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Three siblings were found in South Carolina after being removed from a Floyd County school bus on Thursday morning.

An emotional, two-hour sentencing hearing in Floyd County Circuit Court last week, with strong testimony from sheriff’s department deputies sent Samuel Wayne Hale to prison for 30 years with another

A Bedford County man who admitted selling drug-laced mushrooms at FloydFest in 2018 received a six-month jail sentence last week after Commonwealth’s Attorney Eric Branscom failed to convince Circuit Judge

If this column comes across as fuzzy-minded, please cut me some slack. Perhaps we can blame THC, the chief mind-altering substance in marijuana. Though possession of small amounts of weed won’t be legal in Virginia (for adults age 21 and up) until July 1, THC-infused gummies and vape cartridges already are being sold in smoke shops and CBD boutiques around the Roanoke Valley. Some even sell THC brownies. You can find the products along Brambleton Avenue in Roanoke County, or on Main Street in Roanoke’s Wasena neighborhood, and occasionally at convenience stores in other locations. T...