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Public Safety

  • Protecting, serving and fighting fires

    Carrying a fire extinguisher in their patrol cars helped two Grayson County deputies control a fire on Lime Kiln Road last Thursday.

    The Fries Volunteer Fire Department was called to the home of Lonnie Trimble at 398 Lime Kiln Road after a fire started in an interior wall.

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  • Deputy escapes injury in head-on collision

    Grayson County Deputy Sheriff Eric Testerman escaped injury last Thursday after his police cruiser was involved in a collision on Little River Road.

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  • Man killed in I-77 accident

    HILLSVILLE – A 57-year-old South Carolina man was killed early last Friday morning while retrieving items from his wrecked car.

    According to a report from Virginia State Trooper Chuck Campbell Jr., the accident occurred at 12:50 a.m. near mile marker 12.5 on Interstate 77 in Carroll County.

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  • VDOT replacing bridge

    BAYWOOD - VDOT is advising motorists that the bridge over Meadow Creek on Grinders Mill Road (Route 634) will be closed to through traffic beginning Monday, June 10 until further notice.

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  • IPD seeks theft information

    The Independence Police Department is investigating the alleged theft of a 2008 utility trailer sometime during the night of May 21 from Independence Oil in the Guynn Shopping Center.

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  • DCR to address water quality in Elk Creek

    ELK CREEK - The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will host an agricultural and residential workgroup meeting this month to address the water quality improvement plan being developed to reduce fecal bacteria in Elk Creek. 

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  • Reward offered for information on missing woman

    HILLSVILLE — A suspect in a Monday bank robbery in North Carolina was named as a "person of interest" in a Carroll County police investigation into the April 15 disappearance of Desia Rae George of Fries.
    "We do have a person of interest in the missing person of Desia Rae, one of the last people she had contact with," Carroll County Sheriff's Office Investigator Donnie Spangler said Tuesday. "Matthew Steven Jones, age 34. Right now, we're looking for him."

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  • IPD gets new cruiser

    Motorists in Independence have noticed something new in town in recent days after the Independence Police Department put its new 2013 Ford Taurus police cruiser on the road.

    Town Council approved funds for the new vehicle at a meeting several weeks ago.

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  • UPDATED 1 p.m.: Deputies, fugitive exchange gunfire in Mouth of Wilson

    UPDATED 4/31

    The Grayson County Sheriff's Dept. has released the following information on last night's incident:

    On April 29, at approximately 5:51 p.m., the Grayson County Sheriff's Office received information that a known fugitive by the name of Randy Lee Anders, 32, of 2264 Grassy Creek Road was seen walking on Grassy Creek Road, near Mouth of Wilson. Two on-duty deputies, along with two off-duty deputies responded to the area to search for Anders because of previous threats that Anders had allegedly made against law enforcement.

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  • Lottery scam targets elderly Virginians

    Recently, scammers have falsely identified themselves as being with the Virginia Lottery.

    “These criminals use a lot of tricks to create the appearance of a legitimate lottery,” said Virginia Lottery Spokesperson John Hagerty. “We believe we are seeing an increase in attempts to scam people.”

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