Alex Wallace of Oakwood boys’ basketball takes a selfie with his teammates after earning The News-Gazette Athlete of the Week honors. Aeralyn Thrasher of the Sullivan girls’ basketball team takes a ...

Weeks after the plane crash in Fancy Gap, Wallace Thrasher vanished. Police had long suspected him of drug smuggling, and had linked the crashed plane and the marijuana in it to Thrasher. Olga, ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The disappearance of suspected drug smuggler Wallace Thrasher more than 40 years ago is one of Southwest Virginia’s enduring mysteries. A new documentary series aims to answer ...

A Los Angeles film company has acquired the rights to “Chasing the Squirrel,” a true-crime book by author Ron Peterson Jr., about one of Bland County’s most colorful characters. The book is in ...

BLAND COUNTY, Va. — A Los Angeles film company has acquired the rights to “Chasing the Squirrel,” a true-crime book by author Ron Peterson Jr., about one of Bland County's most colorful characters.