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          <title>McAuliffe to campaign in Southside</title>
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Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for Virginia governor, will stump in Southside on Friday.
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          <title>City claims second&#45;highest jobless rate</title>
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There were 6,190 people out of work in the Danville/Pittsylvania County area in November. The city had the second-highest unemployment rate in the state at 14.4 percent, up from 11.7 in October and the November 2007 rate of 5.6 percent.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Driver charged after flipping car on U.S. 29</title>
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A Pittsylvania County woman was charged with failure to maintain control of her vehicle Wednesday after her car flipped on the Danville Expressway as rain brought wet, slippery roads to Southside.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Council adopts $10,000 grant for senior transportation</title>
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Danville senior citizens will benefit from increased public transportation for dialysis treatments because of a new grant adopted Tuesday night by City Council.           ]]></description>
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A Martinsville woman wanted for a probation violation and a Tuesday burglary was captured Wed-nesday after a high-speed chase.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Chamber to hold membership meeting</title>
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The Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce will be holding its annual membership business meeting at 7:30 a.m. Jan. 14 at the Stratford Conference Center.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Perriello taps Ridge Schuyler as district director</title>
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Congressman Tom Perriello has added seven members to his staff and expects to hire more in the coming weeks. On Wednesday, he tapped Ridge Schuyler as his district director.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Police charge Danville man for New Year&#8217;s Day shooting</title>
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Police have charged a Danville man with malicious wounding in relation to a shooting incident on New Year&#8217;s Day.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Mark Warner takes oath; John Warner takes his leave</title>
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Mark R. Warner took the oath of office as Virginia&#8217;s new U.S. senator yesterday, saying he hopes to help steer the country through even tougher economic challenges than Virginia faced when he became governor in 2002.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Perriello gets assignment on transportation committee on first day</title>
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Democrat Tom Perriello was no sooner sworn in as the new representative of Virginia&#8217;s 5th District Tuesday than he saw his name atop a list.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Economic board advised to close site</title>
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The executive committee of the Pittsylvania County Economic Development Office decided Monday night to recommend to its board of directors that the organization close.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Cabin Lake tenants will have until next week to leave their apartments</title>
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Residents of Cabin Lake Apartments are expected to receive notices in the mail by the end of the week informing them that the buildings will be condemned.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Pittsylvania County man wounded in shootout, charged with murder</title>
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A 23-year-old Pittsylvania County man has been arrested and charged in the Dec. 27 shooting death of 23-year-old Tyrone Smith.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Yorktowne lays off 70 workers</title>
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Seventy workers at Yorktowne&#8217;s manufacturing plant in Ringgold were laid off Tuesday, according to a company spokesman.
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          <title>Hundreds turn out for uranium mining meeting</title>
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Residents packed the auditorium at Chatham High School on Tuesday night to urge that a study on mining and milling uranium determines its effect on the area&#8217;s air and water, public health, economic development and agriculture.
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          <title>Flood watch in effect for the area</title>
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THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA&#8230;NORTH CAROLINA&#8230;SURRY AND WILKES COUNTIES. IN
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          <title>PCED to close office</title>
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The executive committee of the Pittsylvania County Economic Development Office decided Monday night to recommend to its board of directors that the organization close. 
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          <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:55:42 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>BLOG: Public hearing on mining of uranium ore study</title>
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Join Sarah Arkin for regular BLOG reports from the public hearing in Chatham beginning at 5:00. Complete story in Wed. R&amp;B, then log into GoDanRiver.com tomorrow for full multi-media coverage.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Traffic on Robertson Bridge will be restricted Friday</title>
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Traffic will be restricted on the Robertson Bridge on Friday while the bridge undergoes an inspection.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Police investigate Piney Forest Road break&#45;in</title>
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Police are investigating a Monday night break-in on Piney Forest Road.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Police find missing girls, arrest mother</title>
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Police have arrested Jennifer Masters Westscott and charged her with abducting her children from a bus station Monday afternoon.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Earmarked money may be no good</title>
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Perriello spokeswoman says that Goode&#8217;s promised funds have expired           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:17:49 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Danville complex&#8217;s utilities turned off again</title>
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Tenants now face eviction because city will post condemnation notices within three days            ]]></description>
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          <title>Danville police searching for missing girls</title>
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An Amber Alert has been issued for two girls who authorities say were abducted by their mother.
