Mount Airy News

The N.C. Center for Missing Persons has issued a Silver Alert for a missing endangered Forsyth County woman.

SURRY COUNTY, NC: Authorities in North Carolina are investigating the death of a Fort Myers man.

By TONYA M. LEE, Messenger staff As published July 2, 2008 The minutes from the May 20 meeting were presented for approval.

Lightning was blamed for starting two major wildfires being fought in North Carolina.

The Shaw Group , Baton Rouge, La., recently entered into a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of the assets of its transmission and distribution engineering business, Shaw Energy Delivery Services , ...

Many people in Greensboro know Marilyn Green as an animal activist and one who gives a great deal of her time and energy to many charitable endeavors.

In 2005, I wrote a preview for the eighth annual Full Frame Documentary Festival entitled " Getting your docs in a row ." What was an attempt at a humorous turn of a phrase three years ago has turned into a ...

The Shaw Group says it will sell Shaw Energy Delivery Services Incorporated to a division of North Carolina-based Pike Electric Corporation for $24 million in cash.

The Iowa disaster is definitely on parents' minds in the Triad as they prepare to send their kids to camp.WFMY News 2 found out how one local camp expecting five thousand campers this summer plans to handle ...

This Friday the 13th will bring more fun than bad luck in Rockingham County. The kick-off of the 13th Annual Charlie Poole Music Festival in Eden and the second Friday cruise-in in downtown Reidsville are good ...

Submissions to the community calendar need to be in writing and arrive or be brought into The Mount Airy News office before 5 p.m. at least five days before the event should appear in the newspaper.

Phillips was charged with sale or delivery of cocaine and possession of cocaine with the intent to sell or deliver after a vehicle stop on Fowler Road by police, which had been requested by narcotics officers.

Tom Joyce Staff Reporter A man who helped beat a local grocer to death before robbing him in 1982 is now a free man.

Tom Joyce Staff Reporter A local teen has been charged with 20 violations in connection with a series of break-ins involving a Mount Airy business and several vehicles.

Ross Scott looks to rock band, other interests as he nears retirement Morgan Wall Staff Reporter Mount Airy Middle School Principal Ross Scott is leaving his post at the end of this school year to do something ...

I've always been fascinated by the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia, thanks in large part to the plaster cast there of Chang and Eng, the reason the term "Siamese Twins" came about .

Thomas Smith The Mount Airy News tsmith@mtairynews.com As the North Carolina General Assembly looks to pass a moratorium on forced annexation by North Carolina municipalities in their short session this summer, ...

Randy Roberson, director of development at the Raleigh division of Highwoods Properties, was honored at the 2008 Triangle Commercial Real Estate Women Champion Awards for professional commercial real estate ...

North Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a bizarre accident that lead to the death of two people on US 52 late Sunday night.

Slain man found in car An unidentified man who police believe was between 25-30 years old was found shot to death yesterday inside a green Oldsmobile on Rugby Street near Mansfield Avenue, in Mount Airy, police ...