by Doug Thompson | Dec 3, 2014 | Musings, News
An overflow crowd packed the Floyd County Courthouse Circuit Court room late Tuesday afternoon for the formal swearing in and “investiture” of Stephanie Murray Shortt as the new Juvenile and Domestic Relations Judge for the 27th Judicial District of...
by Doug Thompson | Nov 20, 2014 | Musings
We reported on The Floyd Press web site Tuesday and in Thursday’s print edition that Eric Branscom — an assistant prosecutor in Roanoke, Montgomery and Alleghany counties for the past several years — will be the new interim Commonwealth’s...
by Doug Thompson | Nov 13, 2014 | Musings, News
As our story on the web site for The Floyd Press announced Tuesday and is also printed in today’s edition, Floyd County will lose Commonwealth’s Attorney Stephanie Murray Shortt to the Virginia Court bench on December 1. Virginia’s General Assembly...
by Doug Thompson | Sep 2, 2014 | Musings, News
Will Floyd County Commonwealth’s Attorney Stephanie Shortt soon be Judge Shortt? The buzz among legal eagles in the area and politicians say it is a done deal. The question is now not so much if but when. It could still some months off. A full day of circuit...
