http://www.headlineva.com/index.php/news/ en scottb@vpa.net Copyright 2010 2010-03-13T18:00:16+00:00 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/239716 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/239716#When:17:00:16Z Bob Lee and Dan Smith will be honored next month for their media work.brpTwo Roanoke media figures, one a retired television news executive, one a magazine editor, will be inducted into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame next month./p p"It's a totally unexpected honor and one which I find pretty humbling," said Bob Lee, retired president and general manager of WDBJ (Channel 7). "I'm in rarefied company."/pa href="http://oas.roanoke.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.cgi/www.roanoke.com/rss/1565325@Position4"img… Roanoke 2010-03-13T17:00:16+00:00 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/239736 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/239736#When:17:00:16Z The city's St. Patrick's Day Celebration runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.br pThere are plenty of opportunities to show your Irish spirit, authentic or otherwise, at events beginning this morning and extending to this evening. Downtown Roanoke's St. Patrick's Day Celebration runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m./p Roanoke 2010-03-13T17:00:16+00:00 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/239735 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/239735#When:17:00:16Z The stallion is a rare, all-black Andalusian that either escaped or was forced from its pen in Roanoke County.brpJoan Resk has no clue where her prize black stallion could be after he broke through his Roanoke County fence, but imagines him scared, hungry and maybe injured./p p"I definitely need the help of others. I can't find him by myself," Resk said Friday, after nearly two days of frantic searching./p Roanoke 2010-03-13T17:00:16+00:00 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/239727 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/239727#When:17:00:16Z The commission will weigh input from numerous other sources before ruling on Appalachian Power Co.'s request.br pTestimony filed this week by the staff of the State Corporation Commission recommends that commissioners consider limiting to 3 percent a controversial base rate increase sought by Appalachian Power Co./p Roanoke 2010-03-13T17:00:16+00:00 http://www2.newsvirginian.com/wnv/news/local/waynesboro/article/waynesboro_home-schooler_wins_regional_bee/53586/ http://www2.newsvirginian.com/wnv/news/local/waynesboro/article/waynesboro_home-schooler_wins_regional_bee/53586/#When:15:38:28Z It came down to finesse for seventh-grader Sarah Anne Allen on Saturday. Waynesboro 2010-03-13T15:38:28+00:00 http://www2.godanriver.com/gdr/news/local/danville_news/article/stratford_health_care_center_names_coordinator/18935/ http://www2.godanriver.com/gdr/news/local/danville_news/article/stratford_health_care_center_names_coordinator/18935/#When:14:53:04Z Angela Harris has accepted the position of marketing/admission coordinator at Stratford Health Care Center, according to news release. Danville 2010-03-13T14:53:04+00:00 http://www2.newsadvance.com/lna/news/local/article/general_assembly_heads_into_overtime/25015/ http://www2.newsadvance.com/lna/news/local/article/general_assembly_heads_into_overtime/25015/#When:14:01:36Z The General Assembly will need an extra day to finish its work on the state budget. Lynchburg 2010-03-13T14:01:36+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/AFGGAT13_20100313-144201/330187/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/AFGGAT13_20100313-144201/330187/#When:13:42:01Z The Afghan president’s half-brother says at least 30 people have died and dozens more hurt in four suicide attacks in the southern city of Kandahar. Ahmed Wali Karzai, a member of the Kandahar provincial council, says a main target of the Saturday night attacks was a prison, but no prisoners escaped. In June 2008 a suicide bomber blew apart the Kandahar prison gates and a nearby checkpost. That freed hundreds of prisoners, many of them suspected insurgents. Richmond 2010-03-13T13:42:01+00:00 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/AUTOGAT13_20100313-140201/330183/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/AUTOGAT13_20100313-140201/330183/#When:13:02:01Z The Virginia Motor Trend International Auto Show today entered the second day of a three-day run at the Greater Richmond Convention Center in downtown Richmond. The show features hundreds of new cars, trucks, SUVs and crossovers, as well as video games and other attractions. The show runs today from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Richmond 2010-03-13T13:02:01+00:00 