Surry County News

State Sen. Earline Parmon was the keynote speaker at the 48th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet Saturday night.

Dean Gordon stands outside the Center for Public Safety of Surry Community College with Administrative Assistant Sandy Wall.

Mr. Clarence Eugene "Gene" Wilmoth, 74, of Thurmond, passed away at his home. He was born in Surry County on July 14, 1938, to the late James Calvin and Effie Jane Pardue Wilmoth.

One man was killed and another injured Thursday morning in a two-car collision on Judesville School Road in Dobson.

Copeland Elementary Student Council President Dan Snow, Vice President Grace Hodges and Secretary Yasmin Hernandez check to see home much change they have collected through the Change for Change project.

For 30 years, land once occupied by a city landfill has sat unused, but that could be changing with plans for a solar farm at the site.

Although the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, commonly known as WIC, has existed since the 1970s, Surry officials think there could be a lack of awareness about its availability.

The Surry County Board of Commissioners will hold its regular second meeting of the month Monday at 6 p.m. at the Surry County Government Center, 118 Hamby Road, Dobson.

Four local bridges are expected to get either replaced or facelifts, likely within the next year or so, according to state Department of Transportation officials.

Penny Dalton, who has been a patient and gym member since ProHealth Center opened in 2001, watches television as she walks on the treadmill in the ProHealth Fitness Center.

Surry Community College's Trustees voted Monday afternoon to file a funding allocation application to construct a building to house part of the vitaculture and enology program on the site of the new vineyard.

A Bridges Charter School contracted employee is being investigated by the State Bureau of Investigations regarding alleged activity at his former job with YVEDDI, say state officials.

Jap Cook stands at one intersection around the Dobson Courthouse to raise money for the Lions Club "white cane fundraiser." The money raised goes toward providing the blind with walking canes.

Carmen Long, left, receives the award for North Carolina SHIIP Coordinator of the year, presented by Jeannie Schepisi, regional manager for SHIIP.

In August, the Federal Highway Administration awarded two grants totaling $124,960 to Surry and Wilkes counties for implementation of the YVHC Partnership's comprehensive signage and wayfinding program.

More than 170,000 older adults in North Carolina have Alzheimer's disease or another type of dementia, according to information released by the North Carolina Center for Health Statistics.

According to Trooper H.A. Hiatt of the North Carolina Highway Patrol, shortly before 9 p.m., Jody Golding, 34, of 1025 Copeland School Road, was driving a 1983 Chevrolet pickup north on Siloam Road at a high rate of speed near 1010 Siloam Road, which is in what locals call pickle curve between Little Mountain Church Road and Old Creed Road.

This Mount Airy Fire Department Fire Engine and Command vehicle take up positions in front of the Thai Cafe Monday afternoon.

The first African-American state senator from Forsyth County will be the guest speaker for the 48th-annual Freedom Fund Banquet in Mount Airy next Saturday.

My opinions about state-run lotteries have been voiced multiple times in this space.