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          <title>Group urging propane safety</title>
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Just in time for that all-American Fourth of July cookout, the Virginia Propane Gas Association is reminding grillers everywhere to be careful with propane grills.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Danville man charged with malicious wounding</title>
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Police arrested and charged a man with malicious wounding Thursday night, according to a news release from the Danville Police Department.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Salvation Army needs donations for new thrift store</title>
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A new Salvation Army Family Store is opening in Danville Plaza Shopping Center on July 9, and the organization is looking for donations.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Celebrate Independence Day in Danville</title>
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From competing in an apple pie contest to rallying for lower taxes, local residents have the opportunity to celebrate American independence in a variety of ways on Saturday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Former lawmaker found not guilty of embezzlement</title>
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For the first time since his trial began, Hugh Webster was calm. He was quiet. He reached over and shook the hands of his attorneys, Kieran Shanahan and John Branch, after the judge read the not guilty verdicts for the count of embezzlement and exploitation of his aunt Thursday in Caswell County Superior Court.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Collaborative group seeks to expand region&#8217;s green skills</title>
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Community leaders and elected officials &#8212; including Rep. Tom Perriello, D-5th District &#8212; gathered Thursday at Virginia International Raceway to announce a step toward a greener future through $100,000 in available grants for work force partnerships.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Many take off Friday for holiday</title>
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With Independence Day falling on a Saturday, some city and state offices will be closing on Friday to celebrate the holiday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Fugitive caught in Danville</title>
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Shortly after the Pittsylvania County Sheriff&#8217;s office sent out a news release saying a man wanted in Hanover County had been seen in Blairs and Danville, Danville Police officers picked him up.           ]]></description>
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          <title>AVRC to help modernize city vehicles</title>
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The Advanced Vehicle Research Center will be working with the city of Danville to modernize its municipal fleet and improve the fleet&#8217;s energy efficiency.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Cabin Lake fire ruled arson</title>
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The Danville fire marshal&#8217;s office suspects arson in a fire that destroyed several units at Cabin Lake Thursday morning.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Webster found not guilty on both counts</title>
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Hugh Webster has been found not guilty on both criminal charges by a Caswell County (N.C.) Superior Court jury Thursday afternoon. Webster had been charged with embezzlement and the felony exploitation of an elderly adult.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Rockingham County Sheriff&#8217;s Deputy wrecks car, receives minor injuries</title>
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Maj. J.V. Thomas of the Rockingham County Sheriff&#8217;s Office received minor injuries after wrecking his car near the N.C. 135 turnoff in Eden early Thursday morning.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Madison man arrested following standoff</title>
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Rockingham County deputies arrested a man early Thursday following a standoff that lasted about one and a half hours.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Perriello responds to GOP attack on green bill vote</title>
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Rep. Tom Perriello, D-5th District, is celebrating American independence a few days early.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Federal stimulus funds available for rebates on energy improvements</title>
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Homes and businesses that are upgraded to be more energy efficient may qualify for partial funding of those projects through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus funds.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Webster bursts out of courtroom</title>
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Hugh Webster burst out of the courtroom Wednesday during a request by his attorney to dismiss the charge of embezzlement before he testified in his defense.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Band camp ends with performance at Carrington Pavilion</title>
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Seven young Danville band camp participants will open for Groove Train during Fridays at The Crossing this week.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Officials celebrate accomplishment of Progress Energy&#8217;s &#8216;scrubbers&#8217;</title>
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Deep into the beauty of rural North Carolina and close to where boaters and swimmers are enjoying Hyco Lake, the future of clean coal energy can be seen at Progress Energy&#8217;s Roxboro plant.            ]]></description>
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          <title>3 arrested for Danville church break&#45;ins</title>
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Three young men have been arrested for a string of recent burglaries at three Danville churches.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Rockingham County Jail inmate escapes custody, recaptured minutes later</title>
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An inmate at the Rockingham County Jail escaped custody late this morning while visiting Morehead Memorial Hospital for a medical evaluation.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Eden man charged with stealing from father</title>
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An Eden man has been charged with stealing from his father.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Eden police warn residents of local scam artist</title>
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Eden police warn residents to be on the lookout for a scam artist. 
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          <title>The church has left the building</title>
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World Changers sends out hundreds of volunteers to complete short-term missions projects around Rockingham County           ]]></description>
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          <title>Eden man faces charges of larceny, property damage</title>
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An Eden man faces charges of property damage and larceny after an incident at Johnston Nursery.