http://www2.godanriver.com/gdr/news/local/danville_news/article/danville_recognized_by_site_selection_magazine/18932/ http://www2.godanriver.com/gdr/news/local/danville_news/article/danville_recognized_by_site_selection_magazine/18932/#When:12:50:52Z Atlanta-based Site Selection magazine ranked Danville in sixth place among metros with populations between 20,000 and 50,000 for new and expanded corporate facilities in 2009, according to a news release. Danville 2010-03-13T12:50:52+00:00 http://www2.starexponent.com/cse/news/local/article/muddy_waters_rain_contiunues_flood_watch_extended/53841/ http://www2.starexponent.com/cse/news/local/article/muddy_waters_rain_contiunues_flood_watch_extended/53841/#When:11:59:45Z Area streams and rivers rush from their banks, flooding numerous roads in the area Culpeper 2010-03-13T11:59:45+00:00 http://www2.newsvirginian.com/wnv/news/local/article/area_avoids_flood_emergency/53574/ http://www2.newsvirginian.com/wnv/news/local/article/area_avoids_flood_emergency/53574/#When:11:55:57Z Waynesboro and Augusta County avoided flooding issues on Saturday other than some temporary county road closings. Waynesboro 2010-03-13T11:55:57+00:00 http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/kingsport_woman_dies_after_crash_in_hamblen_county_tenn/42930/ http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/kingsport_woman_dies_after_crash_in_hamblen_county_tenn/42930/#When:11:45:07Z Corrina Steinmann, 42, was the passenger in a 1999 Ford. Bristol 2010-03-13T11:45:07+00:00 http://www2.starexponent.com/cse/news/local/orange/article/montpelier_honored_for_we_the_people_effort/53839/ http://www2.starexponent.com/cse/news/local/orange/article/montpelier_honored_for_we_the_people_effort/53839/#When:11:06:33Z The “We the People” competition, which began Friday and continues today in Richmond, is essentially a mock congressional hearing Culpeper 2010-03-13T11:06:33+00:00 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/239716 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/239716#When:11:00:14Z Bob Lee and Dan Smith will be honored next month for their media work.brpTwo Roanoke media figures, one a retired television news executive, one a magazine editor, will be inducted into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame next month./p p"It's a totally unexpected honor and one which I find pretty humbling," said Bob Lee, retired president and general manager of WDBJ (Channel 7). "I'm in rarefied company."/pa href="http://oas.roanoke.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.cgi/www.roanoke.com/rss/1539985@Position4"img… Roanoke 2010-03-13T11:00:14+00:00 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/239736 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/239736#When:11:00:14Z The city's St. Patrick's Day Celebration runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.br pThere are plenty of opportunities to show your Irish spirit, authentic or otherwise, at events beginning this morning and extending to this evening. Downtown Roanoke's St. Patrick's Day Celebration runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m./p Roanoke 2010-03-13T11:00:14+00:00 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/239735 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/239735#When:11:00:14Z The stallion is a rare, all-black Andalusian that either escaped or was forced from its pen in Roanoke County.brpJoan Resk has no clue where her prize black stallion could be after he broke through his Roanoke County fence, but imagines him scared, hungry and maybe injured./p p"I definitely need the help of others. I can't find him by myself," Resk said Friday, after nearly two days of frantic searching./p Roanoke 2010-03-13T11:00:14+00:00 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/239727 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/239727#When:11:00:14Z The commission will weigh input from numerous other sources before ruling on Appalachian Power Co.'s request.br pTestimony filed this week by the staff of the State Corporation Commission recommends that commissioners consider limiting to 3 percent a controversial base rate increase sought by Appalachian Power Co./p Roanoke 2010-03-13T11:00:14+00:00 http://www2.starexponent.com/cse/news/local/article/fauquier_judge_sent_phillips_to_central_state_hospital_for_evaulation/53837/ http://www2.starexponent.com/cse/news/local/article/fauquier_judge_sent_phillips_to_central_state_hospital_for_evaulation/53837/#When:10:59:07Z Culpeper man faces numerous charges in connection with courhtouse shooting in Fauquier Dec. 30; he is also a suspect in a recent slaying of a fellow patient at Central State Hospital Culpeper 2010-03-13T10:59:07+00:00 