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Wythe County Community Hospital is ringing in 2025 with the year’s first bundle of joy. Weighing 6 pounds and 4 ounces and measuring 19 and 1/4 inches, baby boy Wesley Jack was born to Olivia and Ricky on Jan. 2 at 1:47 p.m.

Dec 25, 2024 · First Day Hikes, a nationwide initiative led by America’s State Park system, have become a tradition for many people to get some exercise, explore outdoors and connect with nature all while enjoying the parks’ unique beauty this season.

Jan 1, 2025 · Read through the obituaries published today in SWVA Today.

According to the Wythe County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to an approximately 8 p.m. emergency call about a woman being set on fire and found Dunford, who identified Adams as a suspect, with severe burns over most of her body.

Smyth County News | swvatoday.com. Meet Albus, the social butterfly of the feline world, and the Pet of the Week.

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A Floyd County Grand Jury last week handed down indictments in the 2003 homicide of county resident Richard “Dickie” Palmer, whose body was found in his pickup, along with the remains of his dog at Perry Park in Roanoke on April 22, 2003.

These new acts join the bands featured in the first two artist announcements for FloydFest 25~Aurora, which included the award-winning festival’s 2025 headliners — The Black Crowes, Mt. Joy, Gov’t Mule and JJ Grey and Mofro — as well as a vivid star-burst of other extraordinary performers: The California Honeydrops, Larkin Poe, Futurebirds, Cimafunk, Geese, The …