Lowgap News

John Peters/The News Jennifer Overfelt , Dean Overfelt, Kenny Overfelt , and Beth Overfelt wait on the fireworks display Saturday night.

The Surry County Register of Deeds has granted the following marriage licenses: n Robert Thomas Hale Jr., 35, of Dobson, and Angela Dawn Talley, 27, of Lowgap, issued June 10, 2009.

The Surry County Register of Deeds has granted the following marriage licenses: n Theodore Robert Kuhl Jr., 33, of Mount Airy, and Jennifer Dawn Hiatt Sawyers, 40, of Dobson, issued April 1, 2009.

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 Surry County Register of Deeds has granted the following marriage licenses: n Justin Wayne Collins, 21, of Pilot Mountain, and Mary Katherine Brinkley, 19, of Pilot Mountain, issued March 25, 2009.

Winston-Salem police searched last night for a man accused of robbing a vending-machine employee who was servicing machines at Goodwill Industries on University Parkway.

A failure by an allegedly impaired driver to yield the right of way and his passenger neglecting to buckle up led to the latter's death in a collision near Mount Airy, the N.C. Highway Patrol said.

A young Mount Airy man was being held in the Surry County Jail under a $25,000 bond Sunday stemming from his alleged beating of two Lowgap residents with a baseball bat.

Emergency personnel who searched for four teens after they walked away from a camp for delinquent and emotionally troubled youths Tuesday night had a strong ally on their side: the weather.

In addition to felonious possession of cocaine, Alfonzo Darryl Galloway, 46, of 611 E. Haymore St., is accused of misdemeanor charges of possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

The Surry County Register of Deeds has granted the following marriage licenses: n Kevin Lee Clark, 32, of Elkin, and Sarah Katheryn Swaim, 17, of Elkin, issued Nov.