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I-77 fatality blamed on 'driver fatigue'
A Florida man died Thursday night apparently after unwittingly driving his car into the rear of a stopped tractor-trailer on Interstate 77 in Surry County. “Just drove right into him,” Sgt. Fletcher Pipes of the N.C. Highway Patrol said Friday of the operator of the rig, a trucker from New York. “Came up behind him and went into him — never hit the brakes,” Pipes said. ...
Barricaded subject shot at Surry County deputies during standoff, deputies say
SURRY COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is investigating a deputy-involved shooting. At around 12:44 p.m. on Tuesday, deputies with the Surry County Sheriff’s Office tried to serve a domestic violence restraining order at a home on the 100 block of West Imogene Road. Investigators say that 63-year-old Roger Dale […]
Man charged for shooting at deputies during standoff in Surry County
SURRY COUNTY, N.C. — The Surry County Sheriff's Office confirmed a deputy-involved shooting happened on West Imogene Church Road in Mount Airy on Tuesday. Shortly before 1 p.m., deputies tried to serve a domestic violence restraining order at home on West Imogene Church Road in Mount Airy. The suspect,...
Westfield voters have new polling place
Another change is afoot ahead of the upcoming General Election in November as the Surry County Board of Elections announced this week a second polling place relocation. According to Surry County Director of Elections Michella Huff the board of elections voted recently to relocate the South Westfield precinct. The new polling locations for South Westfield Precinct # 28 will be Jessup Grove Baptist Church, 896 Jessup Grove Road in Pilot Mountain. ...
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Surry County’s Board of Elections have changed two polling places ahead of November’s General Election. South Westfield Precinct voters will now go to Jessup Grove Baptist Church and Pilot Precinct voters will go to the Pilot Mountain Rescue & EMS base.
Elkin City Schools opens new 13,000-square-foot gymnasium for activities
SURRY COUNTY, N.C. — Elkin City Schools has opened a new gymnasium on its middle and high school campus. The nearly 13,000-square-foot gymnasium has new accessibility features, activity spaces, locker rooms, and more. Keep up with the latest news and weather by downloading the WXII app here. The district's...
Creed named district conservation director
This week Surry Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors County announced the appointment of Laken Creed as the new district conservation director. Creed started in her new role on August 1. She succeeds in that position Tony Davis who recently retired after a career spanning more than three decades with the Soil and Water Conservation District. For the past 18 years Davis has served as the group’s director. ...
Foxx in house with Rotary
With Congress now in its August recess, U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx chose to spend part of her free time with the Rotary Club of Mount Airy this week. And though she is campaigning for another two-year term as North Carolina’s 5th District representative, Foxx didn’t actively lobby for votes when appearing as guest speaker for a Tuesday meeting of the group at Cross Creek Country Club. “Virginia attended our Rotary...
Hundreds take to the streets for Downtown Rocks & Runs
Downtown Mount Airy hosted more than 300 participants over the weekend for the annual Downtown Rocks & Runs 5K and 10K to help raise money for The United Fund of Surry. The United Fund’s executive director Melissa Hiatt said in the lead up to the event that the threat from Hurricane, turned Tropical Storm, turned Tropical Depression, Debby may have kept some participants who would have signed up early from doing so. However as Thursday plugged along, the anticipated high amount of rain from the...
Tropical Storm Debby soaks, spares area serious damage
North Carolinians like to share a chuckle with one another as a winter weather system is predicted and the inevitable run to grocery store for a loaf of bread and milk leads to frustration and light chaos at the express checkout. Last week was perhaps a summertime version of that scenario as little Debby came to town and shared with the Yadkin Valley a whole lot of needed rain. Debby first hit land in Florida on Monday as a Category 1 hurricane before hitting this...
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