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Public Safety

  • ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ crackdown underway

    WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood kicked off a nationwide crackdown on drunk driving coinciding with the 2011 winter holiday season. New data show drunk driving deaths declined in 2010 in many parts of the country. However, the data also show that fatalities from alcohol-impaired driving crashes continue to account for one in three deaths on American roadways each year.

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  • Animal control has phone number

    Anyone needing to contact Grayson County Animal Control Officer Glenn Richardson can call (276) 773-8553.
    If Richardson is not available, leave your information on the answering machine and he will contact you as soon as possible.

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  • Fugitive from Tenn. nabbed at Whitetop

    WHITETOP – A suspect wanted in Johnson County, Tenn., was arrested near the Virginia Creeper Trail in Whitetop last Tuesday.
    Grayson County Sheriff Richard Vaughan said the Grayson County Department of Social Services received a report about a family living in their car near the trail.
    Vaughan, Deputy Stacy Osborne and two Social Services staff members, were searching for the family when they were found parked near the trail.

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  • Fries man arrested in home invasion

    A Fries man faces several charges following an incident that occurred Oct. 27 in Fries.
    Grayson County Sheriff Richard Vaughan said in a news release that deputies responded to a burglary in progress call at 172 Carnation Lane in Fries at about 10:14 p.m. 
    Pamela Vaughan reported that Conley Lineberry had kicked her door in and forced entry into the residence.  Once inside, Lineberry allegedly threatened to kill Vaughan.  

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  • MADD honors local officers

    Several area law enforcement officers were honored Sept. 27 for their work to stop drunk driving and underage drinking.
    Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) presented awards during ceremonies held at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center in Abingdon.
    Forty-one officers from Abingdon, Bristol, Galax, Norton, Washington, Scott, Lee, Wise, Dickenson, Buchanan, Grayson, Carroll, Tazewell, Russell, Smyth, Wythe and Bland counties were recognized.
    Local officers honored were:
    • Cpl. Adam Horton, Grayson County Sheriff’s Department.

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  • Red Cross offers Safety Class

    The Wood’s River Chapter of the American Red Cross will offer an Oct. 11 community safety class that covers training in standard first aid, cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and use of the automatic external defibrillator.
    Instruction starts at 10 a.m. at the chapterhouse, 244 Bee Line Drive, Galax.
    Cost is $90 and meets all OSHA and healthcare requirements. Register at www.redcross.org or call 1-800-733-2767.

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  • Free flu vaccine available

    Area health departments will offer free flu vaccine to people without a payment source and who have a documented medical high-risk condition.
    Medicare, Medicaid, and many other types of insurance are also accepted without additional charge.
    Evening hours until 6:30 on certain days have been added to all local health department flu clinics.
    The Mount Rogers Health District is completing in-school vaccination clinics, said Dr. D. Craig Smith, health director.

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  • Fire Prevention Week

    This is a special week for volunteer firefighters in not only Galax and the Twin Counties but across the United States.
    Fire Prevention Week, being observed with special events Oct. 9-15, was established to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
    This is a good time to thank the men and women who serve on our volunteer fire departments and keep our families and friends and property safe from fire.
    They are ready 24/7 when the alarm sounds.

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  • Red Cross offers safety class

    GALAX -- The Wood’s River Chapter of the American Red Cross will offer a community safety class which covers training in standard first aid (SFA), cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and automatic external deliberator (AED) on Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 10 a.m.
    The class will be held at the chapterhouse at 244 Bee Line Drive in Galax. Cost of the course is $90 and meets all OSHA and Healthcare Requirements.
    Interested participants may register at www.redcross.org or by calling 1-800-733-2767.

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  • Community partners with sheriff’s office to fight crime

    Since the organization of the Brush Creek Community Watch Program in February, Brush Creek residents have worked in collaboration with the Grayson County and Carroll County Sheriff’s Offices to fight crime.  
    The group was first organized by Donna Taylor who identified several safety concerns in the Brush Creek community.  

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