claudville areas of Patrick County will have a new representative on the county Board of Supervisors due to a decision by the incumbent not to seek re-election. The filing period for the 2009 election in Patrick passed this week with 3 of Ararat, who serves the Dan River District on the five-member board, declining to ...

Hot Fun in the Summertime XXVIII beach music festival is expected to draw beach music fans to Stuart on Friday and Saturday in what has become a summer tradition and a boon for businesses.

Four burglars who tried to raid a Dugspur home in August 2008, only to be discovered by the homeowner, all received prison time in federal court in Abingdon last Tuesday.

49 year-old David Clark of Critz was arrested last Friday. A A Hea s charged with embezzling money from Wal-Mart. A A Police say he stole the money on May 20.

The deadline for candidates to file the paperwork to be included on the Nov. 3 ballot is a week away and so far, no announced candidate faces opposition.

May 31, 2009 Virginia native remembered in Iraq A Virginia native was one of three men honored for their service in the Middle East.

One local family is mourning the death of a soldier who died just last week in Iraq.

The National Weather Service in Blacksburg issued a flash flood watch today for parts of Virginia and North Carolina, including Henry and Patrick counties.

More information has been released about the Patrick County soldier who was killed last week in Iraq.

Flags flew at half-staff Monday in the small community of Ararat in Patrick County.

First Lt. Leevi Khole Barnard, 28, of Ararat in Patrick County, has been killed in action while serving on his third tour of duty in Iraq, according to his grandfather, Thomas L. Barnard of Ararat.

Announcement : The Crooked Road - The Place to Play For the End of May BMNN wrote: on May 21, 2009: The Crooked Road is pleased to share the following list of events taking place at The Crooked Road Venues, Partner locations and other sites throughout The Crooked Road region from May 20 through May 31.