WYTHEVILLE, Va. - A disabled man in a wheelchair who authorities say held three people for more than eight hours inside a small-town Virginia post office surrendered to police after freeing the hostages unharmed. ...more

December 24, 2009

Rick Hendrick was a car owner with a fading dream when he went to church with his wife 25 years ago as his team prepared to race at Martinsville Speedway. ...more

March 29, 2009

Susan Tamme of Palm Harbor wrote last week in search of a mock pecan pie recipe that uses oatmeal. The dessert is similar to one she ate in her youth while working the tobacco farms in southwest Virginia. ...more

December 7, 2008

Recipes are shared for oatmeal pie and pepita brittle. ...more

December 3, 2008

mysteriously, even - finds its way into the recycling bin. ...more

November 30, 2008

Appalachia can be a cold country for liberals, so when word came that the Obama campaign was opening an office in town, Dee Crescitelli started driving by, just to see if it was open yet. ...more

October 6, 2008

Appalachia can be a cold country for liberals, so when word came that the Obama campaign was opening an office in town, Dee Crescitelli started driving by, just to see if it was open yet. ...more

October 5, 2008

Appalachia can be a cold country for liberals, so when word came that the Obama campaign was opening an office in town, Dee Crescitelli started driving by, just to see if it was open yet. ...more

October 5, 2008

Software engineer Keith Brown was conducting a meeting by teleconference when he had to call an abrupt halt. Dido, one of the family's two dogs, had just brought in a dead opossum. ...more

July 27, 2008

Bustling textile and furniture factories that used to churn out blankets and beds have moved out of southwest Virginia, taking jobs overseas. ...more

June 29, 2008