Public Safety

Those in the financial community are warning customers of a new credit card scam.
Lynn Funk, a registered advisor with Lincoln Financial Securities Corp. in Galax, said she’s heard reports of this scam in the Midwest and it is quickly spreading.
“This one is pretty slick since they provide you with all the information, except the one piece they want,” she said. “Note that the callers do not ask for your card number — they already have it.”

An Asheville, N.C., man has been arrested in connection with an indoor marijuana operation found last month on Pine Branch Road in the Flat Ridge community of Grayson County.
Richard Welsh recently turned himself in at the Grayson Sheriff’s Department.
Arrangements were made for Welsh to surrender. He later was freed on a $100,000 secured bond with a trial date set for Dec. 19 in Grayson General District Court.

HILLSVILLE — Hillsville firefighters responded to a trailer fire at 8177 Coulson Church Road, near Pine Grove Road, at about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday morning.

A neighbor saw a problem and called E911. No one was at the home in the trailer with a built-on extension when the fire broke out, emergency officials say.

When they arrived on scene they found flames coming out of the broken out bedroom windows of the home, said Hillsville Fire Chief Donnie Spangler.