Ararat News

Sharon Chilton-Moser climbs into the new big red Dodge truck she and her husband purchased to use in her full-time volunteer work with the N.C. Baptist Men Disaster Relief ministry.

According to Trooper H.A. Hiatt of the North Carolina Highway Patrol, shortly before 9 p.m., Jody Golding, 34, of 1025 Copeland School Road, was driving a 1983 Chevrolet pickup north on Siloam Road at a high rate of speed near 1010 Siloam Road, which is in what locals call pickle curve between Little Mountain Church Road and Old Creed Road.

Wildlife Resources Commission Fisheries Technician Gary Gouge releases a variety of trout in the Ararat in Fisher River Park as Wildlife Enforcement Officer J.C. Harris looks on.

Only five of the county's 16 volunteer fire departments came before the Surry County Board of Commissioners' EMS Committee hat in hand on the eve of this year's budget process, asking for increases.