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  • Motorcycle driver charged after chase and crash

    UPDATED 4/25/13:

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  • Drug suspect is "most wanted"

    UPDATE - Sheriff's office officials say that James Grimes has been arrested.

    HILLSVILLE — Carroll County authorities consider a 32-year-old man one of their "most wanted."

    James Richard Grimes, no address given, is wanted on a drug charge of possession of schedule 1 or 2 controlled substance, according to information from the Carroll Sheriff's Office.

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  • Med-Fit team wins Mud Run in Greenville, SC

    GREENVILLE, S.C. –– Med-Fit Systems (Nautilus) sponsored three teams competing in a 3.5-mile Mud Run this past weekend, and one of the three teams brought home a first-place finish in its division.

    “2 Hot Chicks and 2 Ugly Dudes” placed 19th overall and first in the co-ed division of the annual Goodwill Mud Run on April 13-14.

    The team was captained by Med-Fit project manager and former Gazette reporter Ben Bomberger, with teammates Brandon Davis (Med-Fit IT director), Tracy Snow and Kyla Ford.

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  • Galax zooms away from Cavs

    HILLSVILLE –– Carroll County battled Galax to a scoreless deadlock through 40 minutes but the Maroon Tide got busy with five second-half goals, blanking the Cavaliers 5-0 in a nondistrict boys’ soccer match Wednesday at Tommy Thompson Field.

    Galax had led Carroll County 6-0 at halftime of their first meeting but couldn’t penetrate the Cavalier defense through the first half Wednesday.

    The second 40 minutes were another story.

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  • Cavalier girls take 4-1 win over Buffaloes

    FLOYD –– Carroll County notched a big nondistrict win and handed Floyd County its first loss of the season, taking a 4-1 win Wednesday over the Buffaloes.

    With the Cavaliers (7-3) leading 1-0 in the top of the sixth, Cheyenne Strickland launched a three-run home run for a 4-0 lead, which was more than enough for Carroll pitcher Gracie Davidson.

    The homer was the third three-run shot in two games for Strickland, who had three home runs – two of them for three runs – two days earlier in a win at Galax.

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  • Cougars drop Carroll to .500

    HILLSVILLE –– Patrick County took advantage of some costly defensive miscues by Carroll County and made amends for an earlier loss to the Cavaliers with a 6-3 nondistrict win Thursday at Bill Worrell Field.

    Carroll County had opened its season with a 4-1 win in Stuart, the first of four straight wins to start the year, but the Cougars handed the Cavaliers their fourth straight setback Thursday to drop Carroll to .500 on the year.

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  • Readers' Hotline 4/22/13

    Dividing up
    I hope the Grayson Recreation Department will stand up to the big names in Grayson County. It was so unfair to all the kids in Grayson County during basketball when the traveling team was not split up. I sincerely hope things will be different for baseball for the kids’ sake. Isn’t that what it’s all about?

    Made an impression

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  • Frustration grows on flooded street

    Most people who live in the Twin Counties will agree: the weather has been tough on us for the past few months.
    Starting at the end of December, we were hit with rain, snow and ice. Some loved the opportunity to snuggle up at home and take a “snow day,” while others hated it because they still had to drive ― and sometimes slide ― to and from work in the slushy muck.
    But even those who fit into the latter were the lucky ones, compared to the residents of Givens Street in Galax.

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  • Arrest Reports 4/22/13

    The Gazette is partnering with local police departments to publish photos of suspects arrested and charged.

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  • Charges pending in driveway sealing scam

    The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office advises that a white male and two white females, driving a white pickup and red dump truck have been approaching elderly citizens about paving driveways.
    According to police, the two women quote a price for the work to be completed and stay in the residence talking to the individual while the man completes the work. Upon completion of the work, they demand a higher payment saying that the price quoted was per foot of pavement and more was required than initially quoted.

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