Each year, The Carroll News publishes a progress edition focusing on the people and businesses that are doing their part to move Carroll County forward. This year’s progress edition, titled “What’s...
Robbing from the poor to pay the rich Of all the figures in legends and folklore, Robin Hood is one of the characters most people can identify with. Known for robbing the rich to give to the poor, the mythical figure from Sherwood For...
Citizen input vital for Comprehensive Plan For anyone with a vested interest in Carroll County’s future or for their children’s future in the county, it would be worth your while to take just a few minutes to fill out Carroll County’s Comp...
New program will keep local citizens informed With the rise of such new platforms as Twitter, Facebook and Myspace, it rarely takes more than the touch of a button or a couple of strokes of the keyboard to find out what anybody in the world i...
Announcing The Gemini Awards Obviously we are a little biased, but here at The Carroll News we feel like the merchants and service providers of the Twin Counties are the cream of the crop. They all work hard to provide local ...
Taking a stand against APCo Hats off to Delegate Ward Armstrong for taking on Appalachian Power (APCo). Armstrong, the 10th District Delegate representing Patrick County and parts of Carroll and Henry counties in the Virgini...
Say what you will about the sad shape of the American economy, it certainly hasn’t taken anything away from the Town of Hillsville’s last two major events. On July 4, the town put on a fabulous fi...
They’re the first ones on the scene whenever there’s an automobile accident. They’re there to help when a home catches fire. They’re there in every sort of emergency, making sure the citizens of Ca...
As has been tradition in recent years, Carroll County is sponsoring a countywide cleanup effort for the month of May. Everything from free litter pickup to free disposal of junk cars, large applian...
Young kids today often get a bad rap. That reputation is well-deserved in some cases, but Carroll County students in general are dispelling that motion. Because of the efforts of its students, the...
Unless you are student or teacher at Woodlawn School, you probably didn’t see the amazing showing of care and support the school community gave April 9 to one of its own and to the entire community...
Anybody with a pulse can tell you that America has got major problems right now. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that the economy is in the worse shape it’s been since the Great ...
Ten years ago, as the 1990s came to a close, we wondered what we would be in store for in this, the first decade of the new millennium. It’s almost enough to make you wish you didn’t know now what...
Although the following poem is by an unknown author, Carroll News’ columnist Bill Copeland used it in his weekly column, William Tells ‘Em, before Christmas in 1998. The poem basically details the ...
Take a deep breath, Carroll Countians, and smell what’s in the air. Thanks to Virginia’s new smoking ban in restaurants, which took effect Dec. 1, citizens of the Commonwealth can now enter a resta...
Ah, another year has passed and the Christmas Season is upon us! Unfortunately, a greater number of our families, friends, and neighbors will find it difficult to rejoice this year. Indeed, many wi...
This Saturday, December 5th, there will be a heaping helping of Christmas events going on to get you in the holiday spirit. All day in Fancy Gap, the Carroll County community along the Blue Ridge ...
Before we all dig into that last turkey leg or a heaping helping of stuffing Thursday, it’s important that we all take time to remember the meaning behind the massive meal. For most, Thanksgiving ...
Our History
The History of Vaughan-Guynn-McGrady Chapel goes back to 1913 when J. Crockett Guynn began stocking coffins and caskets at his country store. In 1919 Crockett Guynn joined with C...
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