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Today's News

  • Readers' Hotline 6/9/14

    Hot dog
    This is for the woman who reached in my car on Memorial Day, unlocked it, took my dog and called the police. I was only in the store 10 minutes, if that long. You were a liar when you told the officer I was in there for over 45 minutes. If he had been any kind of an officer, he would have charged you with stealing. Too bad the dog didn’t bite one of your fingers off. Maybe that would have taught you a lesson not to steal or go into other people’s vehicles.

    Gone with the wind

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  • Carroll plans for worst case scenario

    The clock is ticking… and yet the Commonwealth still hasn’t passed a state budget. Localities have moved past being antsy about the situation at this point, and with less than a month to go before the state passes their deadline, local governments are scrambling to come up with a plan B.
    David Hutchins, chairman of the Carroll County supervisors, called a special meeting on June 2 so that the board and other county officials could discuss implications of moving into the summer months with no state budget.

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  • 3 charged in connection with meth lab

    HILLSVILLE — Virginia State Police have charged three people in connection with a meth lab on Coon Ridge Road in Carroll County.
    The department received a tip about suspicious purchases related to the manufacturing of meth, and obtained a search warrant for 1347 Coon Ridge Road after midnight on May 28, according to state police Sgt. M.T. Conroy.

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  • D-DAY, PART 2: A Day Like No Other
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  • Galax house lost to fire

    The Galax Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 440 Poplar Knob Road off of Country Club Lane at approximately 3 p.m. on June 4.

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  • Fries needs clear plan for future

    Recently, Fries Town Council was encouraged to revisit a master plan that it had previously developed for the town’s revitalization… and we couldn’t agree more.
    In recent years, small towns have seen their share of economic downfall, and Fries is no exception. A place of history and an ideal spot for outdoor recreation, the area has a lot of promise. But over the years, the area’s redevelopment seems to have, quite frankly, ground to a halt.

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  • Pair of one-hit wonders

    BRISTOL –– Honaker catcher and Yale-bound scholar Jacob Mitchell called it one of the single greatest individual performances he has ever seen. The future Ivy Leaguer needed to be a little more specific. His superlative could have fit a couple of different guys.

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  • D-DAY: Army medic Walter Dickens was 'anxious to get into the fight'
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  • BBQ contest expanding

    Smoke on the Mountain, Galax’s annual barbecue contest, has drawn fierce but friendly competitors for a decade. This year, the stakes have been raised.
    “We just received an email from the Memphis Barbecue Network in the last month,” said Smoke on the Mountain Site Director Ron Passmore.

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  • Company pays EPA for acid cleanup

    ROANOKE — The federal government is recovering $150,000 of the $500,000 it spent cleaning up hundreds of acid-filled drums from a property in Carroll County in 2009.

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