Prosecutors and defense attorneys chose the jury Tuesday after finishing the second day of jury selection in the capital murder case of Dennis Lee Daniel.

A Danville man has been arrested after a health, beauty and gift store at 107 Mall Drive was robbed at gunpoint at 2 p.m. Monday, according to a Danville Police Department news release.

A Sunday night fire caused heavy damage to a Danville home.

There are still federal stimulus funds available for energy upgrades to homes and businesses, but only if people act fast.

General Motors Co. said Monday it lost $1.2 billion from the time it left bankruptcy protection through Sept. 30, far better than it has reported in previous quarters and a sign that the auto giant is starting to turn around its business.

The hits keep coming for Virginia’s financially strapped school divisions

Nearly a year after terrorist bullets snuffed the life forces of her husband and daughter, Nelson County resident Kia Scherr hopes her new Web site will help other people find positive forces in their own lives.

Astronauts climbed aboard space shuttle Atlantis on Monday for an afternoon liftoff to the space station, and Lynchburg native Leland Melvin is on the crew.

When Project Literacy, a free tutoring program for adults organized by the Danville Literacy Council, needed a new home this year, the YWCA of Danville and Pittsylvania County stepped in and adopted the program.

The Pittsylvania-Danville Health District continues to receive shipments of H1N1 vaccine every day, health director Dr. Charles Devine said.

Danville’s Community Market will be the recipient of the first solar power project by a utility in Southside, thanks to $202,000 in federal stimulus funds, according to a letter from the city manager to City Council and Mayor Sherman Saunders.

The chairman of the Danville TEA Party Patriots said Sunday he was unsure about whether the group will continue with its planned effigy burning of Rep. Tom Perriello, D-5th District, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at a bonfire rally Saturday in Blairs.

Local tourism leaders envision a thriving downtown Danville. They don’t want to see empty storefronts or for-sale signs. But the residents of Danville and Pittsylvania County can’t support those businesses alone, said Sandie Marshall, chair of the Dan River Hospitality and Travel Committee of the Danville-Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce.

A week before area TEA party protesters were scheduled to burn an effigy of U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello to protest his vote for health care reform, the Danville Democratic Committee held its annual banquet where the 5th District Congressman gave the keynote address. About 50-60 people attended the event at the Bibleway Church Events Center, where members made humorous references to the protesters and their scheduled burning of Perriello’s effigy and that of U.S. Rep. and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

About 60 area high school students got some pointers on basketball moves and keeping their grades up during an event at George Washington High School on Saturday.

A motivational speaker at the annual Links Luncheon had a simple message for the audience: Let go and learn to laugh at yourselves. About 400 people attended the Links’ annual Benefit Luncheon at the Stratford Inn Conference Center Saturday. The benefit was held this year to raise money for the United Negro College Fund.

Ida creates three days of rain, flooding across region

Patty Canter says the animal has gained 50 pounds under her care but still has a long way to go

The event will be held this afternoon along Washington Street

Historian examines the formation of Eden more than 40 years ago

A Reidsville native returns to the area for an event at Pennrose Mall

The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office participated along with Eden and Reidsville police

Plans are already under way for next year’s event

After 13 years, one Danville woman owns her house free and clear. Bertha Glass burned the mortgage note in celebration Friday night.

Flood waters are receding in the county and Danville-Pittsylvania County residents can expect clouds to part for sunny weather this weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

The Danville TEA Party plans a “Fired Up For Freedom” rally Nov. 21, which will end in burning Rep. Tom Perriello, D-5th District, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in effigy, according to a news release from organizer Nigel Coleman.

A quick list of events around the Dan River Region

For seven years, the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Rural Rustic Road program has provided an efficient, low-cost way of improving the state’s unpaved country roadways.

A Danville City Councilman is asking for a full investigation into why the Coleman MarketPlace project received hundreds of thousands of extra city dollars in utility expenses.

City officials reported a calm night as rain passed through the area and caused a few power outages and some road closures.