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Today's News

  • Devil girls battle to keep No. 1

    Galax had a solid shot at throwing a wrench into the Mountain Empire District girls’ basketball race, but Grayson County ended the game on an 11-2 run, rallying for a 39-34 win in a back-and-forth affair Friday at Galax High School.

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  • Grayson survives Tide scare

    A 3-14 record at this point in the season would have been a little more palatable for Galax if one of those wins happened to be over archrival and Mountain Empire District-leading Grayson County.

    As it was, the Blue Devils, who took the last meeting by 20 points, kept their unblemished district record intact and Galax had to settle for another ‘close but not quite’ kind of night.

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  • Dogs' deaths spark call for shelter improvements

    By SHAINA STOCKTON
    Staff
    On Jan. 24, the Twin County Humane Society posted a message on its Facebook page that shocked and outraged members of the community and led to a petition to oust the regional animal shelter’s director.
    “Sadness and frustration is on our minds tonight. We desperately need the members of our community to step up and demand change at our shelter,” the heartfelt letter began.

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  • Readers' Hotline 2/4/13

    Many thanks
    I would like to thank all the hard-working AEP employees and crews from other states for getting our power back on during the snowstorm. They worked long hours in the cold weather, sometimes having to carry poles and equipment because their trucks couldn’t get in where they needed to go. Some people didn’t have power for three or four days but AEP did do their best to get it back on as quickly as possible. Thank you again.

    From the wilds

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  • Police foil bank robbery plot

    INDEPENDENCE — Police say they put the brakes on a plan to rob a Grayson National Bank branch last week.
    Grayson County Sheriff Richard Vaughan said that on Jan. 24, Grayson Investigator Todd Perkins received information from Smyth County Investigator Chip Shuler that individuals from Smyth County might be planning to rob the GNB branch in Troutdale.

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  • Carroll girls hand Tazewell first SWD loss

    HILLSVILLE –– Carroll County took a must-win game over Southwest District leader Tazewell Wednesday by holding the Bulldogs to 11 second-half points in the 45-38 victory.

    The Cavaliers (11-8 overall, 4-2 district) kept their district championship hopes alive by handing the Bulldogs (10-7, 4-1) their first SWD loss of the year.

    Taylor Martin scored 15 points and Crysta Guynn hit four 3-pointers and had 14 points for Carroll County, which pulled away from a 27-27 halftime deadlock.

    Nobody scored more than seven points for Tazewell.

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  • Devils in the zone against G-Men

    UPDATE: The Grayson County-Galax quad scheduled for tonight (Feb. 1) will be played, although the starting time for the first game has been moved up one hour to 3:30.

     

    BLUEFIELD –– Grayson County boys’ basketball coach Lucas Austin couldn’t recall the last time – if ever – that his team played 32 minutes of zone defense. A necessity more so than a strategy due to the absence of two starters, the Blue Devils’ static defensive set made a strong case for future employment on Wednesday.

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  • Don't fall for tax refund scam

    A phone scam related to the new Virginia tax refund debit card has been reported by the Virginia Department of Taxation.
    The department has received reports of phone calls being made to individuals, telling them that their “Way2Go” prepaid MasterCard is “locked for security reasons.”
    The automated caller then tries to get the listener to divulge personal information.
    This is a phone scam. The department said it never makes automated calls and never solicits personal information in this manner.

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  • Carroll wants to control animal population

    HILLSVILLE — Carroll County will consider trying to nip the stray animal population in the bud through the 2014 budget, supervisors discussed at their meeting Jan. 14.
    Providing funds for a spay and neuter program could help save the locality money later, from the animal control officer not having to take so many animals to the shelter, Supervisor Bob Martin explained after the meeting.
    Right now, Carroll spends a lot of money on animal control response, but little on prevention, he noted.

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  • Prayer protection advances in Senate

    RICHMOND — A proposed state constitutional amendment that would guarantee the right to pray in public schools and government meetings cleared a Virginia Senate committee on Jan. 29, beginning a vigorous debate about the intent and reach of the legislation.
    The amendment resolution is co-sponsored by two senators representing part of the Twin Counties, Bill Carrico (R-Grayson County) and Bill Stanley (R-Franklin County.)

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