Danville Police are looking for a suspect who escaped custody Tuesday night after giving police a fake name.

Police have arrested one suspect and are looking for two others involved in a robbery Monday evening at the Purdum Woods apartment complex.

    The Martinsville Fire Marshal’s Office and Martinsville Police are investigating a fire that happened Tuesday afternoon at the former Henry Hotel.  The building is located on Broad Street and is now an apartment complex for senior citizens.

    Danville police arrested a woman for robbery.  It happened in the Purdum Woods apartment complex on Richmond Boulevard Monday evening.

U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., will soon set up a district office in Danville.

Four people were hurt in an accident on Route 29 in Chatham late Saturday afternoon.

Two men got out of the part, and one man pointed a gun at her and demenaded money. The victim give them a small amount of cash and the suspects feld the scene. The incident happened about 6:15 p.m. on Aspen Street.

A Danville man who almost died in an accident five years ago may get the chance to sing at Obama’s inauguration in January.

The fire sparked early Wednesday morning

The email says there have been attacks to the credit union’s database and asks the recipient to call an 800 number to update check card information so the recipient’s card is not suspended.  Martinsville DuPont Credit Union tells us the email is fake.

The former sheriff of Halifax County was indicted last week on a charge of computer trespassing.

Election officials are gearing up for a tedious recount in the razor-thin 5th District race, but the results are not expected to change.

The Advanced Vehicle Research Center is just days away from breaking ground at the Cyber Park.

South Boston Police say the suspicious device was found in a front yard on Marshall Avenue

Arlene Mackenhimer purchased the winning ticket for the Nov. 7 drawing at Blair’s Self-Service Grocery at 6461 W. Gretna Road.

Danville Police are looking for a man they say robbed a convenience store at gunpoint.

The Martinsville Fire Marshal’s Office says the fire was an accident.

Danville Police are searching for a suspect in a robbery of a pizza delivery driver Saturday night.

Danville Police are investigating an armed robbery at the Hilltop Exxon early Saturday morning.

Fire investigators believe the man killed in a late night fire was homeless and trying to keep warm.

Residents along U.S. 58, east of Danville, say speeding vehicles on the highway endanger their children when they are boarding and stepping off the school bus. One parent has the skid marks to prove it

Sergeant Jerry Pace is back on active duty, following a Pittsylvania County judge’s ruling

Pittsylvania County’s government offices must cut their upcoming 2009-10 budgets by 5 percent, the Board of Supervisors decided unanimously

Dozens watched as the former Dan River Inc. Dye House at the Long Mill site was imploded

Police say Bennet shot and killed Ivory Law, and wounded Anthony Farrell at White Rock Park back in April.

Three passengers were taken to Danville Regional Medical Center after a two-car head-on collision on the corner of North Main Street and Clement Avenue on Tuesday evening

Danville City Councilman Larry Campbell is proposing a 1 percent raise on the city’s lodging tax to provide extra funds for utility bill relief for the poor and/or elderly.

Timothy Oliver Jackson Jr. and Ronald Ganeous will serve more than ten years in federal prison

Deputies found five individually wrapped plastic baggies, all of which contained cocaine near the vehicle

Mark Alger is wanted for breaking and entering, grand larceny, violating probation and contempt of court.