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ABINGDON – Federal agents and officers from local and state law enforcement were in the Twin Counties and the Mount Airy, N.C., area on Tuesday as part of Operation Rolling Thunder, a joint investigation that resulted in 24 individuals being charged with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in Southwest Virginia and North Carolina.

Agents were seen throughout the area on Tuesday, traveling in unmarked vehicles and some wearing tactical gear.

Fourteen charged for drugs in...

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INDEPENDENCE — The Grayson County Sheriff’s Office charged 14 individuals with drug-related offenses during the month of May.

Eleven of the charges involved possession or distribution of methamphetamine.

According to a report from Sheriff Richard Vaughan, those charged included:

• Conley Allen Lineberry - distribution of Schedule II drug (meth)

• Vincent Wesley Axley - distribution of Schedule II drug (meth)

Galax homicide suspect in custody

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A Roanoke woman is charged with first-degree murder after police found a a man stabbed to death at The Galax Motel on the night of June 22.

At 10:27 p.m. last Thursday, members of the Galax Police Department responded to a report of an individual having been stabbed at the motel on East Stuart Drive, according to a report from Chief Rick Clark.

Waitress receives $1,800 tip...

A Pizza Hut waitress in Galax got a very helpful surprise recently thanks to members of Galax’s First Baptist Church: an $1,800 tip.

On June 4, Danielle Walls was informed by her manager, Chip Fender, that the church had ordered 45 pizzas, and she was to help deliver them.

“I didn’t have anything to do with the setup of that,” chuckled Fender, recounting his part in the moment.

Galax to name new fitness center...

Plans are in the works for a fitness center at Galax High School that would be named in honor of Carroll County Deputy Curtis Bartlett.

Bartlett, who was killed in a line of duty crash in March, was a GHS graduate and was very passionate about nutrition and fitness throughout his life.

According to GHS Principal Justin Iroler, the project has been in discussion for about a month-and-a-half. Bartlett’s father, Sam, contacted school officials after the Lift Life Foundation reached out to him.

JUNE 13 PRIMARY RESULTS

Unofficial results of the June 13 primaries, from the Virginia State Board of Elections

CARROLL SUPERVISORS: FANCY GAP DISTRICT

Ronnie Collins

• St. Paul — 47 (27%)

• Mount Bethel — 22 (29%)

• Lambsburg — 42 (33%)

• Fancy Gap — 42 (53%)

• Absentee — 5 (45%)

• TOTAL — 158 (34%)

G.G. “Greg” Spencer

Home offers option for those...

On King Arthur Court in Galax, one home is proving to be, if not Camelot, then at least a pleasant and safe dwelling.

Purchased by the Mount Rogers Community Services Board, the home “is part of the move for some care from training centers to residential, home-based type care,” said City Manager Keith Barker, who along with Mayor C.M. Mitchell and City Council Member Sharon Plichta recently took a tour of the facility.

CCPS announces new schools...

HILLSVILLE – The Carroll County School Board announced the county’s new superintendent at its regular monthly meeting on June 15. Dr. Shirley A. Perry, the current Director of Human Resources for Pulaski County Schools, will fill the vacancy left by retiring superintendent Dr. Strader Blankenship.

Grayson opens sealed indictments

By LARRY CHAMBERS, Staff

INDEPENDENCE – Six more sealed indictments issued by a Grayson County Circuit Court grand jury that met in Independence on April 28 have been opened.

Indictments against three people were sealed until the suspects were arrested.

Three indictments were handed down against Brian James Hayes of Whitetop. They included one count of grand larceny of a firearm, one count of larceny with the intent to sell stolen property; and one count of possession of a firearm after having been convicted of a felony.

Hillsville man indicted for...

HILLSVILLE – A Carroll County Circuit Court returned 105 grand jury indictments against 63 individuals on Monday. Included in those charges were 12 counts of possession of child pornography against a Hillsville man.

Christopher Garry Brown, 43, of John Edwards Lane, was arrested Oct. 13, 2016, after an investigation by the Hillsville Police Department that involved the Southern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.