Information sessions are scheduled for next Monday and Tuesday at the county administration building. More information is available through Henry County or Patrick Henry National Bank. Almost 90 per cent of Virginia's tobacco growers should see checks in the mail shortly. So the average check would be about five hundred and 40 dollars. The hospital and several area doctors are no longer accepting an insurance plan that covers 300 city and school employees in Martinsville.
Physicians say the insurance company had many problems processing claims.
And they're making the final preparations for the Christmas celebration in Bethlehem. A Campbell County man says he was just doing the right thing when he risked his own life to save another man last year. Victor Shelton was among the first on the scene of this accident on Route 460 near Lynchburg in September, 1998. Shelton pulled its unconscious driver to safety just seconds before the vehicle exploded. This week, Shelton was one of 20 Americans to receive the Carnegie Hero Award.