
Local High School Students Graduate from MECC
When Mountain Empire Community College held its annual graduation ceremonies on Friday, May 13, the list included several Scott County high school students who were among the graduates. Sydney Vaughn, a senior at Gate City High School, was one of a handful of high school students who obtained an associate degree while still attending high school. Vaughn received an Associate […]
Owner of Drug Testing Lab Sentenced in Medicare Kickback Scheme
A Las Vegas, Nevada- based laboratory owner, who paid another lab owner to direct urine samples to his lab for testing and then billed the federal government for that testing, was sentenced last week to four months of house arrest and ordered to pay a total of $510,000 in forfeiture, restitution, and fines. Rakesh Reddy Kothuru, 49, pled guilty in […]
Local Student Named to Alice Lloyd Dean’s List
Suzann Moore of Kingsport, Tenn. was named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2022 semester at Alice Lloyd College in Pippa Passes, Ky. The Dean’s List is an academic honor awarded to students taking fifteen credit hours or more, who achieved a semester GPA of 3.25-3.74 on a 4.0 scale. Moore is a freshman majoring in Sports and Fitness […]
Rix Quinn – Special Abilities
I’ve always been jealous of people who discover their talents early. There was this kid in my middle school class named Karen. She drew still nature scenes better than anybody. Any time the school needed pictures of flowers, vegetables, baked goods – or even background scenery for school plays – they called on Karen. Sadly, she left school because the […]
Museum to Host Walk
The Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park hosts a Wildflower Walk for National Trails Days on Saturday, June 4 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The interpretative wildflower walk will begin at the front gate of the museum and travel around the Big Stone Gap Greenbelt Trail along the beautiful Powell River. Participants will learn how to identify blooming wildflowers […]