About 4,000 people voted before Election Day in 2000 in the county when North Carolina began offering early voting. But four years later, that figure more than doubled to roughly 9,000 for the 2004 race, said Janet Odell, director of the Board of Elections.

A 148-acre wooded valley off Campsite Road in southwestern Rockingham County, the Knight-Brown Nature Preserve was officially opened Friday with a formal dedication ceremony. Kevin Redding, executive director of PLC, said the property was an “unexpected gift” from Cecilia Brown of Santa Barbara, Calif.

Sen. Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, Guilford, says, “There’s plenty of blame to go around.” Rep. Nelson Cole, a Democrat who represents much of Rockingham County, says, “The main problem is summed up in a five-letter word called greed.”

A high-speed chase that started shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday in Pittsylvania County and ended several minutes later in North Carolina also involved Danville police. “Right now, we’re knee deep,” Danville Police Sgt. J.W. McLaughlin said Tuesday night. “We’re trying to piece everything together. I can’t begin to give you any details.”

Danville Police are investigating the theft of a stolen 2003 Caterpillar model 420D backhoe. 

The Environmental Education Center will hold its second annual Open House on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. in Browns Summit.

The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office says Jackie Dean Sizemore Jr. , 31, of 860 Sardis Church Road, broke into a home at 878 Sardis Church Road on Sunday.

Christiaan David Jeter, 22, of Ringgold, has been charged with capital murder in the death of Jacob Bunker

Citigroup to buy Wachovia banking operations

City Coucilman Buddy Rawley encouraged the group’s efforts Monday

Terry McAuliffe pushes health care proposal at the Community Market

The Democratic candidate says ad is ‘childish politics’

Michael and Shannan Hutchinson’s home was ransacked Saturday while they were at the fair

The Rockingham County Department of Public Health will offer flu vaccinations Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Investigators are waiting for an autopsy to identify human remains found Friday on Park Springs Road in Caswell County.

Authorities arrested Leslie Mark Roberts, 44, on Friday on two counts of felony possession of Schedule II drugs and failure to pay child support.

An electric hair dryer lying on a bed appears to be the cause of a Monday fire on Grove Street, according to the Danville Fire Department.

UPDATE: The House on Monday defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue package, ignoring urgent pleas from President Bush and bipartisan congressional leaders to quickly bail out the staggering financial industry. U.S. Rep. Virgil Goode voted no for the financial bailout bill. 

The FDIC says Wachovia didn’t fail, and that all depositors are protected and there will be no cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund

Goode is running false attacks on Perriello, campaign says. 

Former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe will be in Danville today campaigning for Barack Obama’s health care plan. He will also appear in South Boston and Martinsville.

\Farmville expects construction of $21 million center to start in Oct.

A car ran into a bicycle at the intersection of Glenn and Third streets Sunday afternoon, sending one to the hospital.

Danville police have arrested two suspects in connection with a residential break-in that took place Wednesday in Forest Hills.

The event is to support the efforts of reopening the facility

Claudia Emerson will be at Shadetree Rare Books on Friday

For the sixth year in a row, the Danville Science Center welcomed several groups of model-train enthusiasts to mark the anniversary of the Wreck of the Old 97. 

Even a house fire that results in “moderate damage” can turn lives upside down — just ask Harry Wayne Wilson and his family, whose home suffered fire, smoke and heat damage during a Sept. 10 fire.

The former head of Hillary Clinton’s presidental campaign and the Democratic National Committee will host a town hall meeting about health insurance Monday in Danville and South Boston.

The rain cleared out early Saturday morning just in time for thousands of people to flood Court Square in Yanceyville, N.C., for the 27th annual Brightleaf Hoedown.