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A Triad woman has been charged after being hit by a train in Guilford, according to troopers with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.

At 10:09 a.m. on Friday, the State Highway Patrol responded to a train crash on Oakdale Road near Main Street in Guilford County.

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Shirley Riggins Comer, 70, was driving a Jeep SUV across a railway grade crossing on Oakdale Road. A Norfolk Southern cargo train was traveling toward the grade crossing. Troopers said Comer tried to drive across the tracks, despite the warning, and got stuck in the crossing.

Comer suffered minor injuries and was transported to Moses H. Cone Hospital.

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No injuries were reported by anyone aboard the train.

Comer was charged with unsafe movement.

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Following the collision, Oakdale Road near Main Street in Jamestown was closed with barricades by NCDOT. Oakdale Road is expected to be re-opened later today. Troopers cleared the scene just after noon.

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If you are not sure what Jamestown has to offer in the way of businesses, services, non-profit organizations, restaurants and entertainment, December is the time to discover the town’s versatility. The Jamestown Business Association is sponsoring its annual Christmas on Main, which will highlight 33 special locations on Dec. 6, 13 and 20 from 5:30-8 p.m.

Bethany Medical is the event’s presenting sponsor.

“I would also like to give a shout-out to the Whittington Hall neighborhood who has made a donation to help support Christmas on Main for the community,” said Jamie Hall Erath, JBA president.

The event route has been expanded this year to include a trail of sites ranging from Gardner Hill Station in the east all the way to Jamestown Center in the west. It will include extended hours for many of the businesses, entertainment, a visit with Santa, special photo opportunities against seasonal backdrops and the opportunity to win prizes by visiting all the participating businesses at some point on the nights of the event or during their regular daytime hours.

Christmas Stroll cards may be obtained at any participating business beginning Dec. 1. When visiting each, location your card will be stamped. When all the spaces are filled, drop it off at the Town Hall no later than Dec. 20. If the building has closed for the night, it may be placed in the slot in the front door. A drawing will be held from completed cards with prizes being awarded to first, second and third places.

In addition to Bethany Medical, other businesses participating in this year’s Christmas Stroll are: Kisses4Kate, Dewey’s Holiday Store, Magic Feet Dance, It’s a Cake Walk, Bling Paparazzi and Terri Moore and Team, Mendenhall Homeplace, Southern Junk, Sophisticuts, Full Moon Oyster Bar, The Soap Lady, Kindred Coffee, Jamestown Jewelers, The Deck, Barrel & Co, Simply Thai, Town Hall, Black Powder Smokehouse, Guilford & Main, Emerge Skin Studio, Latrelle’s Rejuvenation Spa, Under Pressure Massage & Body Work, Southern Roots, Zenful U, South 23^rd, E&R Etcetera LLC, Southern Roots, High Point Connection, the Jamestown Public Library, Ragsdale YMCA, City Serve, Blossoms Floral Design and Bakery and the DRIPBaR.

The participants include four non-profits and five businesses without storefronts. Some of the groups also will have vendors at their locations to provide even more opportunities to complete last minute shopping.

To help people travel the distance, two trolleys will provide free rides up and down the route, stopping at various locations. You may pick up the trolley at any of 10 sites shown on the stroll cards. The trolleys will start at the Jamestown Center and the Town Hall at 5:30 p.m. and stop at the same place at exactly 8 p.m. Patrons should be cognitive of the time so they can be at their final destination before then and not find themselves walking farther than originally intended.

Santa will be located at The Soap Lady beside Stafford Square.

New this year are designated photo spots at the Jamestown Center, The Soap Lady, 101 Gannaway St., the Ragsdale YMCA and Blossoms Floral Design and Bakery.

“We hope people will see how many of these locations they can have their picture made and then post them to the Christmas on Main group page during the course of the event,” Erath said. “It can be found at Christmas on Main in Jamestown, N.C.”

Also new this year are three special contests. On Dec. 6 people may participate in an Ugly Sweater Contest. Take a photo at the event wearing your favorite ugly sweater and post it to the Christmas on Main Facebook page for judging. A coloring contest for kids up to the age of 13 will be held, which will conclude Dec. 13. Coloring pages may be picked up at the Jamestown Public Library beginning Dec. 1 and must be returned to the library by 8 p.m. on the 13th.

Prizes for these two contests will be awarded following judging at the end of Christmas on Main.

On Dec. 20 a Riddle Contest will be held. Guess the riddle and follow the clues to find the prize.

Check the JBA website closer to the event for more details about where the riddle contest will begin and other details about Christmas on Main.

The event is a great time to see all Jamestown has to offer, to have lots of holiday fun and to shop local.

“The JBA also is sponsoring this year’s tree lighting at 5 p.m. following the Christmas parade on Dec. 3,” Erath said. “We hope people will come out to enjoy that.”

It’s the end of an era. On Dec. 31, Mike Tester will be closing the Exxon service station at 106 W. Main St. Tester and his employee Penn Farr are both retiring. Farr has been with Tester for 20 years.

Tester and his wife Jacqueline opened the station as a Citgo station in March of 1996, leasing it from Harold and Martha Hall. Hall was the second mayor of Jamestown. The mayor built the building in the 1960s and is believed to have been a Sunoco and possibly Mobile gas station under his ownership. The Bundy family originally owned the property. Tester purchased the station from Martha Hall in 2001.

