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Free Market opens in Independence

INDEPENDENCE — The Free Market, a new community resource offered by Grayson LandCare, is now open to the public and accepting items and monetary donations.

Police: sex offender used library Wi-Fi to contact kids

INDEPENDENCE — An Independence man has been arrested and charged with soliciting a minor through social media, allegedly through the abuse of public internet access at the local library.

According to a news release from Grayson County Sheriff Richard Vaughan, deputies arrested James Michael Fantazier, 25, on Sept. 1.

I-77 center helps out Floridians fleeing Irma

LAMBSBURG — The Virginia Welcome Center at Lambsburg saw high traffic this past weekend as many people fleeing Hurricane Irma passed over the Virginia border.

For the weekend, several portable toilets and pallets of bottled water were brought in to help handle the extra people. The water was free for anyone who came through.

A welcome center employee said that the facility on Interstate 77 in Carroll County saw evacuees as early as Sept. 4, but the traffic picked up as the week went on.

Public record for 9/6/17 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 additional information on this column or questions, call 236-5178, ext. 213.

Land Transfers

These land transfers were recorded in April in the office of Gerald Goad, Clerk of the Carroll County Circuit Court, Hillsville.

Readers Hotline 9/13/17

Suspended
My comment is about Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott. He was suspended six games from the start of this season for alleged domestic violence. Where’s Black Lives Matter and all these other groups to come protest at the Cowboys’ facility about a domestic violence case? Why are the media not putting this on the front page?

GHS launches $650K campaign for fitness center

Good things came from the life of Curtis Bartlett.

Cana house fire investigated

CANA — The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office and the Virginia State Police investigated a structure fire in Cana on Tuesday.

The fire, at 11:05 a.m. on Brushy Fork Road, destroyed a trailer but left no injuries or casualties, according to Cana Fire Capt. Matthew Fink.

“No one was living there that we know of, because there was no power to the house,” said Fink.

The trailer was completely destroyed by the time the Cana Volunteer Fire Department was able to put out the fire.

Carroll Fire and Rescue assisted.

Readers Hotline 9/18/17

Keep it simple

Third-quarter profits

INDEPENDENCE –– Every week, nearly every football team everywhere claims the fourth quarter as “ours.” Friday night at Bill Strong Field, Glenvar laid indisputable claim to the oft-overlooked third.

Shock and awe

Seven Galax players combined for eight first-half touchdowns Friday and the Maroon Tide raced past Rural Retreat 63-7 in a Mountain Empire District game at Galax High School.

Galax, winner of three straight games, built a halftime lead of seven touchdowns or more for the second week in a row, winning for the third straight week after an opening-night loss to Glenvar.

The Maroon Tide (3-1 overall, 1-0 MED) scored three rushing touchdowns, three passing touchdowns and two TDs on returns, all in the first half, scoring four times in each of the first two quarters.