Stuart News

Montana Young, Whitetop Mountain Band perform at MHS Sixteen-year-old Patrick County fiddle player Montana Young performs at Martinsville High School on Saturday.

Montana Young to play Saturday Sixteen-year-old fiddle player Montana Young practices at Woodalla s Music Shop in Collinsville.

It wasna t just the bridges that drew Perry Frye to the Woolwine Covered Bridge Festival on Saturday.

A recent Patrick County High School graduate was killed Saturday in an accident on Interstate 95 near Benson, N.C., according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol.

Patrick County Genealogy Society will meet from 5 - 9 p.m. celebrating the 10th Year Anniversary of PCGS with a covered dish picnic at the upper picnic shelter at DeHart Park on Johnson Street in Stuart.

Sheppard, 18, of 825 Salem Highway, Stuart, died about 5:45 p.m. Saturday in an accident on Interstate 95 near Benson, N.C.He was returning home from a beach trip to mark his June 6 graduation from Patrick County High School, according to his grandmother, Connie Wood.

Robert Lee "Bob" Hodges Jr. Sunday, June 14, 2009 Robert Hodges Jr. Robert Lee "Bob" Hodges Jr.

STUART, Va. a 'The Ararat and Claudville areas of Patrick County will have a new representative on the county Board of Supervisors due to a decision by the incumbent not to seek re-election. The filing period for the 2009 election in Patrick passed this week with 3 of Ararat, who serves the Dan River District on the five-member board, declining to ...

Hot Fun in the Summertime XXVIII beach music festival is expected to draw beach music fans to Stuart on Friday and Saturday in what has become a summer tradition and a boon for businesses.

Joshua Bohannon, 24, hugs his cousin, Jordan Martin, at Mount Herman Baptist Church Sunday.

Weekend of Live Beach Music at Wayside Park in Stuart, VA. Showtime, Band of Oz, The Embers, Mardi Gras with Sammy O'Banion and more... Don't miss the 28th annual event sponsored by the Patrick County Jaycee's. Camping Available, ID required, No Pets, small coolers ok, NO glass containers.

Sheriff Dan Smith reported the following arrests: *William Wesley Webb, 22, of Mount Airy, N.C., was arrested April 30 on charges of robbery and aggravated malicious wounding, with Claude O. McCormick listed as the victim.

The Mount Airy Lowea s store presented almost $600 in tools to the building trades class at Patrick County High School.

So far in 2009, six rabid animals - all raccoons - have been found in Martinsville and Henry, Patrick and Franklin counties, Keith Carr, environmental technical specialist at the Henry-Martinsville Health Department, said Friday.

Historian and Author Tom Perry will host The Free State of Patrick Festival at the Ararat Virginia Ruritan Building on April 25 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The theme of the event is Books, Community, History and will present many regional authors and historical organizations inside the building while the local vendors focusing on the Dan River ...

Tommy Garrett appeared on the cover of Senior Magazine in Arizona, has been on Ed Begley's show , and portrays a journalist in the movie, Queen of the Lot , now in production.

Mondee Tilley/The News Author Tom Perry holds up a copy of one of the Mount Airy Public Library's books, "Stoneman's Raid" during the Lunch with an Author series, which has now come to a close.

Harrisburg, N.C. March 26, 2009: If you have some extra time this weekend, consider visiting the Wood Brothers' Museum at 21 Performance Drive, Stuart Virginia, 24171 - located just 30 miles west of Martinsville off of route 58.

Jennifer Sanders Price pleaded guilty to second-degree murder today in Davidson Superior Court in the death of Cynthia Bullock Wingard.

The Patrick County High School Lady Cougars are headed to the state basketball tournament for the first time in nearly two decades. The 1989-1990 team won the Region Championship, just like the 20088-2009 team has done, however they lost in the first round. This year's team has high hopes against the Lord Botetourt High School Ladies Basketball Team. The game is slated for 5:15pm on Saturday and it will be webcast LIVE on www.BetterThanRadio.us