At around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, deputies received a call reporting a body on Rockford School Road.

Police say teen holds up gas station with rifle

Dirt and contamination in water coming into Chatham’s water plant

Jack Scott had been the focus of an undercover investigation since late last year for suspicion of making and selling numerous machine guns. The search warrant named Scott’s address and a shop located on the premises where the alleged firearms were milled and assembled.

Construction workers in Martinsville work on road collapse.

The Henry County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the deaths of two infants.  One was found in a bucket of what appeared to officers to be waste.

South Boston Police say vandals broke out windows and spray painted graffiti among other damage to the old C.H. Friend School

No students are hurt according to State Police

Martin Ringstaff, 38, will resign June 30, and begin his new job as principal at Virginia High School in Bristol on July 1.

It took four full days of working around the clock, but Danville Fire Chief David Eagle said Tuesday that the last traces of fire at the Long Mill complex were finally put out Monday evening.

A woman was walking from her vehicle to Food Lion when a man ran towards her and tried to grab her pocketbook, police say.

Two Danville police officers — one who had only been on the job three days — were commended for their response in dealing with a shooting early Saturday morning on Slayton Avenue.

Danville Police say it happened around 11:30 Saturday night at the Fas Mart on South Boston Road.

Officials have confirmed that a Thursday fire at the Long Mill complex originated from a pile of debris.

Firefighters are still putting out smoldering remains of the Long Mill, and expected to be out there most of the day
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The Danville Emergency Operations Center tells us Fall Creek overflowed its banks along Water and Halifax Street.

Emergency generator being blamed for small oil spill

Local senator foced to pay $30

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Firefighters believe the flames sparked when debris in front of a building caught fire
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Joan Bailey says she hasn’t biked in over 50 years, but couldn’t wait to do so again

The Board of Supervisors voted 6-1 Monday night to hold a public hearing on May 20 on the proposed amendment to the county code

Victim shot twice, treated and released

Two teenagers are arrested in Martinsville after police say they allegedly broke into a house.

Shirley Simpson, 64, was elected to her third term in November and worked in the county treasurer’s office for 30 years, said Will Scott, of Scott Funeral Home.

Dr. Tiffany Franks will become the new president of Averett University effective July 1. She will be the first woman to hold that position full-time in the university’s history.

When Raymond and Jennifer Custer move into their new Habitat for Humanity home in August, they will have one amenity few Danville homes have: a sprinkler system.

Douglas Mitchell wasn’t expecting a call from the North Carolina Education Lottery telling him he has won a trip to the NASCAR race of his choice.  Mitchell is one of the second-round winners in the lottery’s NASCAR-themed instant scratch-off contest.

Police are investigating an armed robbery at Texaco on North Main Street that ocurred Tuesday around midnight.

Officers say the suspect ran from them when they arrived, and arrested teenager after a short chase

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