By Meg Hibbert
SALEM – Desks shook, computer monitors rocked and even people sitting felt as though they were unsteady on their feet.
What experts said was a 5.8-magnitude earthquake in the Roanoke area hit just before 2 p.m. today, with the epicenter reported between Charlottesville Richmond. Later reports said tremors were felt up and down the East...
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Wesley Anne Sprinkle and Kevin Michael O’Brien were married June 26, 2010, at Windsor Hills United Methodist Church in Roanoke. The Rev. Thomas Gordon Lee officiated. A reception followed at Roanoke Country Club.
The bride was given in marriage by her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Grant McKinley Sprinkle III, of Salem. She is the granddaughter...
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Botetourt native John Guillote has the opportunity of a lifetime waiting for your vote.
Longtime friend Trevor Frost is in a competition to win a National Geographic Expedition, and if Frost is the winner, Guillote will be his co-leader.
Trevor and John are eager to focus world attention on the endangered species in Sumatra and all...
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Sara Elizabeth Grey and Benjamin Taylor Barnhill were married on Oct. 9, 2010, at Tuckahoe Plantation in Richmond. An outdoor reception followed at the plantation.
Sara is the daughter of Bud and Teresa Grey of Salem. She graduated from the University of Virginia in 2007, and received a master’s degree from James Madison University...
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Graveside services were held Dec. 31 at Sherwood Memorial Park in Salem for Dr. Emory C. Bogle of Richmond, Andrew Lewis High School graduate, who died of congestive heart failure in Richmond where he lived and was a professor of emeritus of the University of Richmond.
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Kimberly Diane Powell and William Patrick Lloyd were united in marriage on Sept. 4 at the John Kerr Branch House, home of the Virginia Center for Architecture, in Richmond. The ceremony was officiated by the Rev. Charles Ward, who was assisted by Andrew Lloyd, brother of the groom. A reception with dinner and dancing...
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By Gwen Johnson
Celebrate Catawba this past weekend was fun despite the misty rain and fog. But then maybe that was a plus. As far as I’m concerned it beat the heck out of triple digits and humidity which seems to have been the weather trend for most of the summer. It has been...
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By Meg Hibbert
RICHMOND – More than 230 years after he served in the House of Burgesses, Andrew Lewis is back in Richmond.
This time, he gets to stay.
On Monday a bronze bust of the Revolutionary War patriot, friend of George Washington and father of Salem was unveiled and officially presented to Gov. Bob McDonnell.
A standing statue of...
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By Meg Hibbert
SALEM – After 78 years, Andrew Lewis will take his rightful place in Richmond next week.
A bronze bust of Salem’s favorite son and friend of George Washington will be unveiled with full pomp and circumstance on Monday, March 22, in The Old Hall of The Virginia House of Delegates.
Gov. Bob McDonnell will officially accept...
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By Brian Hoffman
The James River basketball team is going to Richmond for the third time in the past four years. The Knights will play Dan River on Friday at 12:15 p.m.
The other semifinal will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday when Lebanon takes on Buckingham County. The two winners meet for the Group A, Division 2 state...
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