Rural Retreat NewsLocal news for Rural Retreat, VA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Couple avoid prison for dogfighting, drugs- March 28, 2008 A Wythe County couple will avoid prison time for their involvement in dogfighting and manufacturing illegal drugs. via New River Valley Currenthttp://www.topix.net/city/rural-retreat-va/2008/03/couple-avoid-prison-for-dogfighting-dru... FAA Report Says Icing Contributed To Smyth County, Va., Plane Crash- March 26, 2008 "Ninety-nine percent of the safety is the guy sitting in the left seat" Printer Friendly A Smyth County, Va., plane crash that killed two people on March 16 was caused by ice that accumulated on the aircraft's body, according to a preliminary Federal Aviation Administration report ... via Httphttp://www.topix.net/city/rural-retreat-va/2008/03/faa-report-says-icing-contributed-to-sm... Plane crash victims identified, cause still unknown- March 19, 2008 "We're going to be looking at who they were talking to at air-traffic control, weather and the wreckage that we have here" Virginia State Police pilot Edward Robbins was flying his helicopter in search of an escapee Sunday morning when he got a call that a plane had crashed in the Jefferson National Forest. via News Channel 11http://www.topix.net/city/rural-retreat-va/2008/03/plane-crash-victims-identified-cause-st... Plane Crash in Rural Va. Kills 2- March 18, 2008 RURAL RETREAT, Va.- A small plane whose pilot reported icing problems crashed in a mountainous area moments later, killing the two people on board, officials said. via Telegram & Gazettehttp://www.topix.net/city/rural-retreat-va/2008/03/plane-crash-in-rural-va-kills-2?fromrss... Two Die In Plane Crash- March 17, 2008 "You have a more rapid response because it's on three county borders" RURAL RETREAT, Va. The pilot of the single-engine plane that crashed here Sunday morning called the Atlanta flight-control center in distress moments before the aircraft plunged into a remote mountain, killing ... via Httphttp://www.topix.net/city/rural-retreat-va/2008/03/two-die-in-plane-crash?fromrss=1 Rural Retreat police chief quits- March 11, 2008 "He did not want to leave the town in a lurch in a sense and that speaks a lot of him" Rural Retreat Police Chief Bob Lewis has helped solve multiple cases of stabbings and assaults during his nearly 24 years on the job. via WSLS-TV Roanokehttp://www.topix.net/city/rural-retreat-va/2008/03/rural-retreat-police-chief-quits?fromrs... |