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Car avoiding cat crashes and...

A single-vehicle wreck that became a fire last Thursday at 3:30 p.m. on Nuckolls Curve Road did not involve any injuries or casualties, according to Virginia State Trooper C.W. Keesling.

A 2008 Chevrolet Aveo, driven by Amanda Jane Cox, 33, of Galax, was traveling along Nuckolls Curve when she swerved to avoid a cat, police reported.

Cox lost control, overcorrected, hit the bank on the left side of the road and overturned.

Carico estate files $5M wrongful...

INDEPENDENCE — The family of Timothy “T.T.” Carico has filed a $5 million civil claim against Minnesota-based ATV manufacturing company Polaris Industries; and Hilltop Cycle Inc., a Wythe County company that offers off-road vehicle repair services.

Benefit concert will help Carter...

HILLSVILLE – Managers and volunteers of the historic Hale-Wilkinson-Carter Home in Hillsville have been working diligently to raise funds in hopes of continuing restoring the interior design and paying for maintenance and repairs to the building’s foundation and grounds.

A fundraiser concert will be held this weekend to bring in more money for those efforts.

N.C. police kill man wielding...

By LARRY CHAMBERS, Staff

SPARTA, N.C. – A Sparta man died in an officer-involved shooting that occurred in the lobby of the Alleghany County Sheriff’s Office shortly before midnight on Wednesday.

According to a press release provided by the sheriff’s office, Chad Eric Montgomery, 39, went to the sheriff’s office and asked to speak to a deputy.

Woman charged with embezzling...

Staff Report

A Fries woman charged with embezzling from a Galax business has a trial scheduled for June.

Patricia Diane Jones, 57, of Fries, was arrested on Dec. 21, 2017, on a direct indictment issued by a Carroll County grand jury that charged her with felony embezzlement from Creek Bottom Brewing.

Jones formerly worked in Creek Bottom’s payroll department. The offense is alleged to have occurred between Aug. 1-Sept. 23, 2017.

She is awaiting trial in the Carroll County Circuit Court on June 18.

Two more sentenced for drug...

ABINGDON — Two more people convicted as a result of the Operation Rolling Thunder investigation have been sentenced in federal court, after pleading guilty to being part of a methamphetamine distribution network.

The joint local, state and federal investigation sought to dismantle a major drug trafficking organization. Federal prosecutors said large quantities of meth were being transported from Greensboro, N.C., to be distributed in Galax, Grayson County and Carroll County in Virginia and in Surry County, N.C.

GHS presents classic musical...

The ‘50s-sendup musical “Grease” is coming to Galax High School this weekend, with over 35 students from GHS in the cast and crew, director Emily Brown and musical director Allison Deel, and enhanced with a live band comprised of Belinda Kohl on piano, Evan Nuckolls on drums and Luke Reeves on guitar.

TCRH opening cardiology clinic

Twin County Regional Healthcare (TCRH) has announced the opening of Twin County Cardiology on April 16 and welcomed Dr. Paul A. Suri.

Twin County Cardiology will be temporarily located in the Twin County Surgery practice, at 225 Hospital Drive in Galax.

In a news release, TCRH said cardiology nursing staff members from the community have joined the Twin County Cardiology team.

Three charged with forgery,...

Staff Report

TROUTDALE — Three suspects from Tennessee were apprehended last week, after they allegedly attempted to cash forged checks at Skyline National Bank in Troutdale.

According to a news release from Grayson County Sheriff Richard Vaughan, Sgt. Rhonda Halsey responded to the Skyline branch in Troutdale on April 9, for a call about suspicious individuals attempting to cash checks through the drive-through window.

Woman stabbed at Hardee's...

Staff Reports

A fight at the Galax Hardee’s on Sunday shortly after 6 p.m. resulted in Cera Rene Massaro, 19, of Galax, being stabbed.

She was airlifted to Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C., according to a report released by the Galax Police Department.

While en route, responding officers were notified that EMS personnel had been dispatched to a reported stab wound at that location.