David Broyles

Rising members of the Carroll County Middle School (CCMS) Future Farmers of America (FFA) were told “the legacy is now in your hands” following a stellar year capped off by

The Carroll County Board of Education approved an operational budget for the 2024-2025 school year during its April 15 meeting in the Governmental Complex and later presented it to the Board of Supervisors for consideration.

Hillsville Tourism Director Lauren Chitwood stands with her son, Ryder, at the 2023 Carroll County Agricultural Fair Poultry Show. The ribbons and trophies Melton earned at the poultry show. Two of his birds shown that night are also in the photo. They are Silver Pheasants named “Randall” and “Ruby.”

The Carroll County High School Theatre Department will offer those feeling overwhelmed by Spring sprung on them with a little “creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky” as the curtain goes up on The Addams Family musical on May 3 and May 4 at CCHS.

One of America’s “Silent Sentinels” on April 25 shared insights on The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with Carroll Middle School students participating in a Science Technology Engineering and Math program, giving students a personal account of how information can be leverage to keep the nation safe (Editor’s note: For the purposes of this article, the officer will be referred to as “Ron”).

Line dancing remains an important activity at Second Saturdays Concerts in Hillsville. The Friends of Hillsville (FOH) will have something new added to the family fun mix when “Second Saturdays” and Carroll Cruisers “Summer Thunder” Classic Car Cruise-in returns on May 11.

It was truly a contest of time and place recently...both seconds and seconds... for the CCHS Cavs Junior Reserve Officer Training Program (JROTC) Raider team. The group competed in the ARMY JROTC “Best of the Best” Raider competition in Chesterfield, Va. on April 20, winning second place overall, Male division, to earn a spot in Nationals this Fall.

This year’s Carroll County High School top ten, the “Golden Cavaliers Celebration,” was marked by a collective humility among the chosen seniors, who almost all noted little things from their

FANCY GAP — A local couple on May 5 made the old lyric “love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage” take a back seat with the help of a whole lot of horsepower...NASCAR level horsepower. Ted and “Mousie” Russell marked 60 years of wedded bliss at Bristol Motor Speedway.

A veritable cadre of local members of the bar welcomed Brogan L. Bowman to the profession at a swearing-in ceremony held on May 8 in the Circuit Court Room of the Carroll County Governmental Complex. Honorable Judge Brett Geisler presided over the ceremony.