Mount Airy News

Martha and Ted Johnson of Pilot Mountain recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

Creating Successful Learners Student Jill Kelley places crackers in a food bag for the annual Friends Feeding Friends food drive by Lowes Foods.

Firefighters survey the scene as they fight a fire Tuesday evening on South Main Street.

Chief among the auditors findings was that the city's fiscal year-end balance has grown again, this year to $11.9 million.

These persons were present Monday morning at Beachnut Family Campground for a ground breaking ceremony.

The group held its raffle in Surry's Sheriff Graham Atkinson's office after selling 219 tickets.The leather helmet was built by Phenix Technologies Inc. of California and given to the winner of the drawing - Tim Winters.

Thurmond Midkiff of Mount Airy displays a watch his mother sent him while he was serving in Italy during World War II.

The company provides energy solutions for more than 175 investor-owned, municipal and co-operative utilities.

On a cold windy day with slow flurries blowing, it would have been the easiest thing in the world for Maria Nash to stay in a nice warm house - especially since she is 99 years old.

Mr. and Mrs. Benji Meadows of 564 N. Franklin Road in Mount Airy announce the birth of their daughter, Emma Kate Meadows, 5 pounds, 12 ounces, on Nov. 14 at Forsyth Medical Center.

Amanda Taylor VanHoy, of Mount Airy, and Daniel Vernon Jarvis, of Wilkesboro, exchanged vows at 2 p.m. on Oct. 12 at Salem Baptist Church in Dobson.

Martha and Ted Johnson of Pilot Mountain recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

One of the many colorful floats in Saturday's Mount Airy Christmas Parade passes by the historic Trinity Episcopal Church on North Main Street.... A float approaches the intersection of North Main Street and Independence Boulevard with the North Surry High School Marching Band close behind.... An estimated 6,000 to 7,000 people of all ages lined ... (more)

Laken Michelle Hall and Tyler Lee Simpson were married at 2 p.m. on July 20, 2013, at the First Baptist Church in Mount Airy.

Marching bands, elaborate floats and a special visitor from the North Pole will be part of the annual Mount Airy Christmas Parade Saturday morning.

If the true meaning of Thanksgiving lies in giving thanks for abundant blessings, then hearts were overflowing at the 17th annual Community Thanksgiving Feast at First Baptist Church in Mount Airy.

Chief among the auditors findings was that the city's fiscal year-end balance has grown again, this year to $11.9 million.

The central business district of a city is much more than stores or restaurants - there's also housing, which has emerged as a top priority for the group Mount Airy Downtown Inc. "One of the things we're interested in is creating more downtown urban living opportunities," Main Street Coordinator Lizzie Morrison explained Wednesday afternoon.

The election of officers for 2014 highlights the board's brief agenda when it convenes for its only December meeting.

Performers at last year's Colonial Christmas celebration at the Edwards-Franklin house entertain guests.