A historic moment in the New River Valley, as Giles County Sheriff Morgan Millirons was sworn in for the fifth consecutive time as the sheriff of Giles County Wednesday.Millirons is the first sheriff in the history of the county to serve five consecutive terms.
Sheriff Morgan Millirons said that Rebel Hodges car raced away from a traffic stop Saturday, and that officers lost sight of it before it ran off westbound U.S. 460.
Rebel R. Hodges, 35, of Rocky Mount, was killed and his passenger, Shaddai B. Boyer, 33, of Martinsville, was seriously injured on Saturday, Virginia State Police reported.