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Today's Features

  • Local driver welcomes son to racing circuit

    By SHAINA STOCKTON
    Staff
    For Randy Harmon of Galax, life has almost always been on a fast track. From motocross to race car driving, he has worked to leave quite a memorable impression on the circuits long after the dust clouds settle.
    To continue what seems to be a growing family tradition, Harmon is now shifting more of his focus on to the next generation. His son, Derek, is now following in his father’s tire tracks, and it has already been said by some that he could someday qualify against the titans of racing — NASCAR.

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  • Galax man wins $200,000 in Virginia Lottery

     

    William Jones was on his way back to work and just wanted to pick up a soft drink when he bought a Win It All Scratcher ticket from the Virginia Lottery.

    Instead, he walked out of the store with a $200,000 top prize-winning ticket.

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  • Mom promotes awareness of congenital heart defects

    By SHAINA STOCKTON
    Staff
    FRIES — After hours upon hours of waiting and worrying, Emily and Johnathan Moretz received the news that they had been praying for.
    Their youngest daughter, Peyton, was out of surgery and doing fine.
    Not only was she fine, but the next day she was rolling over in bed  — something she had never done before.
    Three or four days later, she was sitting up and smiling.

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  • Morris remembered as dedicated salesman

    By SHAINA STOCKTON
    Staff
    Frank Edward Morris lived most of his life in Galax and made extensive contributions to the community, especially throughout his long career at American Mirror Company.
    Morris, who passed away on Feb. 3 at age 72, is remembered as a hard worker and a dedicated salesman.
    Morris started working at American Mirror in 1962, and after a couple of years training at the plant and throughout the company, he was made sales manager in 1964.

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  • Brewers celebrate 50th anniversary

    Roger and Judy Brewer celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a dinner provided by their daughters and grandchildren.
    They were married Dec. 7, 1962 by Lonnie Shaw at his home.

    They have three daughters, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
    Gifts were received and a trip is planned for early spring.

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  • He's three

    William McKenley Hess celebrated his third birthday Feb. 11 at home with family and friends with a Spiderman party.

    He is the son of Pamela Hess of Galax. His maternal grandparents are David and Polly Hess of Galax. He has several aunts and uncles.

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  • The house that Fuller Center built

    HILLSVILLE — The Fuller Center volunteers built a house, but it’s up to recipient Krystal Rosier and family to make it a home, in the words of Chase Stevens, who worked on the project at Carroll High School.
    More than 30 people gathered with Rosier and family to dedicate the new house that first took shape on the grounds of Carroll County High School before being transported north on Main Street to Crestview Drive last summer and finished on site.

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  • Lineberry, Lowe announce engagement

    Randy and Rhonda Lineberry of Fries announce the engagement of their daughter, Heather Brooke Lineberry, to Jonathan Aster Lowe, son of Vatina Davis and Bobby Lowe of Galax.

    Lowe is a 2008 graduate of Carroll County High School. He is a maintenance technician at Parkdale Mills.
    Lineberry is a 2003 graduate of Grayson County High School and a 2008 and 2011 graduate of Radford University.
    She is employed at Wythe County Public Schools as a mathematics teacher and at Radford University as an adjunct professor.

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  • Transplant gives family hope for recovery

    Audrey Hope Gillespie may have been born with a rare disease that left her with half a heart, but you’d never know from her sweet, playful nature and her brilliant smile.
    And as if to make up for that little heart, the hearts of her family are singing with joy after musicians both local and national have volunteered to play a concert this weekend to help pay her medical expenses.
    The happy 10-month-old’s cheerful demeanor never hints at the struggles she has been through in her brief time on earth.

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  • Allen house part of statewide celebration

    RICHMOND — One place being celebrated during the “Year of the Virginia Historic Home” is the house built in 1911 by J. Sidna Allen in Fancy Gap.
    Gov. Bob McDonnell declared 2013 the year of the historic home because Virginia’s Executive Mansion will turn two centuries old, according to information posted to a website for that purpose, historicalhomes.virginia.gov.

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