Surry County News

An Elkin business owner was arrested and charged with statutory sex offense with a 14 year old and solicitation of a child by computer to commit a sex act.

The S.C. Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Quincy Jovan Allen on Monday, who admitted to killing four people in a crime spree across the Carolinas, including a clerk and a customer at a convenience store in Surry County, N.C., in 2002.

Lottie Ryans and Mark Todd look at the display set up by one of last yeara s Learning Ventures grant winners at Thursdaya s awards luncheon.

The Surry County commissioners discussed at their meeting last night a potential water project for the Pilot Mountain area, which would provide service to 260 potential customers.

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North Carolina FreedomWorks is sponsoring a a oeTaxpayer March On Raleigha . The 11-14 event will begin at 11AM and include a march and rally.

Two accidents caused by heavy rain Thursday morning sent two teens to the hospital.

A Claudville mother and son are being held with no bond in the Patrick County Jail in connection with a quadruple slaying in Mount Airy, N.C. Gregory Brandon Holt, 34, and his mother, Kathy Lee Young Barnette, 56, were arrested Tuesday on fugitive of justice warrants, according to Patrick County Sheriff Dan Smith.

Police say they've arrested a North Carolina a man in the disappearance of a 5-year-old girl but are still looking for the child.

A Surry County man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, felony death by motor vehicle and driving while impaired in connection with a fatal wreck that occurred in April, authorities said yesterday.

A Connecticut company that monitors thefts and abuse of prescription drugs has donated a cash reward for information regarding an armed robbery at a Mount Airy pharmacy last week.

The shooting suspect charged with killing four people in Mount Airy shouldn't have been in the country, according to reports released Friday.

The Mitchell River will be further protected against harmful effects of development thanks to efforts by the Surry County Planning Board and members of the community.

Results are in from the Surry County Board of Elections on todaya s political races.

Catalina Tempering is opening a 67,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Mount Airy that will employ 20 people, according to an announcement from the Surry County Economic Development Partnership .

An unidentified Patrick County, Va., man is believed to have aided a murder suspect in his attempt to escape authorities after allegedly gunning down four people in Mount Airy on Sunday.

Mondee Tilley/The News Mount Airy mayoral candidate Deborah Cochran receives the news that she won with 1,018 votes from Election Board Chairman Hugh Campbell.

Marcos Gonzalez, the man accused of shooting and killing four people in Mount Airy, appeared before a Surry County judge on Tuesday.

A soured love affair may have led an ex-convict to gun down four men in the town that inspired the idyllic community of Mayberry on the 1960s TV series "The Andy Griffith Show," police said Monday.

The man sought in connection with the slayings of four people in Mt. Airy, N.C., on Sunday was caught early Monday at a Henry County motel.