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A new company is locating in the Cyber Park and promises to bring more than 20 new jobs to the Dan River Region. 
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A Martinsville woman has been charged with stabbing her husband multiple times early Sunday morning at their home on Branch Street early Sunday morning.
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          <title>Daniel arraigned in Courtney Servais murder</title>
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UPDATE: Dennis Lee Daniel was arraigned Monday morning on charges of first-degree murder in Pittsylvania County General District Court. 
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Pittsylvania County supervisors look ahead at 2009 and reflect on last year&#8217;s accomplishments.
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          <title>Danville&#8217;s crime scene investigators use various tools to solve homicides</title>
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The Danville Police Department&#8217;s crime scene investigators and detectives had a busy year in 2008 as the number of homicides in the city reached an eight-year high. A variety of investigative tools were used to investigate and solve the year&#8217;s homicides.           ]]></description>
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The 10 homicides in the city of Danville in 2008 were the highest since 2000, when they also hit 10.           ]]></description>
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Police and rescue personnel responded to a call about a stabbing on Franklin Street on Saturday afternoon and found a 53-year-old woman who had been stabbed.           ]]></description>
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An accident on U.S. 29 Friday night was caused by a tractor-trailer striking a car as it changed lanes, sending the car down an embankment and into a tree.           ]]></description>
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In just a matter of weeks, older-model analog TVs will go blank unless their owners take steps to be ready for the transition to digital broadcasts. The Federal Communications Commission has mandated that all full-power television stations switch from analog to digital signals at midnight on Feb. 17.            ]]></description>
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A four-vehicle accident tied up traffic on the Robertson Bridge for about an hour on Friday afternoon.           ]]></description>
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At least two people were injured in an accident on U.S. 29 between South Main Street and Goodyear Boulevard on Friday night.           ]]></description>
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Residents near what is believed to be the nation&#8217;s largest uranium deposit will be asked their views on what issues should be addressed in a study of the impact of mining the ore in Virginia.           ]]></description>
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Church leaders from across Danville held a prayer rally on the steps of City Hall on Thursday morning, asking God to deliver jobs to Danville, heal broken families and mend broken hearts.           ]]></description>
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A Gretna man was killed in a traffic accident Thursday morning in Pittsylvania County. State police say 21-year-old Bryant Moran, of 610 S. Main St. in Gretna, was driving on Emory Road when he ran off the pavement and flipped his Chevrolet Blazer.           ]]></description>
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The fire at Dan River Crossing Senior Apartments that forced the relocation of several residents Wednesday was caused by an overturned lamp in one of the units.            ]]></description>
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The controversy and debate over a renewed effort to mine uranium in the Coles Hill community of Pittsylvania County remained a hot topic in 2008, after having led the list of top stories for 2007. Clearly, however, no story in 2008 could top the historic election of Barack Obama as the nation&#8217;s first black president.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:52:13 EST</pubDate>
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While most Danvillians began celebrating the expected arrival of 2009, several violent incidents includ-ing a stabbing, a home invasion that turned into a gunfight and two shootings marked the New Year holidays for others across the city.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:49:32 EST</pubDate>
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Residents near what is believed to be the nation&#8217;s largest uranium deposit will be asked their views on what issues should be addressed in a study of the impact of mining the ore in Virginia. 
