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WEBSep 9, 2024 · Good and bad ways to grow old. The threat posed by America’s greatest domestic terrorist is now threatened by a younger, more honest, more energetic opponent.
Murder on the Blue Ridge Parkway
WEBApr 9, 2010 · Shooting victim Tim Davis. Timothy Davis, a 27-year-old Charlottesville disc jockey known as DJ Prolapse, and an 18-year-old friend, Christina Floyd, drove up to Rock Point overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway last Monday to watch the sunset. Davis and Floyd sat at the edge of the overlook when a car pulled into the overlook.
Curtis Turner: Full throttle – Blue Ridge Muse
WEBMar 23, 2014 · Meanwhile, Curtis Turner continued life at full throttle in both racing and business. He and Bruton Smith built the Charlotte Motor Speedway and almost went under then the costs went over budget. NASCAR founder Bill France banned home “for life” in 1961 for trying to start a union for drivers. France lifted the “lifetime ban” in 1965.
A disgraced cop who lied, planted evidence, and targeted …
WEBApr 20, 2021 · One of Freitag’s cases involved the arrest and conviction of District of Columbia firefighter Elon Wilson, imprisoned two years ago and where prosecutors now say Feigtag, planted drugs stolen from the county’s evidence storage, altered reports, and provided fake testimony. Last Friday, a Fairfax judge ordered the release of …
The girl likes to fiddle around – Blue Ridge Muse
WEBJun 21, 2008 · The girl likes to fiddle around. Yes, that was Martha Spencer of Grayson County's White Top Mountain Band jamming with other musicians outside the country store Friday evening. Visitors to the Blue Ridge Muse studio at the Village Green know that Martha is one of my favorite subjects. I've photographed her many times and it …
WROV, Fred Frelantz and memories – Blue Ridge Muse
WEBDec 2, 2008 · In 1968 and 69, I worked with Fred Frelantz on a Saturday show on WROV radio in Roanoke where students from Roanoke area high schools would help rate new records and discuss the issues of the day. Fred would handle the music and I would pick a current events topic for discussion and serve as moderator. I had to dig up an old Teac reel-to-reel recorder to listen and the tape was in really bad ...
Grundy: They paved paradise and put up a Walmart - Blue Ridge …
WEBAug 30, 2011 · The $196 million project — costing more than $175,000 for every man, woman and child in Grundy — was scheduled to deliver the new town this year. But it hasn’t worked out that way. Many owners of the razed businesses pocketed their government payouts and don’t plan to reopen. The original goal of …
A friend’s betrayal – Blue Ridge Muse
WEBNov 17, 2006 · A friend’s betrayal. DOUG THOMPSON. November 17, 2006. Jamey Singleton’s tortured career as a weatherman at WSLS Channel 10 in Roanoke is over, killed by an act of vengeance by someone he thought was a friend. For the 28-year-old Singleton, who battled heroin addiction and the near-fatal drug overdose of …
A tragedy that could have been avoided – Blue Ridge Muse
WEBOct 1, 2008 · A tragedy that could have been avoided. Shawn Brent Gerald, the 28-year-old son of Floyd County Supervisor Fred Gerald of Indian Valley, died Sunday night when his motorcycle crashed into a car turning left on U.S. 11 near Fairlawn. The driver of the car, Jerry Wayne Viars, 35, of Max Meadows, was charged by …
Deja vu all over again – Blue Ridge Muse
WEBFeb 11, 2006 · Deja vu all over again. Marc Lamarre's sudden fall from grace at WSLS-TV Channel 10 is a sad story about an all-too-common problem in society -- drug abuse and attempts to hide it from friends, employers and others. Lamarre, a meterologist at Channel 10 until he nearly died from a heroin overdose on February 2, has a long-running cocaine ...
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