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Property search for missing Mount Airy man called off
The search of a Mount Airy property for a man missing since 2007 was concluded Friday without results, according to a statement released by the Surry County Sheriff’s Office. The statement identified...
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Roundabout plan gets detoured
Plans to implement a roundabout traffic pattern near downtown Mount Airy could be headed toward a dead end, due to concerns by officials — including one that roundabouts aren’t “Mayberry”-like. “I’d...
View ArticleSCC registration deadline nears
Registration is under way at Surry Community College for full-session spring curriculum classes. The deadline to register is Friday, Dec. 18. Classes will start Wednesday, Jan. 6. Payment plan options...
View ArticleN.C. Highway Patrol trooper whose vehicle hit and killed a man in Surry...
RALEIGH — Authorities have released the identity of the North Carolina Highway Patrol trooper who was behind the wheel of a vehicle that struck and killed an elderly man Saturday evening. According to...
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Van Tucker will run against Surry County Commissioner Paul Johnson
PINNACLE — A Pinnacle resident has announced he will be running for the East District seat on the Surry County Board of Commissioners. Van Tucker, 60, lives on Shoals Road and is a life-long Surry...
View ArticleHoliday affecting sanitation schedules
Garbage-collection schedules in Mount Airy have been altered for the Thanksgiving holiday period, according to city sanitation officials. This includes no Thanksgiving Day residential garbage or...
View ArticleTractor trailer driver killed in Eagle Carport warehouse accident
An Alabama man was killed Tuesday in an accident at an Eagles Carport Inc. warehouse on Arlington Street. The tractor-trailer driven by Sean Nelson Sr., 40, a delivery contractor from Mobile, Alabama,...
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Rockford School celebrates holiday
Molly Anderson and Janet Sutphin dress up as turkeys for Rockford Elementary’s Gobble Wobble dance Tuesday. Rockford students take part in the Gobble Wobble dance in the school gym on Tuesday....
View ArticleWestfield Honor Roll
Westfield Elementary has released its latest honor roll. Third grade A Honor Roll: Jadee Gilley and Ellie Morris. Fourth grade A Honor Roll: Breanna Sawyers, Kamryn Cox, Gracie Goins and Kiddrick...
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‘Season of light’ season of high energy bills?
Anyone who’s seen the film National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation remembers the classic scene when Clark W. Griswold finally gets the Christmas lights strung painstakingly over every surface of his...
View ArticleSome healthy eating habits offered
Overeating at Thanksgiving is an American tradition, but according to a recent study, North Carolina ranked low in healthy diets year-round. 24/7 Wall St. ranked the average diet of a resident in each...
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Armbrister seeking to join RDC
One week after a fellow Mount Airy councilman resigned unexpectedly from a redevelopment commission in the city, Commissioner Jim Armbrister is seeking to replace him in the controversial group. When...
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Donations, volunteers sought for ‘Give A Kid A Christmas’ program hosted by...
DOBSON — With 600 children to shop for, 360 food boxes to fill and $18,000 short to pay for it all, Surry County Sheriff Graham Atkinson hopes folks will realize their attention — and money — will be...
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Annual Thanksgiving Day Dinner held at First Baptist Church
It was the first Thanksgiving to which Gayle “Mac” McCray had looked forward in many years. Once a softball star at Catawba College, then a coach and a homeowner, she lost it all when her adoptive...
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13 Bones feeds the needy
Kynlee Venable, daughter of restaurant owner Angie Venable, passes boxes to Margaret Shepherd in a volunteer-powered assembly line preparing Thanksgiving dinner for local families in need at 13 Bones...
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Registered sex offender from Pinnacle charged with attempted rape and other...
DOBSON — A registered sex offender from Pinnacle is in the custody of the Surry County Detention Center under a $250,000 secured bond after being charged with new sex crimes. John Henry Williamson, of...
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Town of Dobson to host tree lighting, parade
DOBSON — Holiday festivities are set in Dobson. The town will host a tree-lighting ceremony Monday evening and a parade on Dec. 5. Misty Marion, the town’s municipal services manager and clerk, said...
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City’s ‘savings’ grow, audit shows
The coffers of Mount Airy city government have a little more jingle, according to a newly released audit report showing that its “savings” have grown. That report shows that the municipality’s...
View ArticleHealth Department Inspections
Brintles Restaurant, 125 Plaza Lane, Mount Airy. Inspected Sept. 14, score 93. Violations: 1) Potentially Hazardous Food (Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food), Hot and Cold Holding – P- Observed...
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Mount Airy businesses see large sales on ‘Black Friday’
In 1621 Plymouth colonists sat down with Wapanoag Indians for the first Thanksgiving meal. In 1863 Abraham Lincoln declared the day a national holiday, and about a century later the meal also sparked...
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