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          <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:04:18 EST</pubDate>
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Water from a sprinkler system caused moderate damage after extinguishing a small fire at Dan River Crossing Apartments.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:38:15 EST</pubDate>
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High winds on Wednesday kept firefighters in Pittsylvania County busy as they responded to brush fires throughout the day. A felled tree caused a power outage in the North Hills area; other outages reported were minor and sporadic.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:31:03 EST</pubDate>
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Mark Stegall, the executive director at Goodwill, was grateful for the contributions, but worried about the level of donations not only for the day but for the year.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:22:34 EST</pubDate>
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A 75-year-old Danville man was hit by a truck as he tried to cross Piney Forest Road on foot Wednesday afternoon.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:20:57 EST</pubDate>
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The fire that destroyed the IDL Market convenience store Sunday in Martinsville has been ruled an accident.           ]]></description>
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&#8220;A lot of small, well-distributed outages instead of one large outage where we can focus our work,&#8220; said utility spokesman Karl Neddenien.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:08:16 EST</pubDate>
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UPDATE: Power outage reported in the North Hills area.

Though nearly every surrounding county is suffering from power outages, Danville and Pittsylvania County are so far in the clear.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:56:17 EST</pubDate>
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Some of the nation&#8217;s most sweeping payday lending reforms will take effect in Virginia.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:42:40 EST</pubDate>
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Appalachian Power reports that 781 customers in Roanoke County, City, and Giles County are without power.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:30:02 EST</pubDate>
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Several restaurants and venues in the Dan River Region are offering residents a number of ways to ring in the new year, from live musicians to four-course meals.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:38:36 EST</pubDate>
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On Tuesday morning, Back Yard Burgers manager George Collins loaded leftover supplies into his truck as a hand-written sign on the door of the restaurant proclaimed it had closed.           ]]></description>
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A piece of equipment used during a pipeline upgrade Tuesday caused Chatham&#8217;s second waterline break this month.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:36:44 EST</pubDate>
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Those close to 23-year-old Tyrone Smith of Danville remember him as a kind, quiet person who always had a smile. They say his death still seems surreal.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:35:39 EST</pubDate>
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In a decision handed down Tuesday in General District Court, a Danville man will not regain custody of the 22 dogs seized from his apartment on Dec. 15.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:32:45 EST</pubDate>
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There has been another water line break in Chatham, but City Manager Mike Jones said it is not as bad as the ones earlier this month that left some residents without safe water for three days.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:34:27 EST</pubDate>
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More than 2,000 people flooded Brookville High School on Monday evening to pay their respects and honor longtime principal Jim Whorley.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:17:38 EST</pubDate>
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With Photo: The Danville Police Department is seeking two women in connection with a recent credit card fraud.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:57:44 EST</pubDate>
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State Alcoholic Beverage Control sales figures show it&#8217;s just encouraged them to do more drinking at home instead of in bars and restaurants.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:03:50 EST</pubDate>
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Marilyn Hanover is chosen as the 2009 chairwoman           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:13:22 EST</pubDate>
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Virgil Goode delivers $2.4 million in federal earmarked money           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:11:38 EST</pubDate>
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The Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office in Roanoke has identified the body found in Pittsylvania County on Wednesday as Courtney Turpin Servais, and has ruled the cause of death as homicide, according to Pittsylvania County Sheriff Mike Taylor. 
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          <pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:34:33 EST</pubDate>
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The Parent Company announced Sunday that it and nine of its subsidiaries have filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del. 

