The canvass of votes in Danville was completed and certified Wednesday with only slight differences in the vote totals, according to Danville Registrar Peggy Petty.

The cost of running the Pittsylvania County Jail, Danville City Jail and Danville Adult Detention was $9.8 million for fiscal year 2008, according to a report from the Virginia Compensation Board.

The Lynch family never really knew much about Paul Lynch’s military service, besides that he earned the Purple Heart.

That was until a year ago, when James Lynch’s daughter, Sylvia Matthews of Hot Springs, Ark., retrieved a box from her grandmother’s estate after she died. The box was a treasure trove of pictures, papers, articles and letters that belonged to her uncle Paul, who died before she could meet him.

With the help of her local Military Order of the Purple Heart, Matthews researched her uncle’s accomplishments and learned he was entitled to more awards than previously thought. Finally, after 64 years, Paul Lynch received: the WWII Victory Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal & Bronze Star, the WWII Honorable Service Lapel Button, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the Bronze Star Medal, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Gold Star Lapel Button and the Purple Heart.

Danville’s pet owners will have their first chance to speak out about a proposed city ordinance that would place limits on how long dogs and cats can be tied up outside.

A public hearing on the ordinance will be held during Thursday night’s regular Danville City Council meeting, and a vote could be taken on Nov. 17.

Danville City Council will hold a public hearing on Thursday and then vote on a proposal to update the City Code to include a legal definition of homeless shelters — and to require special use permits to operate them.

An RCC basketball player says he’ll be better prepared to play at the next level

The facility marks its 100th birthday

The annual event will be held at the Hawk Spirit Studio near Eden

Bud Roberts of Eden has been a regular fixture at the YMCA since 1938

The First Presbyterian Church will hold its annual Fall Fest this weekend in Eden

Supervisor Fred Ingram believes that voters in his district and his town may have “broke the ice” on the alcohol issue in Pittsylvania County.

Michael Newman’s election to Danville commonwealth’s attorney reaffirmed the office’s current practices as Newman campaigned on the standards and policies that Bill Fuller set during his 40-year tenure as the city’s top criminal prosecutor.

Lt. Mike Mondul won a tightly contested sheriff’s race as voters supported his position as an outsider who could bring fresh eyes and a new perspective to the office.

Incumbent delegate secures fifth term

A year after tipping Democratic for president for the first time since 1964, Virginia fell to Republicans in a dramatic statewide sweep that is a historic reminder of its enduring competitiveness but may not be a model for a national GOP comeback.

A fire caused by unattended cooking caused severe damage to a mobile home on Indian Valley Road on Tuesday.

The Danville Fire Department sent three engines, a ladder truck, a tender and three staff vehicles to 702 Indian Valley Road at 12:30 p.m., where they found heavy smoke coming from the home.

RICHMOND — Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling has been elected to a second term, defeating former state finance secretary Jody Wagner.

Voters in Pittsylvania County have approved liquor by the drink in the town of Gretna and Sunday beer and wine sales in both the town of Gretna and the Callands-Gretna magisterial district.

RICHMOND — Republican Bob McDonnell easily won the Virginia governor’s race Tuesday as independent voters who last year helped deliver the state to President Barack Obama handed the party a convincing victory.

Michael Newman elected commonwealth’s attorney, Mike Mondul elected sheriff, and Delegate Danny Marshall carries the city vote

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys for sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad plan to file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court in an effort to stop next week’s execution.

A 28-year-old clerk at a Christian bookstore in Simi Valley has been arrested on charges of peeping at customers in the restroom with a video camera.

After a brief outage, regular phone service has been restored

Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout from the current recession could push those numbers even higher, researchers say.

Maurice Hairston, a 76-year-old truck driver from Martinsville, won the $500,000 Virginia Lottery jackpot game, where players scratch a ticket, a Virginia Lottery news release said.

A Danville man received a 15-year prison sentence Monday for raping a woman after he broke into her house and threatened her with a knife in April.

Signs crowded the front lawn of I. W. Taylor Elementary School on Piney Forest Road to greet residents as they parked to vote.

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An 800-foot stretch of train tracks from the Norfolk Southern main line to Ringgold West Industrial Park, where Intertape has its plant, will be getting emergency repairs.

Sir Harry Kroto, a 1996 Chemistry Nobel prize laureate, discusses design projects and other creative work he has done throughout his career in addition to his illustrious scientific achievements during a presentation at Averett University’s student center Monday.