Five years after her estranged husband went missing, Jennifer Fetter believes he has passed away.

But that has not lessened her family’s desire to learn what happened to him.

“We’ll just keep waiting and hoping somebody will come up with some information,” she said. “... Five years is a long time.”

A tornado warning was issued in Henry County on Thursday, but no funnel clouds struck the area, according to the National Weather Service in Blacksburg.

“It was hairy earlier” Thursday evening, said Mike Sporer, a meteorologist at the NWS office in Blacksburg.

CHATHAM — The two Republicans vying for their party’s nomination for the 16th District House of Delegates seat in the June 11 primary have different perspectives on how they can help rejuvenate Southside’s economy.

The president of Chick-fil-A made a last-minute stop in Martinsville on Wednesday, according to Danny Wulff, operator of the local restaurants.

During his estimated 45- to 60-minute visit, Dan Cathy waited on customers, emptied trash from their tables and talked to employees, Wulff said.

From Bulletin and AP reports

GRAPEVINE, Texas — The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders — a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and donors.

Of the roughly 1,400 voting members of the BSA’s National Council who cast ballots, 61 percent supported the proposal drafted by the governing Executive Committee. The policy change takes effect Jan. 1.