By Lerone Graham lerone.graham@roanoke.com 381-8621 With Wednesday marking the beginning of another school year in Montgomery County, Christiansburg High School's fine arts instructors say they are ready to mold a group of artistic minds and also learn what the students can teach them.

John McLeod is defending his property against an attack that he expects to get worse.

Christiansburg's town Web site has never been anything to get excited about. It is neither flashy nor loaded with useful information. That could soon change.

By Lindsay Key, The Roanoke Times, Va. Nov. 27--CHRISTIANSBURG -- Imagine this: Spot is barking at 2 a.m., so his owner lets him out to relieve himself. But Spot darts across the yard and in front of a pair of headlights.

By Donna Alvis-Banks donna.banks@roanoke.com 381-1661 CHRISTIANSBURG --This busy town is finally diving into a project at least 12 years in the making. Christiansburg's first aquatic center is set to open in December 2008 -- if not before.