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Today's News

  • Payne pleads guilty to murder accessory charge

    HILLSVILLE — A 27-year-old woman entered a guilty plea on Wednesday to being an accessory after the fact in the Nov. 12, 2007, shooting deaths of two men in Fancy Gap.

    The charge is a misdemeanor.

    Amanda Payne of Coulson Church Road was arrested following the shotgun deaths of George Adam Fulton, 19, and Dustin Bond, 17 — and the wounding of Bond's sister Amanda — at a trailer on Frog Spur Road.

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  • State suspends Carroll County veterinarian

    LAUREL FORK — A Laurel Fork veterinarian already on probation has been suspended indefinitely by the state after a dog died while in her care.

    The Virginia Board of Veterinary Medicine took action against Mitzi Elliott of the Animal House clinic after looking into the case of a dog named Daisy.

    While Daisy was at Animal House for a routine spay operation on June 28, 2007, the dog died from what the Board of Veterinary Medicine termed "substandard care."

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  • Public record for 12/17/08 edition

    Editor’s Note: This information is taken from open court records and is a matter of public record. The listings are complete. The newspaper, as a matter of fairness, will not honor requests to omit any listing.  

    For information on this column or questions, call Terri King at 236-5178, ext. 213.

    Land Transfers

    These land transfers were recorded Oct. 3-21 in the office of Susan M. Herrington, clerk of the Grayson County Circuit Court, Independence:

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  • Scorching second half lifts Devils past Alleghany

    SPARTA, N.C. –– Grayson County made it 4-for-4 for the Virginia boys, knocking off host Alleghany 65-53 in the Cross Border Shootout Tuesday night.

    The Blue Devils and Galax both went 2-0 in the event. Grayson County shot nearly 80 percent from the floor in the second half, hitting 19 of 24 attempts to pull away from a 22-21 halftime lead.

    Eric Harvey led Grayson County with 19 points and Tyler Rutherford scored 13 of his 16 after halftime.

    Cody Miller led all scorers with 20 points for the Trojans and Julian McNeil added 17.

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  • Tide girls lose heartbreaker; boys roll

    SPARTA, N.C. –– Both of Galax’s basketball teams trudged off the floor following their respective bouts with Elkin on Tuesday, wearily walking toward the locker rooms following an exhausting 32 minutes of play.

    Galax’s boys were feeling the evening in their legs and in their lungs. No less physically drained, the Tide girls were feeling the effects more in their hearts and in their minds.

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  • Grayson considers line of credit

    INDEPENDENCE — The month of October was a tough one financially for Grayson County, after county leaders were forced to borrow $1.6 million to pay the bills.

    Now, the board of supervisors is considering the idea of establishing a line of credit with a local bank to cover any shortfall in the future.

    During last month's meeting, supervisors asked County Administrator Bill Ring to request proposals for a line of credit and return to the December meeting with his findings. Ring returned this month with two options — SunTrust and Carter Bank.

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  • Ground broken for major Carroll utility project

    WOODLAWN — Winter weather cut down on the warmth with which the ground breaking of the Woodlawn sewer might have received on a more mild day than Dec. 9.

    Moisture-laden winds on that overcast day made the temperatures seem cooler than the 40s, which prompted Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Abingdon) to keep his remarks brief.

    The U.S. Congressman, as well as local officials, stressed the broad swath of Carroll County to which the $5.26 million project will provide wastewater treatment services.

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  • FMS renovation bids lower than expected

    INDEPENDENCE — In November 2008, Grayson Schools' Superintendent Dr. Elizabeth Thomas pleaded her case to the board of supervisors that the budget for Phase I of the new school project was still within the 10 percent margin allowed.

    In December, the low bid was way off from the school system's prediction of $6.4 million for renovations at Fries Middle School — but, on the positive side this time.

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  • Wreck a reminder of deadly explosion

    Almost a year to the day after a tragic propane tank explosion that killed two and injured three others at a laundromat in Fries, a chillingly similar accident occurred in Galax.

    After a car struck the Fries tank on Dec. 10, 2007, leaking gas was ignited by spark from a clothes dryer. The result was a fireball that set a fire station ablaze and a shockwave that heavily damaged a building.

    This time, thankfully, no one was injured.

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  • Olde Mill tees up planned community

    LAUREL FORK — The owners of Olde Mill stand ready to drive a their idea to make the Carroll County sporting staple into a golf resort community.

    Opened in 1972, the designs always called for creating a golfing community along the course that encompasses 800 acres, including a 54-acre lake, according to Hagen Giles, Olde Mill's general manager.

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