Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole is launching her first campaign ad of the year with a 60-second spot that touts her work on illegal immigration.

It was Virginia’s first execution in nearly two years and the third in the U.S. since the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of lethal injections in April.

The woman who ran against the late Shirley Simpson for Pittsylvania County treasurer last year and lost will make another attempt to fill the post this November.

The Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office has located the body of a man who was reported missing Tuesday. Police do not expect foul play.

One of the criticisms during the burglaries in the Grove Park neighborhood last year was a delay in getting information out to the public.

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

Danville City Council will hold a special called meeting Friday to discuss and possibly vote on a real estate tax rate.

A sergeant in the Danville Sheriff’s Office is on administrative leave after being charged with assaulting his son.

Collecting money Tuesday morning in the school store at New Vision School of Math, Science and Technology, Jerry Welch appeared as much at home as in any of his previous jobs.
True, the tiny plastic cash register on his desk might not have fit his hands as well as the sidearm he carried as chief of the Madison Police Department, and the golf shirt and jeans he wore could never match the splendor of a Marine major’s dress blues.
But Welch’s contentment with his new “management” position has little to do with status and everything to do with enjoyment.

Bo, a two-year-old male Golden Lab Mix is available for adoption at the Rockingham County Animal Shelter located at 1401 W. Harrison St. in Reidsville.

Reidsville police are looking for the person who took a woman’s purse Saturday afternoon at 1623 Way St. Bonnie Moreno said someone took her purse while she was loading items she bought from Dollar General into her car.

Rockingham County residents this weekend have the chance to go on a beach vacation without leaving their hometowns. The Morehead Memorial Hospital Foundation is holding its 10th annual beach party—“Beaches of Mexico”—- Friday at Meadow Greens Country Club.

Lt. Mike Mondul, police spokesman, said the department wanted to make sure neighbors knew about two daytime burglaries that occurred Monday.

Suprina Ann Walington walked onto the tracks and tried to get onto the fourth car from the rear of the locomotive. She fell off and was struck by the train. Walington was taken to Duke University Medical Center for treatment.

Sgt. Bryant Lee Booth is charged with assault and battery on son

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

Two people are dead following a collision between a fire truck and a pickup truck on U.S. 220 near Eagle Rock.

The air in central and southeastern Virginia may be unhealthy for some people today.

With hurricane season beginning next Sunday, Virginia is giving a sales-tax break on certain items. Those shopping for batteries, flashlights and about two dozen other items to prepare for hurricanes won’t be paying the state’s 5 percent sales tax.

Sen. Martin Nesbitt says his help with his son’s stock car team is being investigated by State Auditor Les Merritt.

The Danville-Pittsylvania County Veterans Memorial had a steady stream of visitors Monday, as friends, family members and patriots came to pay respect to those who served in the U.S. military.

Jerry Talley, manager of the Reidsville Swim Club, said few club members dallied on making their first trip to the pool.
“We opened Saturday, and we had a pretty good crowd,” Talley said. “That surprised me because it was cool that morning, but by the end of the day, it warmed up and we had a crowd.”

James Wood still recalls his days of service overseas and can often be found sharing those memories with friends at Dick’s Drive-In — the Eden restaurant he owned until he handed it down to two sons. But before he passed along the business, Wood began a simple tradition of placing photos of soldiers on the walls of the restaurant. He said it began about 10 years ago with some of his own memorabilia. Then a lot of customers and friends began to bring in photos for the collection and the walls filled up.

Police have charged a Danville man with breaking and entering a Cherry Lane home Sunday evening.

Police are talking to two men possibly involved with an early morning robbery Monday on Richmond Road.

An investigation is continuing into the death of a Campbell County man found shot to death in his Leewood Road home Sunday morning.

If carried out tomorrow, it would be Virginia’s first execution since 2006

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The leaders of a new church on Worsham Street are taking an active role in the community, and getting to know their new neighbors through free community days complete with food, a summer program for children and working with the police to help reduce crime.

The Relay itself is a walk along a specific track — for Danville and Pittsylvania County, it’s at the Carrington Pavilion at the Crossing at the Dan — that lasts all night on Friday.