Officers say a group has been going door to door selling magazine subscriptions, encyclopedias, and possibly other publications

Project designed to ease traffic and cut back on accidents

Martinsville Police say a U-haul van hit one telephone phone, and knocked it into another pole

Walton pleaded guilty to the grisly murders of Cabin Creek residents Jessie Kendrick, 80, his wife, Elizabeth, 81, and Archie Moore, 33, in November 1996. He was sentenced to die for his crimes a year later.

A Campbell County investigation into the May 25 murder of Wilber West, of Lynch Station, turned up evidence that could help the Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office solve an April 15 robbery in Gretna.

Underage drinkers in Danville and Pittsylvania County will find it a little more difficult to purchase alcohol, thanks to a new program launched Monday by the Regional Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention (RASAP) and the Virginia Department of ABC

Thomas Waller, 20, facing a number of charges

An off-duty Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s officer called in a possible DUI to the Chatham Police Department Friday at about 10 p.m., sparking a chase that ended in a wreck in Danville. 

A Reidsville man died in fiery crash Saturday. 

Jerry Hastings lives just blocks from the Pittsylvania County jail.  Thursday afternoon Larry Dodson escaped from deputies, ran through his yard, hid in the brush.

Officers used tracking dogs and helicopters to to catch Larry Dodson, after he escaped from the Pittsylvania Co. jail

Demetris Tyrell Jennings was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of Reginald Fitzgerald

The Attorney General’s Office says Danville Circuit Court set the execution date for Christopher Scott Emmett for July 24th.  A jury convicted Emmett for the 2001 bludgeoning death of a co-worker.

Ernest Marlowe was bitten on his finger by a rattlesnake, causing the venom to get in his bloodstream. After several doses of anti-venom and treatment at the UVA Medical Center, Marlowe is thankful to be alive.

A local organization has been dreaming about a new building for years. Now, members are one step closer to seeing it come true.

For years Jeff Young and Chris Holt have shared a love of racing and now they share a life changing experience

A Patrick County radio station owner is sentenced to three years in prison for distribution and possession of child pornography

Jerry Gwaltney has been city manager since 2000

Sgt. Bryant Lee Booth was charged with assault and battery after an incident that took place at about 6:45 a.m. Monday, at Danville Regional Medical Center

A Danville Army intelligence specialist had the opportunity Thursday to give President Bush a tour of the barracks at Fort Bragg, N.C.

An art professor at Averett University and originally from Muscle Shoals, Ala., Robert Marsh says he has always been inspired by his Southern surroundings

The Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office has located the body of a man who was reported missing Tuesday

Friends and family of a local woman killed by snakebite, say she died doing something she loved.

Danville Police says they wrote multiple citations at a sobriety checkpoint over the past weekend

Danville police are investigating two burglaries that took place in the Grove Park neighborhood Monday evening

State Police say the man lost control rounding a turn

At 5:20 p.m., police received a call from a neighbor reporting two black males breaking into the house on Cherry Lane, according to Lieutenant Scott Eanes.

Police are talking to two men possibly involved with an early morning robbery Monday on Richmond Road. A Yellow Cab taxi driver arrived at Purdum Woods Apartments to pick up a fair just before 3:00 a.m., said Lieutenant Scott Eanes

Local law enforcement officials see making some adjustments as they watch gasoline prices going up almost every day.

“I’m from a small private college — it’s my passion, it’s what I love,” Tiffany Franks said. Franks will take over as Averett University’s president next month.