During the repair work, the city plans to close off traffic to only one lane.

The number of robberies and burglaries increased notably in Danville during 2007

Thirty-five butterflies completed their northern migration from Florida to Virginia via a FedEx express delivery truck Saturday morning met with smiles, cheers from large crowd.

The purpose is to elect 12 delegates (8 for Senator Obama and 4 for Senator Clinton) plus six alternates (4 for Obama and 2 for Clinton) to the 5th Congressional District and the Virginia Democratic Conventions.

A Danville woman is killed after she is hit by a car while walking across the street.

Students in six Danville elementary schools will take a look at life during colonial time this month through visits from the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, the state agency that administers Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center history museums.

Danville’s city manager says the company had already informed him it planned to lay off 60 to 65 local workers.

Shaun Derik knows how to get students around the country to listen.

Students are facing more decisions that can lead to life-changing consequences, including smoking, underage drinking, and pre-marital sex.  These issues are the focus of CHILL’s life maze, where students walk their way through it, facing decisions and consequences along the way.

Home Textiles Today is reporting that Dan River Inc. is in the process of winding down its operation and will liquidate after nearly 126 years in business.

Piedmont Arts is pleased to announce the installation of two sculptures by artist Jim Gallucci.  Gallucci’s work is part of Piedmont Arts’ ongoing Public Art Project, which to date has brought six sculptures and one mural to public areas in Martinsville and Henry County. 

The recent cases of abused puppies aren’t something new for Danville, but the scale of the neglect is sometimes seen as alarming

Pittsylvania County imbibers can breathe a sigh of relief.  The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to rescind a motion to ask the state to close the county’s only ABC store. The 7-0 decision reversed a 5-2 vote on April 7.

Walton, convicted of killing three of his Danville neighbors in 1996, has been on death row since 1997. His execution is now scheduled for June 10, according to the Virginia Attorney General’s office.

Residents in the White Rock Park area should see more police patrols as a result of last Saturday’s fatal shooting.

Fire damages apartment complex; four people displaced

Have your camera ready when this year’s first butterflies are released into their new home

The puppies’ ears were cut off with box cutters

VDOT plans to increase the speed limit on parts of Route 58 in Henry County and Patrick County from 55 MPH to 60 MPH.

Danville man’s vehicle stolen at gun point

Puppies are at the Humane Society after they were found at unsanitary conditions

Danville Police say a special grand jury indicted 19-year-old Kavion Desean Bennett on murder, malicious wounding, and two gun charges in the death of Ivroy Law over the weekend

No arrests have been made after a shooting at a playground Saturday that left one man dead and another in serious condition.

The prisoner shot while trying to escape from a transport van Thursday had not completed a “second chance” program at the Chatham Diversion Center and was being sent back to the Tazewell County Jail to finish his sentence, according to prison officials.

A select group of Tunstall High School students were temporarily part of Keith Urban’s drumline Thursday night as they took the stage with the country musician at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville.

Three new classrooms, additional bathrooms for students and staff, a larger kitchen, expanded dining room space and a teacher lounge are all being planned for Galileo Magnet High School.

Officials with the Healthcare Leadership Council have decided to disband and turn oversight concerns at Danville Regional Medical Center over to the board of trustees.

Investigators tell us a citizen reported suspicious activity on Railroad Street around 7:15 p.m. Wednesday night.  The street runs behind the Stone and Company Warehouse at 222 Aaron Street, where police say several burglaries have happened during the past couple of months.

Investigators are still looking for the person or persons who cut off six-week-old Pit Bull’s ears with box cutters. We checked up on the dog Thursday.  Her wounds are beginning to heal, but police still don’t know who’s responsible.

A car, driven by a Chatham High School student collided with the mini-bus carrying the students near the intersection of Bearskin Road and Hickory Road,