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          <title>About 700 people show up for area&#8217;s first community health fair</title>
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At least 700 people lined up to get screened for health indicators ranging from cholesterol and blood pressure to pulmonary function and dental problems at the Community Health Fair held at Danville Community College&#8217;s new Foundation Hall on Saturday.
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          <title>DRMC residency program taking root</title>
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Educators and DRMC staff developed a medical education program five years ago. Because of student interest in returning to the hospital for their postgraduate residencies, VCOM has worked with the hospital for the past three years to establish a residency program. 
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          <title>Caswell Family Medical Center planning to expand services, facilities</title>
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Patient satisfaction is what it&#8217;s all about, a local health clinic leader said. Between 1,200 and 1,500 patients come through Caswell Family Medical Center in Yanceyville, N.C., each month, Chief Executive Officer Shirley Deal said. The patients give the clinic feedback in satisfaction surveys, which also can point to what patients would like to see the clinic offer in the future. Patients wanted to see more specialists, specifically in dermatology and podiatry, to come in and offer their services at the clinic, Deal said.            ]]></description>
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Calling all concerned residents, young people and community leaders: How can the community deal with violence in Danville?
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          <title>A second chance at game show success</title>
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Reggie Denney of Eden will appear on the CBS game show &#8220;Let&#8217;s Make a Deal&#8221; Dec. 2           ]]></description>
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          <title>Sharing a northern tradition with Southern customers</title>
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Transplanted New Yorker opens restaurant in Eden           ]]></description>
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          <title>Eden Kiwanis pancake supper a success</title>
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The annual event raises money for the club&#8217;s numerous local programs           ]]></description>
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          <title>Project looks toward a brighter future</title>
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Pastors hope to replace former Stoneville school with modern community center           ]]></description>
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          <title>Let the Christmas season begin</title>
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Reidsville held its annual tree-lighting ceremony Friday night           ]]></description>
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          <title>Moore comes full circle</title>
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Stoneville officer becomes chief of department where he started 24 years ago           ]]></description>
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          <title>Have a seat</title>
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A campaign is under way to replace outdated seating in the Morehead High auditorium           ]]></description>
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          <title>Information sought on mistreated dogs in Danville</title>
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The Danville Area Humane Society is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information about two recent cases of mistreated dogs.           ]]></description>
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          <title>M.T. Sorrell awarded tax credits for its donors</title>
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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.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Free tax preparation offered in Dan River Region</title>
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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.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Defendant admits to killing in Pittsylvania County capital murder trial</title>
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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.            ]]></description>
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          <title>City Council to vote Dec. 1 on redistributing extra business&#45;program money</title>
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Funds formerly used for $10,000 downtown starter business loans and the fa&#231;ade program will see their availability expanded if a proposal before Danville City Council passes Dec. 1.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Livestock mysteriously slain; farmers seek answers</title>
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Something is killing livestock in Pittsylvania County. On one farm near Renan, nine calves were found dead last week &#8212; 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.            ]]></description>
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Danville is setting up a new online utility and tax payment system that may be up and running as soon as Friday.
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          <title>Local jobs fell 2.7 percent in past year</title>
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The Danville metropolitan area lost 1,100 jobs from September 2008 through September 2009, according to a Virginia Employment Commis-sion news release.           ]]></description>
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          <title>UPDATE: Accused killer testifies in capital murder case</title>
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Dennis Lee Daniel testified Friday that he killed Courtney Marie Servais on Dec. 19. He said that he snapped after she mentioned his son&#8217;s name. Courtney had an affair with Daniel&#8217;s son.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Virginia tax collections reflect economy</title>
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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.           ]]></description>
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          <title>You are here</title>
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Local students learned about geographic literacy - and their hometown.           ]]></description>
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          <title>One lane of U.S. 58 near South Boston closed for repairs</title>
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Maintenance repairs are planned for the roadway slope.           ]]></description>
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J.R. Tucker High School&#8217;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 &#8220;Mac&#8221; Leighton, 31, acknowledged his guilt in months-long relationships with students 15 and 17.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Researchers ask: Are caged chickens miserable?</title>
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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.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Pittsylvania County sheriff&#8217;s lieutenant testifies in capital murder case</title>
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A lieutenant for the Pittsylvania County Sheriff&#8217;s Office testified Thursday in the capital murder case of Dennis Lee Daniel.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Smoke&#45;free restaurant law less than two weeks away</title>
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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.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Feds check out local storm damage</title>
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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&#8217;s wastewater treatment plant and the courthouse in Chatham.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Teen charged after police officer shot with air rifle</title>
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A 15-year-old shot an air rifle at police officers dispatched to a disturbance call Wednesday, police said.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Students get a glimpse of their future</title>
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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 &amp; Research.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Former city manager&#8217;s records not found</title>
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City Attorney W. Clarke Whitfield said his investigation of Jerry Gwaltney found the former city manager violated City Code and policy &#8212; but to Whitfield&#8217;s knowledge, the city isn&#8217;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 &amp; Bee question about pursuing charges against Gwaltney.           ]]></description>
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          <title>American National Bank announces dividend</title>
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American National Bankshares Inc., the parent company of American National Bank, has announced a fourth-quarter dividend of 23 cents per share.           ]]></description>
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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.           ]]></description>
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Illinois company forms new subsidiary, creates 88 jobs in Danville           ]]></description>
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Dennis Lee Daniel is on trial for the 2008 killing of Courtney Servais. His attorney doesn&#8217;t dispute that a murder occurred but maintains there was no robbery.           ]]></description>
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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.            ]]></description>
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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.           ]]></description>
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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.            ]]></description>
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A deer hunter faces manslaughter and other charges in connection with the fatal shooting of a Ferrum College student and the wounding of another.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:50:59 EST</pubDate>
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JARRATT&#8212;Death-row inmate Larry Bill Elliott was executed last night for the 2001 murder of Dana Thrall of Prince William County.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:42:40 EST</pubDate>
