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Today's News

  • Day report center idea advances in Grayson

    INDEPENDENCE — With the expansion of the New River Valley Regional Jail, costs per year have escalated to more than $700,000 for Grayson County prisoners in the upcoming budget year.

    Grayson leaders continue to look for ways to cut that amount, and have been working with Giles County for the last few months to develop a Day Report Center similar to the one Giles started last year.

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  • Hospital stabbing suspect at large

    Police are searching for a subject accused of stabbing a security guard at Twin County Regional Hospital late Wednesday.

    Galax Police Chief Rick Clark said officers were called to the hospital around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday after a security guard at the hospital reported that she was attacked.

    Responding officers found that a security guard had apparently been stabbed in the arm by an unknown male.

    The guard was doing a security check of a maintenance shed located by the hospital. She described the suspect as a white male, approximately 6 feet tall.

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  • That Old Fiddle

    We met in a small music shop in southern Virginia, some years ago.

    The woodgrain of that violin was not finished to a lustrous sheen, but more to an appearance far beyond its years. We had that in common.

    Overwhelmed by its rustic appeal to the eye, we went home together. That purchase, at the time, was much more a luxury than necessity.

    Not being a musician, our first session was truly a revelation. What had I done? When bow first met strings absolute horror was revealed. That beautiful chunk of wood had no more music within it than its buyer had.

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  • Bank robbery suspect arrested in Craig County

     HILLSVILLE — Police have arrested a 50-year-old Craig County man in connection with an Aug. 6 robbery at Grayson National Bank in Hillsville.

    Hillsville police identified the man as Richard Donald Hawes of New Castle. 

    Hillsville officers traveled to New Castle, acting on information gathered Tuesday evening, according to a news release.

    The suspect in the robbery wore a cap, large sunglasses and a bandanna to hide his face, but witnesses provided a detailed description of the pickup truck involved.

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  • More swine flu possible in Grayson schools

    INDEPENDENCE — A second possible case of the H1N1 virus, more commonly known as swine flu, has been identified in the Grayson County School System.

    School officials are awaiting confirmation of the illness.

    "At this time, we do not have information from the Virginia Department of Health that the possible H1N1 or swine flu cases in Grayson County are confirmed," Grayson Schools Superintendent Dr. Elizabeth Thomas said.

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  • Police find meth, pot in search of man's home

    TROUTDALE — A Troutdale man has been charged after police found marijuana plants growing on his property and drug paraphernalia in his home last week.

    Grayson County Sheriff Richard Vaughan said officers with his department conducted a search at the resident of James Newton Johnson at 237 Ripshin Road in Troutdale on Aug. 4.

    The search revealed a small quantity of marijuana inside the residence, along with drug paraphernalia. Deputies also searched the backyard and woods adjacent to the property, where 25 marijuana plants were found.

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  • CCHS serves up new lunch room

    HILLSVILLE — Pizza seemed the most popular with educators during the first lunch served under the new food service provider for Carroll County Public Schools.

    Chartwells served up a menu of pizza, nachos, corn salsa, wraps and watermelon to a hungry crowd of teachers and administrators at a divisionwide gathering at Carroll County High School just before the new school year commenced.

    The line for the pizza and nachos seemed longer than the one for the sandwiches, but several still walked away with wraps. Many admitted to dining on the food from both lines.

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  • Stripe strikes museum neighbor as 'unsightly'

    Doris Carpenter was appalled by what she saw when she looked out her window on West Stuart Drive — a blob of yellow paint stretched across the front of the Jeff Matthews Museum, she said during Monday's Galax City Council meeting.

    Inside of the yellow rectangle reads “Jeff Matthews Museum,” painted in bold black, with an arrowhead image.

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  • Carroll moving ahead with fire fee plan

    HILLSVILLE — Citizens with a burning desire to comment on Carroll County's proposed fire fees, billed to insurance companies, will have a chance to do so in September, the supervisors decided Monday.

    The fire fee idea had come up in April, and county supervisors referred it to the Emergency Services Committee for a recommendation.

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  • Marijuana pipe found on school bus

    BAYWOOD – Charges are pending against two Grayson County High School students after deputies found a marijuana pipe on a school bus Aug. 11.

    Grayson County Sheriff Richard Vaughan said the bus was traveling between Independence and Fairview on Aug. 11 when the bus driver smelled marijuana.

    The driver contacted school administration, and was told to pull over at the weigh station in Baywood.

    Grayson deputies — along with GCHS Principal Bobby Cheeks — responded to the scene and performed a search of the bus.

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