Public Safety

 Galax motorists are advised that the intersection of Glendale Road and Stuart Drive near Subway in Galax will re-open Wednesday. 

The intersection has been closed for several months for construction and improvements. A new traffic pattern allowing two-way traffic will be in effect, Galax police said. 

HILLSVILLE — Emergency responders quickly extinguished a vehicle fire in a Grayson County garbage truck just before 11 a.m. Thursday.

The Grayson employees pulled over the truck on east bound U.S. 58 after other vehicles on the road started honking at them after the fire started showing in the compactor area in back.

Hillsville Fire Department and Carroll Fire Rescue personnel responded to the scene to put out the flames.

The employees made it out of the vehicle and said they were fine afterwards. They weren't sure what caused the fire.

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.