http://www.dailypress.com/news/breaking/dp-local_hampton-gunman_0314,0,2620641.story?track=rss http://www.dailypress.com/news/breaking/dp-local_hampton-gunman_0314,0,2620641.story?track=rss#When:09:47:00Z Police are searching for a gunman who shot a Hampton man multiple times Friday night. Newport_News 2010-03-13T09:47:00+00:00 http://newsleader.com/article/20100313/TRAFFIC/3130327/-1/rss http://newsleader.com/article/20100313/TRAFFIC/3130327/-1/rss#When:09:45:00Z Staunton 2010-03-13T09:45:00+00:00 http://www2.godanriver.com/gdr/news/local/danville_news/article/coming_sunday_local_entrepreneurs_hone_their_business_plans/18931/ http://www2.godanriver.com/gdr/news/local/danville_news/article/coming_sunday_local_entrepreneurs_hone_their_business_plans/18931/#When:08:46:16Z Bethann James spent most of her career in nonprofits. In October, she started GemStone Professional Services Consultants to help develop nonprofits and businesses. The company marked a “new venture” for James, because now she needed to understand the underpinnings of a for-profit business. Danville 2010-03-13T08:46:16+00:00 http://www2.godanriver.com/gdr/news/local/danville_news/article/mystery_solved_former_worker_says_item_is_antique_fire_extinguisher/18936/ http://www2.godanriver.com/gdr/news/local/danville_news/article/mystery_solved_former_worker_says_item_is_antique_fire_extinguisher/18936/#When:06:01:19Z Not only has the mysterious item found in the former Dan River Personnel Building been identified, but the man who put it there years ago is the one who explained how it worked. Danville 2010-03-13T06:01:19+00:00 http://www2.godanriver.com/gdr/news/local/danville_news/article/kevin_martin_leaving_danville_utilities/18937/ http://www2.godanriver.com/gdr/news/local/danville_news/article/kevin_martin_leaving_danville_utilities/18937/#When:05:09:35Z Kevin Martin has announced he is leaving his position as Key Accounts Manager with Danville Utilities on March 31 to join the faculty at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C. Danville 2010-03-13T05:09:35+00:00 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/239735 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/239735#When:05:00:11Z The stallion is a rare, all-black Andalusian that either escaped or was forced from its pen in Roanoke County.brpJoan Resk has no clue where her prize black stallion could be after he broke through his Roanoke County fence, but imagines him scared, hungry and maybe injured./p p"I definitely need the help of others. I can't find him by myself," Resk said Friday, after nearly two days of frantic searching./pa href="http://oas.roanoke.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.cgi/www.roanoke.com/rss/171916@Position4"img… Roanoke 2010-03-13T05:00:11+00:00 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/239736 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/239736#When:05:00:11Z The city's St. Patrick's Day Celebration runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.brpThere are plenty of opportunities to show your Irish spirit, authentic or otherwise, at events beginning this morning and extending to this evening. Downtown Roanoke's St. Patrick's Day Celebration runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m./p Roanoke 2010-03-13T05:00:11+00:00 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/239716 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/239716#When:05:00:11Z Bob Lee and Dan Smith will be honored next month for their media work.brpTwo Roanoke media figures, one a retired television news executive, one a magazine editor, will be inducted into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame next month./p p"It's a totally unexpected honor and one which I find pretty humbling," said Bob Lee, retired president and general manager of WDBJ (Channel 7). "I'm in rarefied company."/p Roanoke 2010-03-13T05:00:11+00:00 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/239727 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/239727#When:05:00:11Z The commission will weigh input from numerous other sources before ruling on Appalachian Power Co.'s request.br pTestimony filed this week by the staff of the State Corporation Commission recommends that commissioners consider limiting to 3 percent a controversial base rate increase sought by Appalachian Power Co./p Roanoke 2010-03-13T05:00:11+00:00 http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/pair_to_play_at_emory_deli/ http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/pair_to_play_at_emory_deli/#When:04:21:22Z David and Ann Ledgerwood agree that one of their greatest pleasures is retreating to the front porch swing in the summer with their mandolin and guitar. “Ann plays the mandolin and I strum the guitar,” said Ledgerwood, “and