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Patrick arrests include locals
STUART, Va. — The Patrick County Sheriff’s Office has announced charges against and/or arrests of residents from the greater Mount Airy area recently, including: • Evan Sands Hall, 18, of 379 Hamp Hall Lane, Claudville, who was charged last Thursday with destruction of property valued at less than $1,000; • Shannon Gray Pack, 32, of 4978 Little Dan River Road, Claudville, charged on April 29 with two felonies: abduction by...
Museum’s Junior Historians show out at state competition
The Jesse Franklin Pioneers, the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History’s chapter of the Tar Heel Junior Historians, recently brought home nearly a half-dozen awards for their work displayed at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh as part of the Junior Historians state conference. In the Video Documentary contest the Intermediate Group, consisting of Rickie Caudill, Adah Huff, Kylie Jones, Madilyn Kassen, Paytin Key, and Solomon Shipley, brought home first place for their “Home Town Homicides” video. This documentary covered the Lawson Family...
Food insecurity looms large for local families
As Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC prepares for the increased need during the summer months when thousands of students no longer have easy access to free school meals, I want to share the reality when I’m asked the important question, “Why are we witnessing such a high level of requests for food assistance across our region?”
Granite City Gladiators force Game 3
ASHEBORO — The 1A West Regional Championship is headed back to the Granite City. Two days after suffering just its second loss of the season, Mount Airy got its revenge against Uwharrie Charter with a 1-0 road victory on May 23. Uwharrie, the defending 1A State Champion, suffered its first shut out loss against a 1A team since 2018. The loss also broke a 19-game win streak for the Eagles. ...
Lady Cavs season comes to a close
One year Later, my how things have changed for Carroll County Softball. CCHS falls 6-3 but the future is shuck full of potential. Last year, shortly after the final out was recorded in a heart breaking 1-0 home loss to eventual state champion Northside, Carroll County head coach Rick Nester and I spent some time discussing the season that just ended as well as the season on the horizon. Player...
Officials restrict use of city seal
In an era when logos of sports teams, consumer products, pop culture characters and various organizations appear on everything from T-shirts and caps to coffee mugs, officials are trying to prevent unauthorized use of Mount Airy’s defining symbol. That is the official city seal, a venerable image containing a cluster of four panels depicting traditional local industries: furniture, granite, textiles and tobacco. While the glory of these has faded to...
Minor damage caused by Galax fire
GALAX, Va. (WSET) — The Galax Fire Department responded to a mutual aid request Thursday for a building fire. A working structure fire was reported on Melrose Lane around 4:30 p.m. Arriving crews found a two-story mixed occupancy building with smoke showing from one corner. Mutual aid was requested...
Memorial Day to alter sanitation routes
Next week’s observance of Memorial Day has prompted changes in sanitation schedules for Mount Airy. This will include no yard waste collection in the city on Monday. The next such pickups are to occur a week later on June 3. Also, the commercial garbage routes normally run on Monday will be serviced on Tuesday instead. This same Monday-to-Tuesday shift is in store for the city’s industrial roll-off route. Municipal offices will be closed Monday in observance of Memorial Day.
MAHS seniors set to tackle life
References to WWE wrestling and delivering a punch to the gut figured prominently during Mount Airy High School’s graduation program — with speakers not advocating violence through those remarks, but using them to make important points about life. Experiences involving siblings were the basis for such comments by Senior Class President Ian Gallimore and Valedictorian Kinlee Reece during their respective addresses for Saturday morning’s commencement exercises at Wallace Shelton Stadium. ...
Slip 'N Slide Slated Saturday
Temperatures locally are expected to reach the upper 80s on Saturday — a perfect scenario for what can be considered an unusual event on the grounds of the Mount Airy Municipal Building. This will involve the Community Slip ‘N Slide, scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday in an...
CPR, truck driving, dealer license classes on tap
Surry Community College is offering a CPR certification class that will meet in Room 122 at The Center for Public Safety, at 1220 State St. in Mount Airy. The class will be held on Friday, May 24, from noon to 4 p.m. and will certify students with Healthcare Provider-level CPR as it meets the American Heart Association guidelines for such. For more information and to register, contact Dr. Doug Underwood,...
Golden Eagle grads soar into future
DOBSON — Although a rain threat had prompted Surry Central High School’s commencement exercises to be moved indoors, enough rays maneuvered through the clouds to enable departing Golden Eagles to fly into a sunset toward future destinations. Surry Central High School seniors Thursday night joined hundreds of others donning caps and gowns this week across the county. In the case of Surry Central, where the school mascot is the Golden Eagles, 142 graduates were listed. ...
Hawks wins Triple Jump State Championship
GREENSBORO — Mount Airy’s Blake Hawks won the ultimate prize in his fourth and final trip to Marcus T. Johnson Track and Field. The senior UNC-Asheville-commit qualified for the 1A State Championship Meet all four years of outdoor track, as well as all three seasons of indoor track; his freshman indoor season was cancelled due to COVID. Hawks entered this year’s meet with six state medals in jumping events. He...
SCC secures fire and rescue training trailer
Surry Community College’s Yadkin Center is unveiling a new training trailer. The trailer will allow students involved in the college’s firefighting and rescue classes to practice exercises in search and rescue while in a confined space. The trailer can also provide training in rooftop ventilation activities and limited forcible entry. The training trailer also features both vertical and horizontal entryways at various elevations which will challenge students to think of creative means of entry. The trailer houses approximately 100 feet of horizontal passages which contain multiple obstacles, changing levels, and tight turns. Ian Keith Harrell, director of fire and rescue programs at SCC, said, “With all of the resources being housed in a single unit, these activities can be combined to create realistic training scenarios for our emergency responders who are frequently called upon to respond to these types of situations in order to save lives and property.”
Mount Airy enters naming-rights game
Want to have a building or other city government facility in Mount Airy named for someone? If so, be prepared to pay up to $5 million for that honor. That is now the case due to this locality officially entering the naming-rights industry, which most notably has dominated professional sports with stadiums being designated for major corporations in exchange for big bucks. The Mount Airy Board of Commissioners voted last...
Officers searching for missing 14-year-old from Jonesville
Officers searching for missing 14-year-old from Jonesville Union County Crime Stoppers said officers from the Jonesville Police Department are searching for a 14-year-old who went missing on Wednesday. (whns) Union County Crime Stoppers said officers from the Jonesville Police Department are searching for a 14-year-old who went missing on Wednesday.
Local book to be featured at national book festival
RALEIGH —Two books have been chosen to represent North Carolina in the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival, and one of those has local ties. Bountiful Red Acres: Two Farms, Two Families, and a Year on the Land written by Eileen Heyes and illustrated by Dare Coulter, is a book aimed at young readers in the age range of 8 to 11. The story is designed to let those readers get a taste of farm life in the North Carolina Piedmont through Bountiful Red...
Youell home offers beauty, deep history
The third in a series highlighting each of the six private gardens featured on this year’s Mount Airy Blooms Garden Tour scheduled for Saturday, June 8. The tour is presented by Mount Airy’s three garden clubs. Proceeds will benefit a variety of charities. Ticket-holders will have a bonus opportunity to drive through the Healing and Prayer Garden at Northern Regional Hospital. Tickets for the Mount Airy Blooms Garden Tour are available at Eventbrite.com, the Mount Airy Visitors Center and at each garden site on the day of the tour. Advance tickets are $20 while tickets on the day of the...
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