Today's News

By LARRY CHAMBERS
Staff

INDEPENDENCE — Five Grayson County Circuit Court grand jury indictments have been unsealed and the suspects arrested.
An indictment is a formal charge, not a finding of guilt.
Indictments include:
• Edward Dean Howard Jr., 34, of Independence — one count of assault by mob. The indictment accuses Howard of being a member of a mob to maliciously shoot, stab, cut or wound Jesus Herrera Ramirez.

HILLSVILLE — Local educators have permission to create the 10th Virginia Governor’s STEM Academy in Twin County schools and at the Crossroads Institute, after a decision by the state Board of Education last Thursday.
This was the fourth and final permission that Carroll County Public Schools and its partners needed to proceed with planning for the Blue Ridge Crossroads Governor’s Academy for Technical Education.

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Land Transfers

These land transfers were recorded April 7-May 2 in the office of Carolyn H. Honeycutt, clerk of the Carroll County Circuit Court, Hillsville: