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.

The National Weather Service lowered its flood forecast Thursday, giving city leaders a moment of relief as rain trickled down that afternoon and city employees fought limited rising water and power outages.

Rescheduled Dogwood District football games

The Danville Transit System will offer new fixed-route bus service to Market Square Shopping Center every 40 minutes from 7:40 a.m. to 5:20 p.m. Monday-Friday, according to a news release.

The National D-Day Memorial in Bedford will remain open for the winter despite financial struggles, said memorial foundation president William McIntosh.

Danville Regional Medical Center’s leaders shared the hospital’s challenges and vision for the future with City Council on Thursday afternoon.

A no trespassing sign hung in the window of a house that investigators checked while searching the 1300 block of Washington Street, where police found a Danville man with gunshot wounds Thursday morning.

Danville firefighters brought a house fire under control within 10 minutes at 1006 Washington St. at 7 a.m. Thursday, a news release stated.

The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is looking into matters involving Caswell County, N.C., District Attorney Joel Brewer, said Noelle Talley, a spokeswoman for the SBI.

Persistent rains prompted Pittsylvania County officials to declare a state of emergency in the county Thursday.

Danville Public Schools will remain open Friday but will operate on a two-hour delay

The Salvation Army has set up a temporary shelter at its church location at 123 Henry St. for those affected by flooding in the city.

An abbreviated Veterans Day ceremony was held inside Owen Cheatham Chapel on the campus of Hargrave Military Academy on Wednesday, Nov. 11.

A Danville man died Thursday morning after police found him on a city road with a gunshot wound, according to a news release from the Danville Police Department.

If not for the Community Foundation of the Dan River Region, the Danville-Pittsylvania County Veterans Memorial simply wouldn’t exist, said Lawrence McFall said.

The area’s wind advisory has been extended until 6 a.m. Friday.

Gretna hopes to move its town council elections from May to November. If the town makes the change, it would be following the lead of Hurt and Chatham.

The town of Chatham has appointed a beautification committee to take charge of its problem with eyesores and derelict properties.

Airline pilot invokes Founding Fathers’ vision

The “Live United” campaign will go through December. Yet, the nonprofit is trying to raise more than $1 million. Campaign officials project the campaign will raise $860,000 — just over last year’s fundraising.

Expansion Solutions Magazine gave Danville’s Office of Economic Development the publication’s “Award of Excellence for High Technology,” according to a news release.

The Food Lion at 703 Piney Forest Road will close by Jan. 6, 2010, a company spokesperson said.

Partners L. Samuel Saunders, Katherine D. McDaniel, Stephen M. Gay, John R. Neal, Vaden L. Wright, Mark W. Foster and Brad S. Reynolds of Harris, Harvey, Neal & Co., LLP were selected as winners in Virginia Business magazine’s “Super CPA” contest, according to a news release.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for Danville and Pittsylvania County until 10:45 a.m. Thursday, according to the service’s Web site.