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A lifetime of memories in stitches

By Meg Hibbert

CAVE SPRING – Lorraine Wheeler keeps her life’s memories in stitches. The Cave Spring resident has recorded her years of volunteering for the Bent Mountain First Aid Crew and the Cave Spring Rescue Squad Auxiliary in quilts she pieced and appliqued, then got several church quilting guilds to quilt. All combined, she has about half a... »

2 former Troutville Rescue Squad officers indicted for separate embezzlements

By Staff Writer

BOTETOURT – Two now former Troutville Rescue Squad volunteers were indicted for unrelated counts of embezzlement by a Botetourt grand jury Monday; and a Troutville woman was indicted in a “child shaking” incident, according the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office. Former rescue squad President Stacy Tanaka, 33, was indicted on two counts of embezzlement for allegedly taking... »