The Environmental Protection Agency offered guidelines for water well management in response to a Pittsylvania County inquiry into elevated lead levels near where a uranium company conducted exploratory drilling.

Pauline H. Bruce of Danville has been found not guilty of all but one dog-related charges filed against her in July — a single charge of allowing her dog to run at large, according to court documents.

A Pittsylvania County circuit court judge sentenced a Sutherlin man Monday to 18 months in prison for shooting and killing his neighbor’s dog on April 24.

A home décor retailer and New Earth Skateboard signed leases to join Coleman MarketPlace, according to a leasing company news release.

M. Martha Woody of Martinsville is joining Rep. Tom Perriello’s staff as caseworker for veterans’ affairs, providing assistance to former military servicemen and women with their benefit programs.

The announcement, from Perriello’s office Tuesday afternoon, said that Woody will assist Regional Director Kimble Reynolds and split her time between Perriello’s Danville and Martinsville offices.

A Java resident reported Oct. 27 that his dog had been bitten by a rabid skunk, according to the Southside Health District environmental health manager.

Students from seven colleges and universities competed in the National Intercollegiate Flying Association’s SAFECON 2009, hosted by Averett University at their flight center at Danville Regional Airport.

Local manufacturers say they’re seeing marginal to substantial growth in business, yet still remain cautious about the economy.

The arguments have been made; the money has been raised and spent. It’s just a matter of hours now.

A man suspected of fatally shooting four men in the parking lot of a North Carolina television shop was arrested early today in Virginia, police said.

The campaign for Danville sheriff saw two issues — professionalism and cooperation with other agencies — raised consistently, while the three candidates tried to frame the election in their own terms as a choice between insiders with decades of experience versus an outsider with a new perspective. 

Throughout the race for Danville commonwealth’s attorney, the candidates have debated over how much change they would bring to the city’s office of chief prosecutor and whether the office needs it. Michael Newman, Claudette Robertson and Jim Martin are running for commonwealth’s attorney. The election is Tuesday.

Family and friends of a slain teenager called on Danville’s communities and people to put a stop to violence. About 150 people lit up a dark Friday night with candles on Bradley Street in remembrance of 14-year-old Lamonte “CoCo” Stone, who was shot and killed a week earlier.

The event raises nearly $4,000 for the Rotary Club’s upcoming civic projects

The event included a performance of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’

The facility will open its doors in early January

Commissioners contribute $1,000 to a professorship in the name of David M. Lawrence

Stoneville Elementary students parade through downtown streets for annual Halloween event

Music and other activities went on despite the weather

Eden businesses welcome trick-or-treaters during the annual event

Only about a week remains for the walls of the Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History to talk to you.

Local small-business owners agree health-care reform critically affects them and their bottom lines.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce expressed “severe disappointment” with the new health care bill introduced in the House of Representatives on Thursday, citing concerns that the “wild spending” in the legislation would burden a fragile economy and tax small businesses.

Voters in the Callands-Gretna magisterial district and the town of Gretna get to decide Tuesday whether they want Sunday beer-and-wine sales in their respective communities.

WYTHEVILLE – The proposed King College medical school gained considerable traction Thursday, receiving a $25 million grant that assures it would be built in Virginia.

A candidate for the Fifth District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives announced Thursday he is removing himself from the Republican ticket to restructure his campaign as an independent.

Rep. Tom Perriello, D-5th District, said today he’s undecided on whether he will vote for the health-care bill that was rolled out in the House of Representatives yesterday.

The head of the “grassroots” lobbying firm that sent bogus letters to U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello and two other congressman apologized Thursday to a congressional panel investigating the deception.

A Winchester County runaway juvenile faces charges in a break-in at Haley’s TV early Friday morning.

Starting Sunday, Colonial Williamsburg will offer discounts on purchases of four or more of its annual Liberty Passes.