we talk about our day and count our blessings.” Wythe 2010-03-13T04:21:22+00:00 http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/beck_n_me_springtime_springing/ http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/beck_n_me_springtime_springing/#When:04:21:22Z Ratchet Arnold ran into the barn singing.nbsp; He was wilder than a bluegrass fiddler dancing with a talking lizard on a television commercial.nbsp; So loud was he that he woke Old Blue Rosenbloom from his mid-morning nap. Wythe 2010-03-13T04:21:22+00:00 http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/strictly_observing_dream_a_little_dream/ http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/strictly_observing_dream_a_little_dream/#When:04:21:22Z A veteran of Wytheville theatre, singer/actor Nathan Alston has been busy in Greensboro, N.C., as owner, producer and artistic director of the Naroshmi Theatre Company, where he has just completed a run at the Barn Dinner Theatre in Greensboro starring in his own musical drama, Dreams of a King: The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.nbsp; Honoring the late civil rights pioneer, the musical follows Shirley Jean “Shirl Jean” Glover Mitchell Johnson (Sandra Jones) as she tells her story of her… Wythe 2010-03-13T04:21:22+00:00 http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/town_to_receive_an_electric_car/ http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/town_to_receive_an_electric_car/#When:04:21:22Z The town of Wytheville will have a year’s free use of an electric car for municipal purposes. Its parking enforcement officer will be the designated driver. At Monday night’s meeting, Wytheville Town Council approved an agreement with Evatran LLC, developer of systems used for recharging electric vehicles. Council members agreed to provide a space at the Wytheville Police Department where Evatran can install one of its charging devices. Wythe 2010-03-13T04:21:22+00:00 http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/spellbound/ http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/spellbound/#When:04:21:22Z What’s Latin for spelling bee champion? Davis Little has good reason to know the answer. The Scott Memorial Middle School seventh-grader and county spelling bee winner credited part of his recent academic success to earlier study of the ancient language that plays a part in the words used today. Wythe 2010-03-13T04:21:22+00:00 http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/armstrong_brings_apco_fight_to_wcc/ http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/armstrong_brings_apco_fight_to_wcc/#When:04:21:22Z The same stories keep repeating themselves, Delegate Ward Armstrong said Saturday. They’re the stories of people trying to make ends meet on reduced salaries being shocked by a $500 power bill. It’s the story of the woman wearing hats and gloves indoors to keep heating bills down, even as the bills continue to climb, taking 60 percent of her income. Or the one of the woman choosing to cut back on medicine. Or the woman who owns an unoccupied rental, using very little electricity to speak of yet… Wythe 2010-03-13T04:21:22+00:00 http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/suspects_sought_in_wythe_robbery/ http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/suspects_sought_in_wythe_robbery/#When:04:21:22Z No injuries reported Wythe 2010-03-13T04:21:22+00:00 http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/piney_woods_philosopher_progress_delayed/ http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/piney_woods_philosopher_progress_delayed/#When:04:21:22Z Piney and She Who Must Be Obeyed had joined a group of organizations to go to all of the museums and shows of non-commercial vintage, and so this week went to MOSI, which translates as the Museum of Science and Industry, which is a big mouthful. Wythe 2010-03-13T04:21:22+00:00 http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/possum_philosophy_compassionate_healers/ http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/possum_philosophy_compassionate_healers/#When:04:21:22Z It was after midnight last Friday, and I was asleep when the phone rang. It is rarely pleasant to get a late-night call that awakens one from a sound sleep. This was the kind one dreads. Wythe 2010-03-13T04:21:22+00:00 http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/finally_some_good_news_churches_pastors_not_exempt_from_crime/ http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/finally_some_good_news_churches_pastors_not_exempt_from_crime/#When:04:21:22Z I have a truck. To be honest, compared with most of the trucks around town it is not much of a truck. It is old and has too many miles on it. Sometimes the truck has a