One of the subsidiaries is eToys, which has a 720,000-square-foot distribution center in Blairs.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:29:25 EST</pubDate>
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Golden Corral is advertising for kitchen and service managers, according to their advertisement on http://www.godanriver.com.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:32:05 EST</pubDate>
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Marilyn Hanover has been elected 2009 chair of the board of directors of the Danville-Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce.            ]]></description>
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Police have identified Tyrone Smith, 23, of Danville as the victim in the Saturday shooting at IHOP restaurant.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:44:19 EST</pubDate>
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A fire destroyed a convenience store on Liberty Street in Martinsville Sunday evening.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:47:31 EST</pubDate>
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Sunday&#8217;s high was just four degrees shy of a record set back in 1971           ]]></description>
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The Danville Police Department is investigating a homicide that occurred early this morning at the IHOP restaurant.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:40:31 EST</pubDate>
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The outgoing director of Pittsylvania County Economic Development has witnessed rapid changes during the 10 years in her position. On Jan. 1, PCED executive director Carol Motley will bid farewell to an organization she has served for nearly two decades, starting in marketing and research.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Tasting to benefit Danville Science Center</title>
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Police have charged 19-year-old George Lewis Henry with malicious wounding in connection with a shooting Christmas night at the Sunrise Mini-Mart on South Main Street. Police also are investigating two other Thursday night shooting incidents.            ]]></description>
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The husband of Courtney Servais, missing since Dec. 19, said Friday he has identified her by tattoos and other features after the body of a woman was found Wednesday in a wooded area off Old Richmond Road.           ]]></description>
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The family of a missing woman has confirmed that she is dead.           ]]></description>
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Police are investigating two Thursday night shooting incidents.            ]]></description>
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UPDATE: Police have charged 19-year-old George Lewis Henry with malicious wounding in connection with a shooting last night at the Sunrise Mini-Mart on South Main Street.

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Hundreds of people came out to Bibleway Worldwide Church on Thursday morning for the annual Community Christmas Dinner.           ]]></description>
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Students who passed SOL tests took trip to watch the Wizards play           ]]></description>
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Nursing homes and rehabilitation centers in the Dan River Region have some vast improvements to make, according to ratings by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.           ]]></description>
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Delilah Mangum, campaign and poll worker, passed away Saturday           ]]></description>
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It all started when J.W. Nunn wanted to set his childhood train set up under the Christmas tree &#8212; and found a Victorian-style train station by Department 56 collectibles to go with it.
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Authorities searching for a missing Halifax County woman found a body of what is believed to be a white woman Wednesday morning in Pittsylvania County, according to a news release from Pittsylvania County Sheriff Mike Taylor.
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 A Virginia company that wants to mine uranium from a deposit in Pittsylvania County plans to partner with a Canadian company for the project.           ]]></description>
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A Danville man&#8217;s house went up in flames early Tuesday morning after he fell asleep while smoking a cigarette.           ]]></description>
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Value City was packed on Tuesday as shoppers took advantage of the bargains to be found on the store&#8217;s final day of business.           ]]></description>
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The man sought as a &#8220;person of interest&#8221; in the disappearance of a Halifax County woman is now in police custody on charges unrelated to the disappearance.           ]]></description>
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The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors has decided to stop funding the county economic development board, which could lead to the 25-year-old organization&#8217;s end.           ]]></description>
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God&#8217;s Storehouse on Westover Drive had its busiest day ever Tuesday, serving 312 families, according to director Becky Wales.           ]]></description>
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The Danville Homeless Shelter, which has provided meals and a place to sleep for indigent people in the city for 15 years, is shutting its doors Dec. 31.           ]]></description>
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The man sought as a &#8220;person of interest&#8221; in the disappearance of a Halifax County woman is now in police custody on charges unrelated to the disappearance.
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The Danville Fire Department responded to an early morning fire on Glenlyn Drive.           ]]></description>
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A Danville man who was shot last night on North Main Street has no idea who fired the gun or where the shots came from, say police.            ]]></description>
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Two men who were aiming for the same parking place at Wal-Mart on Monday ended up in a fight in the store.
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Efforts to raise money for a fence around the Veterans Memorial took a huge step in the right direction Monday with the receipt of a $100,000 donation from the Danville Lions Foundation.
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A delay in officially being named Congressman-elect hasn&#8217;t stopped Tom Perriello from getting things moving as he prepares to take office in January.           ]]></description>
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A Pittsylvania County Circuit Court judge has ruled against a resident who filed a petition to halt the county board of supervisors&#8217; plans for an industrial megapark off Berry Hill Road.&nbsp; 
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The shock still hasn&#8217;t quite settled for a family whose house and belongings were destroyed in a fire Sunday night.
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