Light mechanical work has been a mainstay but Tester is proudest of one other thing. Unlike most other gas stations, he still comes out and pumps gas at one or two pumps, rather than making the driver do it. It is the personal service customers loved.

“There probably aren’t very many people in Jamestown and the surrounding area who have not been touched positively by these two gentlemen,” said Patricia Small Simpson. “I remember when Sheetz came to the area and the financial challenge it presented to Mike but even though it may have been a few pennies more, I, and I am sure many others, continued to patronize Mike’s because Jamestown needed this local station and these two great guys.”

“Mike is such a wonderful person,” said Janet Odum. “ An all-around nice person. Always willing to put air in tires, car inspections, etc. Jamestown will miss having him at the Exxon.”

“It’s been a blessing to help other people,” Tester said. “When we started we thought it was an opportunity to show the love of God to people. These are the greatest people in the world.”

He will often pray with and for customers who are having problems. There is a little chest beside the register with a note on top inviting customers to place prayer requests inside.

“I think it symbolized Mike’s servant’s heart over the years to Jamestown,” said Simpson.

Many people have said that Tester did not charge them to replace a burned-out bulb, put air in their tires, check tire pressure, etc.

“Have you ever heard of a customer not being charged what was initially quoted because ‘it didn’t cost as much as we thought?’” Simpson said. “Penn has done free work for me more than once because ‘it only took me 15 minutes.’ Well, most any other mechanic would have charged at least an hour’s labor. It’s reflective of the small-town feel that this station maintained over the years.”

“A sense of community takes root in different places, from churches to schools to the library to the gas station and more,” said Julia Ebel.

Prior to opening in Jamestown, Tester had worked at the Amoco station in Friendly Shopping Center in Greensboro but wanted to be on his own.

According to Guilford County records, the property was sold in August of 2022 and is now owned by SA Yadav LLC, an investment company in Kernersville. Tester does not know what the plans are for the property.

Tester doesn’t have any firm plans himself. The family owns a farm in Gibsonville and that will take a lot of his time.

“The biggest thing is to take a little bit of a mental break,” he said with a smile, “then see what the good Lord has for a next chapter for me to do.”

His wife has participated in disaster relief missions thru North Carolina Baptists as a firefighter and paramedic and Tester feels that might also be in his future.

JAMESTOWN, N.C. (WGHP) — Highway Patrol troopers are looking for a suspect involved in a hit-and-run. They say a 52-year-old High Point man was walking along West Main Street when a vehicle hit him.

Troopers say Zonte Pittman was hit by a car in front of Flowers Baking Company on West Main Street Wednesday night.

His sister Shamora Batts said that is where he works, and he was on his lunch break walking to this 7/11 store when he was hit by a car.

“This guy just got hit by a car. I don’t know what to do. He’s not moving. It was a hit-and-run. It’s Flowers Baking Co. of Jamestown,” a 911 caller said.

A 911 caller found Pittman on the side of Main Street near Penny Road right in front of the place he worked.

“A lot of unanswered questions. Why? Even if you did and didn’t know … People want to know when they hit something. You can’t say you didn’t … Why didn’t you stop?” Batts said.

Pittman’s family wants answers.

“He took a major injury to his spine. He had to have surgery … Right now, we just can’t really tell the outcome of everything because he’s really in a lot of pain,” Batts said. “He has no feeling right now from the neck down, but we’re praying.”

Investigating troopers believe the person was driving a crimson pearl red 2013-2015 Acura ILX. Investigators say it will have damage to the front grille and will be missing the front grille Acura emblem.

His family learned about the crash when his coworker came rushing to their house with the news.

“He was alert from my understanding, and we talked to the nurse last night that was on call. He was alert. He knew his name. He knew where he was at,” Batts said. “He don’t remember what happened to him because we spoke to him just before he went down for surgery. He don’t know what happened.”

He a father of five and is also a grandfather.

His family is praying for his recovery and that the suspect will soon be found.

If you have any information about this hit-and-run, you’re asked to contact State Highway Patrol at *HP (*47 on your cellular device) or their communications center at 1-800-445-8621.

GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. —

Officials with the Division of Public Health said they are investigating a case of tuberculosis at a Guilford County school.

After speaking with Guilford County Schools (GCS), the Guilford County Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Division (GCDPH) announced the case involves an individual at Ragsdale High School in Jamestown, North Carolina.

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Dr. Iulia Vann, the Guilford County Public Health director, said the division was notified about the case on Friday. In response, GCDPH partnered with GCS to send a notification to all Ragsdale High School parents, guardians, and staff informing them of the case investigation.

"Though there is no immediate public health risk from this case, we have informed staff, parents, and guardians of students who need to be tested to ensure any potential exposure to TB is identified," said Vann.

TB is a respiratory disease that generally develops over weeks to months. It spreads similarly to the cold or flu but is not as contagious and completely curable with medication.

GCDPH and GCS staff said they are working together to identify possible exposures. GCDPH will provide TB testing at no cost this week at the school. Officials said the majority of staff and students will not need any testing or treatment. They also said anyone who has a positive test will be offered medication for treatment at no cost.

While the community needs to be aware of the case investigation, officials said there is no immediate risk of health problems related to this case, no further risk of exposure, and no need to limit activities, regardless of exposure.

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