Ttravis Epes News Today

Meanwhile Brenda Winkle won the countys commissioner of revenue race.

One of the big questions in the Roanoke and New River valleys is whether Democrats can win in two newly drawn districts — one in the House and one in Senate.

By MELINDA WILLIAMS melinda@southwesttimes.com   “He belongs in the old west … this is the stuff of movies,” a Pulaski County prosecutor said Monday of a man who claims to have murdered two people in self-defense in December.

Johnny Thomas and Jamie Frazier were shot to death in December and their bodies were found a month later in the New River.

Johnny Thomas and Jamie Frazier were shot to death in December and their bodies were found a month later in the New River.

Johnny Thomas and Jamie Frazier were shot to death in December and their bodies were found a month later in the New River.

Johnny Thomas and Jamie Frazier were shot to death in December and their bodies were found a month later in the New River.

Johnny Thomas and Jamie Frazier were shot to death in December and their bodies were found a month later in the New River.

The Executive Committee of Floyd County’s Republican Party disqualified three signatures on Branscoms petition.

Earlier this month, Floyd County Commonwealth Attorney Eric Branscom filed an appeal of the May 6 Republican Canvass, in which Pulaski prosecutor Travis Epes won the GOP’s support by 69