For quite some time now, a rumor that Wal-Mart is interested in putting in a super-center at Exit 47 in Smyth County has been going around.  Additionally, the rumor says that a home improvement store like Lowes may also be interested in the Exit 47 area.  Tricities.com has this story today about the possibility.  The […]

Judge Sage B. Johnson increased the bond of Barry Wayne Marshall II from $13,000 to $25,000 on Thursday the Smyth County News Reports here. Commonwealth’s Attorney Roy Evans had asked the court to revoke the bond.
Marshall is charged with driving under the influence after crashing into the patrol car of Virginia State Police Trooper […]

The Smyth County News & Messenger reports that the bond revocation hearing for Barry Dean Marshall II was continued on Monday until tomorrow (Thursday). The reason is unexplained for the continuance.
Marshall crashed into Virginia State Trooper Kris Chapman’s vehicle on I-81 on February 1. Marshall is charged with driving under the influence. […]

I was very surprised at the amount of turnout for the Virginia primaries, particularly on the Democrat side. I guess it wasn’t unexpected since the race on that side is a lot closer than on the GOP side.
I found it interesting that in Chesterfield County, according to this story from the RT-D, they ran […]

After receiving tons of moderated comment spam for so long, I have implemented a new tool to try and help combat it. It is called yaCAPTCHA and you can read about it here.
It seems like a great tool. Before a user can post a comment, I have configured it to where a series […]

Virginia, along with Maryland and D.C. will be holding their Presidential Primaries today in the so called “Potomac Primary.” It is all but certain that McCain will be the Republican nominee. The real race is on the Democrat side. Here are my predictions on the outcome:
Virginia
Republican: John McCain
Democrat: Barrack Obama
This […]

This afternoon I attended a meeting of the 9th District Republican Committee. We discussed matters such as setting the date and time of our district convention and local mass meetings. It is going to be held Saturday, May 17 starting at 10AM at Fort Chiswell High School in Wythe County.
What is disturbing is […]

It is being reported that Bill Clinton will visit Abingdon tomorrow campaigning for Hillary. The event will begin at 4:30pm at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center. Hillary will not be in attendance.

TriCities.com reports here that a relief fund has been established for the wife and two small children of Trooper Kris Chapman.
Contributions can be sent to:

Trooper Kris Chapman Relief Fund
Bank of Marion Chilhowie Branch
P.O. Box 1560
Chilhowie, VA 24319
Phone 276-646-3900

Trooper Chapman was critically injured Friday night while making a traffic stop near mile maker 38 of […]

Just got an E-Mail release from the Gilmore campaign. Gilmore commends the General Assembly on the recent payday lending legislation, which is very much needed. He also points out that it was Mark Warner who signed a law that allows such aggressive payday lending tactics.
It is good to see Gilmore challenging the Mark […]