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Former City Manager Jerry Gwaltney violated City Code, policies and procedures when he authorized an extra $465,000 for Coleman MarketPlace without City Council approval, City Attorney W. Clarke Whitfield reported to City Council during its Tuesday night work session.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:00:23 EST</pubDate>
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Ceremony honors Dallas Dunlap, nation&#8217;s Alzheimer&#8217;s victims           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:41 EST</pubDate>
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Director Bennie Totten addresses the county commissioners           ]]></description>
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Brooke Cayton was diagnosed when she was less than a year old           ]]></description>
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The Ministry of Hope will distribute food, clothing and toys Dec. 18             ]]></description>
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Sheriff Sam Page and county commissioner James Kallam are on the panel           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:06 EST</pubDate>
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Mike James began his new job Monday           ]]></description>
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Bobby Carlsen wanted to honor emergency responders through his photographic art.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:53:21 EST</pubDate>
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Remnants of Ida spark debate about uranium mining at Coles Hill           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:26:15 EST</pubDate>
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The company expects a jobs announcement in three to six months           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:19:43 EST</pubDate>
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A 19-year-old Danville man has been found guilty of the July 11 murder of Latoya Hubbard and injuring another person in a drive-by shooting on Ross Street.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:54:59 EST</pubDate>
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The state of Virginia, which already has had to cut $6 billion from the two-year budget ending June 30, 2010, may have to cut $250 million to $300 million, the House Appropriations Committee was told today.           ]]></description>
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Local health care providers and a hospital leader debate whether current health care legislation addresses the issue of affordability.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:56:49 EST</pubDate>
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The United Way of Danville-Pittsylvania County celebrated its new location in Danville&#8217;s downtown Tobacco Warehouse District on Monday with a ribbon-cutting and open house.           ]]></description>
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Rep. Barney Frank said Monday he is pushing a proposal to use some of the interest the government collects from the financial industry bailout to give loans to unemployed homeowners struggling to pay the mortgage.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:02:18 EST</pubDate>
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With a simple marketing twist, tobacco companies are avoiding hundreds of millions of dollars a year in taxes by exploiting a loophole in President Barack Obama&#8217;s child health law.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:32:07 EST</pubDate>
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The Danville TEA Party has officially cancelled its bonfire and effigy burning planned for Saturday after the event received nationwide interest, according to the group&#8217;s chairman, Nigel Coleman.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:05:54 EST</pubDate>
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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.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:03:41 EST</pubDate>
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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.           ]]></description>
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A Sunday night fire caused heavy damage to a Danville home.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:00:58 EST</pubDate>
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There are still federal stimulus funds available for energy upgrades to homes and businesses, but only if people act fast.           ]]></description>
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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.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:58:40 EST</pubDate>
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The hits keep coming for Virginia&#8217;s financially strapped school divisions           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:11:55 EST</pubDate>
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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.           ]]></description>
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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.           ]]></description>
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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.           ]]></description>
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The Pittsylvania-Danville Health District continues to receive shipments of H1N1 vaccine every day, health director Dr. Charles Devine said.           ]]></description>
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Danville&#8217;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.           ]]></description>
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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.           ]]></description>
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Local tourism leaders envision a thriving downtown Danville. They don&#8217;t want to see empty storefronts or for-sale signs. But the residents of Danville and Pittsylvania County can&#8217;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. 



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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&#8217;s effigy and that of U.S. Rep. and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.            ]]></description>
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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. 
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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&#8217; 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.            ]]></description>
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Ida creates three days of rain, flooding across region           ]]></description>
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Patty Canter says the animal has gained 50 pounds under her care but still has a long way to go           ]]></description>
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The event will be held this afternoon along Washington Street           ]]></description>
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Historian examines the formation of Eden more than 40 years ago           ]]></description>
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A Reidsville native returns to the area for an event at Pennrose Mall            ]]></description>
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The Rockingham County Sheriff&#8217;s Office participated along with Eden and Reidsville police           ]]></description>
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Plans are already under way for next year&#8217;s event           ]]></description>
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After 13 years, one Danville woman owns her house free and clear. Bertha Glass burned the mortgage note in celebration Friday night.           ]]></description>
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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.           ]]></description>
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The Danville TEA Party plans a &#8220;Fired Up For Freedom&#8221; 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.
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A quick list of events around the Dan River Region           ]]></description>
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For seven years, the Virginia Department of Transportation&#8217;s Rural Rustic Road program has provided an efficient, low-cost way of improving the state&#8217;s unpaved country roadways.           ]]></description>
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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.           ]]></description>
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City officials reported a calm night as rain passed through the area and caused a few power outages and some road closures.           ]]></description>
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Eden police have issued an arrest warrant for a man suspected in the armed robberies of three local convenience stores. 
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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.           ]]></description>
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Rescheduled Dogwood District football games           ]]></description>
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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.           ]]></description>
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Less than a week after voting for health care reform in the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Tom Perriello, D-5th District, held a tele-town hall Thursday night to communicate directly with constituents about the legislation.            ]]></description>
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The National D-Day Memorial in Bedford will remain open for the winter despite financial struggles, said memorial foundation president William McIntosh.            ]]></description>
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Danville Regional Medical Center&#8217;s leaders shared the hospital&#8217;s challenges and vision for the future with City Council on Thursday afternoon.           ]]></description>
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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.           ]]></description>
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Danville firefighters brought a house fire under control within 10 minutes at 1006 Washington St. at 7 a.m. Thursday, a news release stated.           ]]></description>
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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.           ]]></description>
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