The Danville Area Humane Society is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information about two recent cases of mistreated dogs.

M.T. Sorrell, a non-profit residential home in Blairs for mentally disabled adults, has been award $5,000 in state tax credits from the Neighborhood Assistance Program administered by the Virginia Department of Social Services.

The Building Economic Success Together coalition will be offering free tax preparation services for Danville, Pittsylvania County and Caswell County, N.C., residents who earn less than $49,000 a year.

During his testimony, Dennis Lee Daniel talked about his affair with Courtney Marie Servais, disrespect and his killing of Servais.Daniel is facing charges of capital murder, abduction, robbery and carjacking in the December kidnapping and death of Servais. Servais went missing Dec. 19 and was found Dec. 24.

Funds formerly used for $10,000 downtown starter business loans and the façade program will see their availability expanded if a proposal before Danville City Council passes Dec. 1.

Something is killing livestock in Pittsylvania County. On one farm near Renan, nine calves were found dead last week — bringing the number of cattle killed there in the past year to 16. No one is sure who or what delivered them to their deaths.

Danville is setting up a new online utility and tax payment system that may be up and running as soon as Friday.

The Danville metropolitan area lost 1,100 jobs from September 2008 through September 2009, according to a Virginia Employment Commis-sion news release.

Dennis Lee Daniel testified Friday that he killed Courtney Marie Servais on Dec. 19. He said that he snapped after she mentioned his son’s name. Courtney had an affair with Daniel’s son.

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Virginians are taking home less pay, spending less in stores and still are getting hit on their investments, new state tax-collection statistics show.

Local students learned about geographic literacy - and their hometown.

Maintenance repairs are planned for the roadway slope.

J.R. Tucker High School’s former football coach pleaded guilty this week to three counts of taking indecent liberties with two teenage students.

In a brief hearing in Henrico County Circuit Court, Danville native William Macgregor “Mac” Leighton, 31, acknowledged his guilt in months-long relationships with students 15 and 17.

Are cramped chickens crazy chickens? Researchers are trying to answer that question through several studies that intend to take emotions out of an angry debate between animal welfare groups and producers.

A lieutenant for the Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office testified Thursday in the capital murder case of Dennis Lee Daniel.

Starting Dec. 1, smoking will be prohibited in restaurants, with some exceptions. Smokers and proprietors who violate the law will face civil penalties of $25.

Though continuous rain delivered high waters and flooding to the area last week, Danville and Pittsylvania County escaped major destruction.

There was, however, minor damage at Danville’s wastewater treatment plant and the courthouse in Chatham.

A 15-year-old shot an air rifle at police officers dispatched to a disturbance call Wednesday, police said.

About 400 high school juniors from Danville and Pittsylvania County took a break from their classes Wednesday to glimpse potential professional futures during a career fair at the Institute of Advanced Learning & Research.

City Attorney W. Clarke Whitfield said his investigation of Jerry Gwaltney found the former city manager violated City Code and policy — but to Whitfield’s knowledge, the city isn’t pursuing any charges against Gwaltney.

Whitfield found that Gwaltney authorized $465,000 in extra funds for the Coleman MarketPlace project without City Council approval. Whitfield was responding via e-mail to a Danville Register & Bee question about pursuing charges against Gwaltney.

American National Bankshares Inc., the parent company of American National Bank, has announced a fourth-quarter dividend of 23 cents per share.

Possibly as remarkable as the political pairing in support of a tax-code change to renovate old schools is the range of good it would do, former Gov. and U.S. Sen. George Allen told the Richmond Crusade for Voters last night.

Illinois company forms new subsidiary, creates 88 jobs in Danville

Dennis Lee Daniel is on trial for the 2008 killing of Courtney Servais. His attorney doesn’t dispute that a murder occurred but maintains there was no robbery.

An opponent of uranium mining and milling has asked the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors to prohibit uranium mining within a 25-mile radius of the proposed Berry Hill Road industrial megapark site.

Karen Maute, who lives in Pittsylvania County, proposed a resolution to the board and wants Danville City Council and the Danville Pittsylvania Regional Industrial Facilities Authority to sign the resolution along with the county.

The bad economy will result in another $250 million to $300 million budget shortfall for the fiscal year ending June 30, House of Delegates money committees were told Tuesday.

Danville City Council held a second public hearing during its regular meeting Tuesday on a proposed ordinance that will sharply curtail the time animals can be chained in yards.

Several rows in City Council chambers were filled with supporters of the proposal, which will make it a Class 4 misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $250 if pets are left chained for more than three hours in any 24-hour period.

A deer hunter faces manslaughter and other charges in connection with the fatal shooting of a Ferrum College student and the wounding of another.