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          <title>Busy holiday on tap in Rockingham County</title>
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Celebrations will be held in Reidsville and Eden           ]]></description>
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          <title>The church has left the building</title>
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World Changers sends out hundreds of volunteers to complete short-term missions projects around Rockingham County           ]]></description>
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          <title>Crime briefs: Suspects sought in home invasion</title>
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A woman says she and her 3-year-old daughter had guns pointed at them           ]]></description>
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          <title>World Changers descend upon Rockingham County</title>
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Nearly 270 volunteers have been busy at work sites throughout the county           ]]></description>
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          <title>Labor of love pays off for local author</title>
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After nine years, Jill Mabry Langley&#8217;s latest work is finally in print           ]]></description>
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          <title>Webster&#8217;s aunt takes the stand against former senator</title>
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Hugh Webster&#8217;s 83-year-old aunt took the stand Tuesday in the second day of his trial for embezzlement and felony exploitation of an elderly adult in Caswell County Superior Court.           ]]></description>
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          <title>E. coli investigation expanded to Nestle flour supplier</title>
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The Food and Drug Administration is continuing its investigation into an E. coli outbreak linked to the Nestle USA plant in Danville.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Vernon Hill man arrested for killing opossum while on police ride along</title>
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A Vernon Hill man, on an approved ride along with a Danville police officer, wound up being arrested for killing an opossum while on that ride.           ]]></description>
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Nestle officials are meeting with Danville workers to review the finding that a sample of raw cookie dough collected at the plant tested positive for E. coli.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Jobless numbers jump in state, Danville area</title>
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Virginia&#8217;s unemployment rate inched up in May with Danville having the highest job-less numbers among the state&#8217;s metropolitan areas.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Attempted murder charge pending against Axton woman</title>
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Charges are pending against a Pittsylvania County woman following an incident Monday afternoon.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Caswell man drowns Friday in Hyco Lake</title>
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A Leasburg, N.C., man drowned Friday in Hyco Lake.           ]]></description>
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The Piedmont Health Foundation has sold The Foundation House at 136 W. Main St. to Danville-Pittsylvania Community Services.            ]]></description>
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Hole in the Sole shoe and leather repair shop will open at 148 Arnett Blvd. in Sherwood Shopping Center in the first week of July.           ]]></description>
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The trial for former North Carolina state Sen. Hugh Webster began Monday in Caswell County Superior Court on charges of embezzlement and felony exploitation of an elderly adult.            ]]></description>
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A Danville man will serve 20 years in prison for raping and forcibly sodomizing a 10-year-old girl last October.            ]]></description>
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Mark R. Williams was found dead in the backyard of a home on Young Road           ]]></description>
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The Food and Drug Administration says a sample of raw cookie dough collected at a Danville Nestle USA manufacturing plant last week has tested positive for E. coli.           ]]></description>
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 A college student played dead to escape a family shooting by his father, who killed the other son and their mother before setting their house on fire and taking his own life, investigators said Monday.
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An Axton man shot his wife, sons and himself early Sunday morning, according to the Henry County Sheriff&#8217;s Office. One son managed to escape after being shot twice, but his parents and brother are dead.           ]]></description>
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The suspect was arrested Saturday following a foot chase           ]]></description>
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A Reidsville woman says guns were pointed at her and her 3-year-old           ]]></description>
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Danville Regional Medical Center recently won two awards from the Virginia Paternity Establishment Program for its work in having the fathers of babies born outside of wedlock voluntarily acknowledge their baby&#8217;s paternity. 
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About 150 members of Bible Way Cathedral in Danville processed from the sanctuary to their new multi-purpose building Sunday afternoon, where a feast awaited to celebrate the building&#8217;s dedication to the church&#8217;s founder. 
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The film and video department of Piedmont Community College, located in Person and Caswell counties, held the second of two summer intensive High-Definition video production camps this week in Yanceyville, N.C. 
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John Grogan was first elected to the post in 2005           ]]></description>
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Paddlers raise funds for the Dan River Basin Association           ]]></description>
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Mark Todd Joyner is jailed on a $2,500 bond.            ]]></description>
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The organization is now based on Washington Street in Eden           ]]></description>
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Eden&#8217;s Kingsway Plaza is the temporary home of a petting zoo           ]]></description>
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Music and dancing highlight the Reidsville event           ]]></description>
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Middle school girls take part in a program designed to spark interest in science           ]]></description>
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Mark R. Williams was found dead Wednesday afternoon           ]]></description>
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Hands on the wheel, not the cell phone. In an effort to cut down on distracted driving, the Virginia General Assembly has made it unlawful to either text or e-mail while driving after Wednesday.
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Local health care professionals gave their opinions on the plan to overhaul American&#8217;s health care system that President Barack Obama presented before the American Medical Association on June 15. 
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Shortly before 11 a.m. on Saturday, a 51-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint on Piney Forest Road.           ]]></description>
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Pittsylvania County and the City of Danville are considering whether to merge their emergency planning committees. 
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Schoolfield High School closed its doors in 1953, but the Reunion Committee is still going strong, bringing people who attended the school back to Schoolfield from all over the country for the reunions they have held for the past 26 years.
