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Local woman dies after car hits tree
A Mount Airy woman was fatally injured late Wednesday afternoon after a car she was driving veered off the roadway and struck a tree. Tiffany Nichole Burkhart Anderson, 36, a resident of Lineback Road, was identified as the victim of the single-vehicle crash by the Mount Airy Police Department. It occurred shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday while Anderson was operating a 2003 Ford Focus on Arlington Street toward South Main...
Man charged with felonious assault on officer
STUART, Va. — An Ararat man who was barricaded inside his home and apprehended with the help of pepper spray is being held without bond on charges including felonious assault on an officer. Sammy Wayne Smith, 52, of 211 Triple Smith Lane, was taken into custody shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday after members of the Patrick County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at his residence. That course of action...
Galax man sentenced for 2023 shooting death
On July 17 in General District Court in Hillsville, Tyrus Miller was sentenced to 10 years in jail for involuntary manslaughter in the death of David Richardson and also given an additional sentence of three years in jail for use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. After...
Animal cruelty case results in guilty plea
A sentencing hearing concerning an animal cruelty trial spanning some two years culminated in a guilty plea in Carroll County District Court on July 16. Christopher Donithan’s guilty plea was accepted by the Honorable Judge Brett Geisler. According to Carroll County Commonwealth Attorney Roger Brooks, Donithan was sentenced to 12 months in jail on the misdemeanor charge. He received six months suspended for time served and Donithan is barred from...
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