Today's News

 A 36-year-old Hillsville man faces charges after barricading himself in the Hillcrest Apartments on Nov. 27, according to a press release from the Hillsville Police Department.

Police officers received a report at approximately 11:30 p.m. after the man had reportedly fired a weapon inside his apartment and barricaded the door with furniture to prevent anyone else from getting in.

When officers arrived, they found the man's girlfriend and juvenile daughter had already fled the apartment.

Mac Ray Sizemore, 21, of Galax, has been arrested and charged with five counts of vandalism in connection with graffiti tagging that was reported on Nov. 12, according to the Galax Police Department.

The reported cases occurred at Cissy’s Food and Friends and a city-owned building, both on Oldtown Street; Persinger's and Suzi's Auto Clean Up, both on Grayson Street; and Sure Flo Inc. on Depot Avenue.

Galax Police Chief Rick Clark said Sizemore tagged the buildings with different phrases, none of which the police department would associate with gang activity.

HILLSVILLE — A new group will work to clean up the New River and protect the future drinking water source for most Carroll County utility customers, the Public Service Authority learned Nov. 16.

That's when Nancy Carr, a representative of the Virginia Rural Water Association, appeared before the authority members to tell them of her efforts for the New River Regional Water Authority, in which Carroll has partnered with Wythe County and Wytheville on a major water supply project.

DUBLIN — In less than two months, the New River Valley Regional Jail will open at double its current size, allowing it to house hundreds more inmates and provide more than 100 additional jobs.

An expansion at the jail that includes new housing units, a new kitchen and a new state-of-the-art security system is scheduled to be completed by Jan. 3. Renovations to administrative offices are expected to be finished sooner.