As always, planning ahead and driving the speed limit top the travel to-do list. Officials say travelers should stay aware of their surroundings, carry emergency supplies and keep a fully-charged cell phone with them.

Clint Mitchell Graves, 21, of 1987 Friendship Church Road, has been charged with aiding and abetting an armed robbery, breaking and entering and carrying a concealed weapon. Bail was set at $57,000, the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office said.
Darrin Michael Wilson, 19, of 535 E. Morehead St., was charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon. Bail was set at $50,000.

Deputies say Courtney Servais was last seen on Friday, December 19th

Keith Eric Galloway, 43, of 651 Frank Road in Reidsville has failed to comply as required by North Carolina law, the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office said.

A majority Goodyear employees will face three one-week furloughs in January and February of 2009, said a Goodyear spokeswoman Monday.

T-D Survey: At least half the families of the 32 persons murdered at VA Tech want Pres. Charles W. Steger to step down.

Jurors will resume deliberations in the case of a Virginia sailor charged with killing his wife.

Danville Police are investigating two Sunday night break-ins.

Area animal lovers let their pets sit on Santa’s lap at PetSmart on Sunday to raise money for a cause.

Some Shoppers said they were doing better than last year, although most said they were worse off financially.

As the state government brainstorms options to counter a looming budget deficit, local politicians and those involved in the tobacco industry resoundingly oppose Gov. Timothy M. Kaine’s proposed sales tax increase on cigarettes.

The smiles started early Saturday during “Shop with a Cop” at Wal-Mart as startled shoppers watched dozens of uniformed law enforcement officers arrive at the store. The Danville Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 36 raises funds all year long to take underprivileged children shopping at Christmastime.

The Schoolfield Preservation Foundation Inc. has purchased the Dan River Personnel Building on West Main Street and hopes it will be the future home of a museum dedicated to preserving Danville’s history.

Frances Carroll was smiling from ear to ear Saturday as her new Habitat for Humanity home on Golf Club Road in Danville was dedicated. There are still some finishing touches to be done — flooring needs to be installed, and the bathroom is not quite finished — but all should be just about complete by Christmas.

Noroviruses are a group of viruses that cause the stomach flu or gastroenteritis and cannot be seen or tasted but spread easily from person to person.

The Rockingham County Animal Shelter Advisory Committee is debating what features it wants for the proposed spay-and-neuter clinic.

Julie Swanner, fundraising campaign manager for the Rockingham County Animal Shelter, has supplied shoppers with five different ways to help fund the county’s new shelter as they search for the perfect gift for the animal lover on their lists.

One resident of the Audubon Apartments on Audubon Drive was treated at Danville Regional Medical Center for smoke inhalation after a blaze late Friday morning.

“We do not evict people,” said Terry Ferguson, director of the Danville Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s Housing Choice Voucher Program, Friday in response to comments made by a participant in the program at the Danville City Council meeting on Tuesday. Ferguson referred to comments made by Zena Hibbler, who told council she was going to be evicted because she couldn’t pay her power bill.

Roger Wayne Walden, a 21-year veteran officer with the Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office, has been identified as the deputy involved in Tuesday night’s shooting death of inmate Cody Christopher Nifong.

School bus drivers at Rockingham County Middle School reported this morning that their tires were flat.

J’s Country Mart reports to the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office the theft of an assortment of cigarettes at 3:08 a.m. Friday.

North Carolina’s unemployment rate is the highest it has been in 25 years.

The indictment, which was returned underseal on December 4, 2008, was unsealed earlier this week following the arrest of several of the defendants

Shortly before 3 a.m., Danville firefighters arrived at 1360 College Park Drive and found a single-story wood frame completely engulfed in flames

Police are investigating a Thursday night armed robbery at Fas Mart on Piney Forest Road.

Harmony House, a Danville-Pittsylvania Community Services rehabilitation program for adults with mental illnesses, is celebrating moving into its fourth and largest location since it came into existence 23 years ago.

The quiet closing of one local organization has benefited another through its generosity.

Ann Estabrook’s Hallmark store has been a fixture in the Ballou Park Shopping Center for 27 years. On Tuesday, the store announced it was closing its doors.

The cause of 10-year-old Rasheed Deshazor’s death on Monday will likely not be known for several weeks, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office in Roanoke.