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by Bootie Bell Chewning Always great getting to celebrate a birthday and when you are 85 it's fantastic and to...

Lydia Verdillo, a Senior Financial Analyst, has been named as Vinton's first Employee of the Year. Mayor Brad Grose presented...

Students at WBHS hope to involve the entire Vinton community in their Soup 4 Seniors food drive. Students in the...

Chef Drew Buzik has taken over Wednesday night dinners at Vinton Baptist Church this year, in addition to his Succotash...

  Mary Ann Brenchick has been hired as Deputy Director of Public Works. Vinton Town Council met on January 17...

Terriers win Sportsmanship Award   The William Byrd football team has been awarded the John Markey Sportsmanship Award by the...

Star City Playhouse has scheduled its first production in Vinton for the weekend of February 10-12. Performances of “Shakespeare in...

(submitted by Don Altice) Battlaion Chief Don Altice is shown with his father, Robert "Bobby" Altice, who has served on...

Bootie Chewning and Debbie Reynolds have been friends for 30 years. They met in Salem when Reynolds was married to...

PHOTO FROM VINTON MESSENGER ARCHIVES - Chewning has been a columnist for The Vinton Messenger for many years. This column...