hard time getting started. Wythe 2010-03-13T04:21:22+00:00 http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/possum_philosophy_more_than_a_slogan/ http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/possum_philosophy_more_than_a_slogan/#When:04:19:51Z The time has come for all of us fortunate enough to be American citizens, young or old, rich or poor, Southern (the luckiest of Americans) or otherwise, regardless of race creed or color. It is time to buy American. I know we hear this constantly. Though it sometimes seems like a “Big Business” advertising ploy (and it somewhat is), it is now more than just a slogan. Tazewell 2010-03-13T04:19:51+00:00 http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/finally_some_good_news_a_significant_gift/ http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/finally_some_good_news_a_significant_gift/#When:04:19:51Z A call came into a church office. The receptionist answered the phone and asked, “May I help you? Tazewell 2010-03-13T04:19:51+00:00 http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/life_sentence_imposed_in_robbery_case/ http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/life_sentence_imposed_in_robbery_case/#When:04:19:51Z Shain Collins sentenced to life plus 54 years for robbery of local store Tazewell 2010-03-13T04:19:51+00:00 http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/school_board_lengthens_day/ http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/school_board_lengthens_day/#When:04:19:51Z Students will go 35 minutes longer until further notice Tazewell 2010-03-13T04:19:51+00:00 http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/graham_leads_list_of_top_district_players/ http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/graham_leads_list_of_top_district_players/#When:04:19:51Z Carlock named coach of year and Bryan and Brewster make first team Tazewell 2010-03-13T04:19:51+00:00 http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/area_teams_advance_to_state_tournament/ http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/area_teams_advance_to_state_tournament/#When:04:19:51Z Basketball season extended for a few more days Tazewell 2010-03-13T04:19:51+00:00 http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/possibility_of_waiver_offered_for_school_days_lost_to_snow/ http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/possibility_of_waiver_offered_for_school_days_lost_to_snow/#When:04:19:51Z Department of Education approves plan to issue waivers based on good faith effort Tazewell 2010-03-13T04:19:51+00:00 http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/piney_woods_philosopher_progress_delayed/ http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/piney_woods_philosopher_progress_delayed/#When:04:19:51Z Piney and She Who Must Be Obeyed had joined a group of organizations to go to all of the museums and shows of non-commercial vintage, and so this week went to MOSI, which translates as the Museum of Science and Industry, which is a big mouthful. Tazewell 2010-03-13T04:19:51+00:00 http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/possum_philosophy_compassionate_healers/ http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/possum_philosophy_compassionate_healers/#When:04:19:51Z It was after midnight last Friday, and I was asleep when the phone rang. It is rarely pleasant to get a late-night call that awakens one from a sound sleep. This was the kind one dreads. Tazewell 2010-03-13T04:19:51+00:00 http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/finally_some_good_news_churches_pastors_not_exempt_from_crime/ http://www.swvatoday.com/comments/finally_some_good_news_churches_pastors_not_exempt_from_crime/#When:04:19:51Z I have a truck. To be honest, compared with most of the trucks around town it is not much of a truck. It is old and has too many miles on it. Sometimes the truck has a hard time getting started. Tazewell 2010-03-13T04:19:51+00:00 http://www.loudountimes.com/index.php/news/article/real_estate_webinar/ http://www.loudountimes.com/index.php/news/article/real_estate_webinar/#When:04:18:46Z EXIT Realty has announced that the company will host two public Webinars to help consumers make decisions about buying and selling a home. Loudoun_County 2010-03-13T04:18:46+00:00 http://www.loudountimes.com/index.php/news/article/economic_development_director_to_be_at_will_position/ http://www.loudountimes.com/index.php/news/article/economic_development_director_to_be_at_will_position/#When:04:18:46Z In the future, the head of the county’s Department of Economic Development will take on the position knowing he or she could be fired without cause. Loudoun_County 2010-03-13T04:18:46+00:00 http://www.headlineva.com/index.php/news/