Ararat News

The Surry County Register of Deeds has granted the following marriage licenses: n Shawn Patrick James Sr., 38, of Dobson, and Buffy Ann Schaub, 31, of Dobson, issued June 24, 2009.

A fire that started in a 30-year-old storage building on Ararat is still under investigation by the county's assistant fire marshal.

The Surry County Register of Deeds has granted the following marriage licenses: n Jason Thomas Llewellyn, 25, of Mount Airy, and Jessica Leeann Thompson, 21, of Mount Airy, issued June 3, 2009.

The family of 1st Lt. Leevi Barnard gathered together today to remember their brother, son and loved one.

The Surry County Register of Deeds has granted the following marriage licenses: n Kevin Phillip Danley, 34, of Ararat, and Amanda Renee Dean Wall, 31, of Ararat, issued May 13, 2009.

Officials say recent rabies cases in the area emphasize the need to have pets vaccinated against the deadly threat to both humans and animals.

On Saturday big beefy men dressed in kilts were throwing around logs and large stones at Laurel Hill, showing off their physical prowess and their respect for and understanding of some Old World customs.

On any other day in Ararat, men wearing skirt-like garments out in public would raise more than a few eyebrows.

One teen died and another was airlifted to a Winston-Salem hospital following a one-vehicle accident early Saturday morning.

Easter, one of the most reverent occasions of the year, will be observed by area churches in a number of ways through activities today, Saturday and Sunday.

The Ararat River is filled with heavy equipment as part of streambank restoration Wednesday, in a view captured from the bridge on N.C. 103.

Residents who have put off spaying or neutering their pets during the struggling economy can take advantage of low-cost spay and neuter surgeries, as well as low-cost preventative care, starting today.

More than 20,000 chickens and the large structure housing them were lost Tuesday as a result of a fire of undetermined origin in the Ararat community.

Mondee Tilley/The News Dancers performed "Black Butterfly" during a meeting of the NAACP Black History Program Sunday at Ararat Missionary Baptist Church.

Admittedly 60 years of marriage is a rare thing these days, but to have both husband and wife celebrating their 90th birthdays, Valentine's Day and their 60th wedding anniversary is astounding.

Jamie Fore has been named the new chief of Franklin Volunteer Fire Department. He fills a post left vacant when 21-year chief Harold Hooker stepped down.

A woman who recently told authorities that she was robbed at gunpoint by two black males has been charged with making a false report to police and embezzlement.

An old tobacco barn is seen destroyed during a woods fire that burned about nine acres Thursday on Key Road in Ararat.

A woods fire that threatened two homes and destroyed a barn and an outbuilding Thursday afternoon could have been intentionally set, Ararat Assistant Fire Chief Chris Whittaker said.

Mondee Tilley Staff Reporter PILOT MOUNTAIN - Firefighters raced to a home at 175 Little Waterfall Drive off Dodson Mill road at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday morning to a report of a fully involved structure fire.