Mount Airy News

The dance marathon craze, which emerged during the 1920s and 1930s, will be rekindled during an upcoming event at Mount Airy Elks Lodge which offers a $1,000 prize to the last couple standing.

Thursday night's board of commissioners meeting in the town of Dobson is about one thing: Clearing the few remaining hurdles to construction on the planned Dobson Square Park.

Vijavat Isarabhakdi, Thailand's ambassador to the United States, is shown with President Obama.

On July 13, Marjorie Wagoner Draven, 42, of Toyland Trail in Pilot Mountain, reported that someone stole her window mounted air conditioning unit.

Two Pinnacle residents turned themselves in Wednesday on assault charges that had been filed that day in Mount Airy, according to city police department reports.

On July 14, Samantha Lou Etz, 19, of Industry Road in Rootstown, Ohio, was arrested and charged with being a fugitive from justice.

Last week the Mount Airy Board of Commissioners again took on the question of mandatory water and sewer hook-ups for city residents.

Members of the city's new redevelopment commission are, from left, Commissioner Jon Cawley, Commissioner Steve Yokeley, Tom Webb, Alton Gaither, Jarod... Mount Airy officials have delayed spending as much as $110,000 for an outside entity to help a new redevelopment commission get organized.

Vijavat Isarabhakdi, Thailand's ambassador to the United States, is shown with President Obama.

Erin Michelle Mayberry and Charles Nelson Robinson were married June 12, 2014, in the British Virgin Islands on White Bay of Jost Van Dyke.

A harsh Republican Party fight for a shot at an open North Carolina congressional seat goes to Mark Walker in a bit of a surprise to area Republicans.

SouthData, a privately held Mount Airy company that now employs about 80 people, has been sold in a move expected to expand production and jobs locally.

If you ask Dave Nazaroff, the 900-mile bicycle ride he's completing this week is no big deal, but then again, Nazaroff is a 10-time Ironman.

Along with stirring up unrest among local residents, a newly formed redevelopment commission in Mount Airy could pose a major financial cost for taxpayers.

Camp Raven Knob Electronics and Robotics Instructor Neal O'Hara talks with Intern Nick Conzone of Mount Airy about upcoming projects for scouts... Wilkesboro Boy Scout Troop 301 member Aaron Haymore is given some pointers on welding equipment operation from Camp Raven Knob Merit Badge Inst... Raven Knob Boy Scout Camp participant Josh Gray watches ... (more)

After being jailed on methamphetamine charges during a search at their home, two Mount Airy residents were released on bond only to be caught the next day with more than 2 pounds of marijuana, city police say.

If it needed to be summed up in a sentence, this year's Jimmy Lowry Tribute Concert would be described as a lively and laugh-filled celebration of the life of a man who devoted himself to music and serving others.

A large parking lot beside the Mount Airy Post Office has been barricaded for months, but city officials could be closing in on a deal that would allow it to reopen through a rental agreement.

Whitney Jade Bledsoe of Mount Airy and Jacob Bradley Long of Mount Airy got married at 5 p.m. on June 7, 2014, at Dewberry Farm in Kernersville.

On July 4, Brandon Charles Hutchens, 23, of Anderson Road in Siloam, reported that someone broke into his out building and stole two chain saws and various lawn equipment.