Today's News

HILLSVILLE — When Carroll secured a water supply from the New River in Wythe County, county officials knew they wouldn’t be able to get that water to Lambsburg, but now parts of the southern Carroll community have their own source in Mount Airy, N.C.
Carroll Public Service Authority members at their regular December meeting approved an agreement to buy water from the North Carolina city.
County Administrator Gary Larrowe recommended approving the document, contingent on a positive review by legal counsel.

 No single play defines a game. Not even Galax’s 33-28 loss Saturday to Clintwood in the Group A Division 1 state championship game.

Whether or not there was pass interference in the end zone on the game’s final play depends on which side of the stadium one sat. The green folks would say it was a clean play, the maroon folks would strongly disagree. I couldn’t tell because I was looking through a camera lens, which, at 40-some yards away, can be like trying to watch a football game through a vacuum cleaner hose.

Madison Abigail Sluss celebrated her first birthday on Oct. 22, 2011, at Galax Recreation Center. She had a princess theme birthday party. Family and friends attended.

Her parents are Scott and Cindy Sluss of Galax. She has a brother, Brandon Sluss. Grand-parents are Robert and Regina Lundy of Ennice, N.C.; and Bud and Pat Sluss of Tazewell.