Mount Airy News

Recent highway work along U.S. 601 near a new Sheetz store - including a stoplight installation and extra lanes - is expected to improve safety for travelers overall in that area.

City and county officials are taking the position that there's no time like the present to launch a sewer project to serve immediate needs and boost economic growth along N.C. 89-West. Though they lack full funding for constructing a planned sewer line from the stoplight at Toast in Mount Airy to the North Surry High School area, officials want to ... (more)

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The 11th annual RiverRun International Film Festival is previewing its 2009 lineup and showcasing past favorites at the Downtown Cinema Theatre on 142 N. Main St.

A suspect in a strong-arm robbery in Ararat remained at large Wednesday, according to Patrick County Sheriff Dan Smith.

Mount Airy is anticipating a "difficult" budget year, but that's not expected to lead to a property tax or utility rate increase, two key officials said Tuesday.

He was, by all accounts, a simple hard-working man who cared for those he came in contact with.

A group of young people head for the stage to compete in the 40th annual Mount Airy Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddlers Convention.

The Uptown Gallery's featured artist of the month, Richard Zagurski, hangs one of his favorite prints in the gallery on Wednesday in preparation for his reception on Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. Artist Richard Zagurski will be the featured artist at the Uptown Gallery, showing off his acrylic paintings at a reception on Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. Zagurski ... (more)

According to John Shelton, director of Surry County Emergency Services, the child was pronounced dead at Northern Hospital at 6:49 p.m. Shelton said the child, who was 1 year and 11 months old, was in the bathtub with another toddler.

An unidentified Patrick County, Va., man is believed to have aided a murder suspect in his attempt to escape authorities after allegedly gunning down four people in Mount Airy on Sunday.

Two West Virginia men wanted for the shooting death of a Mount Airy store clerk are still at large, according to the Mount Airy Police Department.

Members of the VFW Memorial Honor Guard of Mount Airy Post 2019 and Pilot Mountain Post 9436 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars fire off a three-volley rifle salute during the Mount Airy Memorial Day Service Monday on Main Street.

An Ohio man with a wife and four children found himself in Mount Airy one year ago without a job and with nowhere to live.

Officials at Wake Forest Baptist Health said two individuals involved in a Friday afternoon car crash in Mount Airy remain hospitalized.

While the attempt to break a Guinness World Record was attempted last Friday on Main Street by getting more than 1,692 people to do the Twist for five minutes, as of Monday, the verdict was still out on whether it was successful.

These youthful drivers participated in the Mayberry Farm Fest tractor parade. The parade has been scheduled for May 17 next year.

Wendy Carriker was recently installed as the North Carolina Women's Club president.

Darrh, 53, of Walter Galyean Road in Lowgap, reported the breaking and entering of her home and the theft of various video games, electronics and computer equipment with a listed value of nearly $3,000, according to police reports.

One person has been arrested, and authorities are searching for two West Virginia men in connection with the Friday night shooting death of a local convenience store operator.