Mount Airy News

Roger Sickmiller tours the streets so slow it almost feels like he's driving in black and white.

A new group aimed at focusing on health-related issues in Surry County is seeking to measure the prescription drug abuse in the area, especially among youth.

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The Mount Airy Museum of Regional History presents: 'Hands On History' Summer Camp Monday July 6 - Saturday July 11.

The stabbing death of a Mount Airy resident in a domestic-related incident early Friday has led to murder charges against two other local men, authorities say.

Morgan Wall/The News Taking a break from swimming, a group from the Reeves Community Center summer program rest near the pool.

Fiddlers ReStrung play a variety of music at the Blackmon Amphitheatre Tuesday night from bluegrass to Celtic music.

The word a oesurprisea was used over and over by colleagues of David Beal Tuesday in reaction to Beala s decision not to seek re-election to the Mount Airy Board of Commissioners.

Martha Mitchell, far right, helps Charlie a oeCruncha Devnew, middle, and Mike Staley, left, sign up for the 2009 North Carolina State Harley Owners Group Rally while at Goobers Sunday afternoon.

DOBSON a ' Surry County investigators are looking to incidents surrounding the shooting of a Mount Airy resident Friday.

Two men are in custody and charged in connection with an Ocean Isle Beach, NC, armed robbery following a Mullins traffic stop Friday morning.

Once again, Mount Airy has been designated a a oeFIT communitya by a state agency, but not at the level local officials might have desired.

Mount Airy found itself without an Independence Day parade in 2008, but organizers are hoping to see it return with a bang this year.

A Mount Airy man faces eight counts of statutory rape after allegedly engaging in a relationship with a 13-year-old who he met through her parents.

A former supervisor at the Surry County Department of Social Services has been charged with obtaining money by false pretense through her position at DSS.

I get inspiration from everything I do, everyone I meet and everywhere I go.a As much as Jane Tesh loved writing as a child, she never considered it a career path until her late teens.

A former basketball coach who spent five years in prison as a convicted sex offender was arrested Tuesday after he was accused of violating the law that prohibits sex offenders from being near children.

Mount Airy is proposing a zoning change to conform to a recent court ruling stating that localities cana t use age as a factor in prohibiting mobile homes from areas they regulate.

With the candidates' filing period nearing for the 2009 municipal elections in Surry County, only one of the three Mount Airy officials affected is publicly declaring his intention to seek another term.

Bill Hatherly, right, a member of HOPE Animal Assisted Crisis Response, chats with several dog handlers and their canines after Saturday's evaluation session at Millennium Charter Academy in Mount Airy.