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People relaxed in lawn chairs Saturday afternoon and enjoyed listening to the artists performing at Gretna&#8217;s inaugural Bluegrass Fest in Elba Park.           ]]></description>
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The Pittsylvania County Animal Control facility has a friend in a local foundation.            ]]></description>
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Virginia State Police Sgt. Bob Carpentieri says his department has lost one of its own.           ]]></description>
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The unexpected death of the iconic &#8220;King of Pop,&#8221; Michael Jackson, created a surge in sales of his recordings at Danville stores.           ]]></description>
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine announced Friday 162 grants totaling more than $33 million that will support programs that improve criminal justice service throughout the state.
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Danville police have arrested and charged Travis Coleman Lewis, 18, with first degree murder in the August 2008 death of his mother, Brenda Marie Lewis, according to a news release from the Danville Police Department.           ]]></description>
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Inspection reports from a Nestle USA cookie dough factory released Friday show the company refused several times to provide Food and Drug Administration inspectors with complaint logs, pest-control records and other information.           ]]></description>
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A Thursday night armed robbery at the Piney Forest Fas Mart Valero quickly netted police a suspect and an arrest.           ]]></description>
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Michael Jackson, the &#8216;King of Pop,&#8216; died Thursday after suffering cardiac arrest. He was 50. Extra copies of today&#8217;s edition of The Register &amp; Bee are being printed to commemorate Jackson&#8217;s death.           ]]></description>
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The state&#8217;s 2009 report on the Pittsylvania County Animal Control facility showed an improved shelter over last year.           ]]></description>
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A county employee for 38 years, Pittsylvania County Schools assistant superintendent John Winston Amos died at his home early Wednesday morning. He was 60.            ]]></description>
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Thanks to federal stimulus funding, hundreds of area youth, age 14 to 24, will have summer jobs. And it&#8217;s not costing the employers a dime.           ]]></description>
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Michael Jackson, the &#8216;King of Pop,&#8216; has died at age 50 after suffering cardiac arrest.
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Charles H. Majors, CEO of Danville-based American National Bank &amp; Trust Company, has been named chairman-elect of the Virginia Bankers Association.           ]]></description>
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Virginia&#8217;s Board of Education has given the state the green light to continue requiring third-graders to take history and social-science accountability tests.            ]]></description>
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Messages claiming to be from &#8220;Beacon Hill Credit Union&#8221; are being left on cell phones asking recipients to call an 800 number about a problem with a credit card.           ]]></description>
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As the current economy forces families to look for ways to trim expenses, AAA Mid-Atlantic reports that many Virginia drivers are reducing auto coverage or raising deductibles.           ]]></description>
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Virginia has earned kudos for its pro-business climate in two recent studies.           ]]></description>
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The Rockingham County Sheriff&#8217;s office is investigating the Wednesday death of a man they say suffered a gunshot wound.           ]]></description>
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Pittsylvania County Circuit Court will hear the case of a man who has filed a grievance against the county.            ]]></description>
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A trial date has been set for the clerk of Danville Circuit Court who faces a misdemeanor stalking charge.            ]]></description>
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After losing their mother in December, two young Halifax County children are now left without a father following a deadly crash Monday.           ]]></description>
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Hylton Hall has been named to the Virginia Landmarks Register, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources&#8217; list of buildings statewide that have historic significance.           ]]></description>
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Police arrested and charged a Danville man after firefighters found evidence of marijuana manufacturing at a Monday house fire, according to a news release from the Danville Police Department.           ]]></description>
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The Eden City Council adopted its operating budget for FY 2009-10 in a Wednesday morning meeting. The vote was unanimous.            ]]></description>
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The Reidsville City Council adopted its operating budget for FY 2009-10 in a Wednesday morning meeting.            ]]></description>
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Commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to approve the county&#8217;s 2009-2110 budget.           ]]></description>
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Beginning their fifth week under a scorching sun, four interns and one volunteer with the Virginia Organizing Project walked the streets in a Danville neighborhood Monday afternoon in an effort to generate voter interest in health care reform.            ]]></description>
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Despite high unemployment and decreased real estate values, Mayor Sherman Saunders still believes that &#8220;all is well in the City of Danville.&#8221;           ]]></description>
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Despite high unemployment and decreased real estate values, Mayor Sherman Saunders still believes that &#8220;all is well in the City of Danville.&#8221;
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Concerned with the prospect of county jobs and services being cut, Rockingham County residents spoke out at a public hearing Monday evening, largely in opposition of a proposed 1-cent property tax increase.
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A 2008 state report found several areas of non-compliance at the Pittsylvania County Animal Control facility in Dry Fork.           ]]></description>
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Johnnie Wayne Booth has thought about running for sheriff of Danville, but he entered the race this go-around after a request.           ]]></description>
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Police arrested two suspects Monday after responding to a call at the BB&amp;T on West Main Street.           ]]></description>
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