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FLOYD — Twenty-nine years ago, Thomas Lonnie Helms Jr. was accused of the rape and murder of a 77-year-old Floyd County woman, then eventually declared not guilty by reason of

PEARISBURG — An attempt to recover stolen property ended with a group of people chasing a homeowner out of his residence and shooting him as he ran, a Giles County prosecutor said Tuesday. William Dee Martin, 44, of Newport, was in the county’s General District Court to ask for bail – a request that was denied after Commonwealth’s Attorney Bobby Lilly said security camera footage showed Martin running after a man, then shooting him with a long gun from about 10 feet away. Th...

540-381-1669 CHRISTIANSBURG — McKenzie Kyle Hellman should serve two life sentences plus another 45 years in prison for encouraging his girlfriend to sexually abuse her 2-year-old son, a Montgomery County jury recommended Monday after finding Hellman guilty of five child sex and pornography charges. The 27-year-old Christiansburg man also is accused of killing the toddler in a separate incident and still faces counts of second-degree murder and child abuse. These are to be tried in a separ...