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• Lawyer: Charges dropped due to insufficient evidence

  The case involving a man accused in connection with a February shooting was dismissed Tuesday after a preliminary hearing due to a lack of evidence.

  05/25/2012 6:29 PM
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  Former Danville schools employee charged with grand larceny

  Danville police charged a former employee of the Danville Public Schools information and administrative technology department with grand larceny after a March computer equipment theft.

  05/25/2012 4:37 PM
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  Chatham residents asked to reduce water consumption

  Residents and businesses in Chatham are being asked to reduce their consumption of the town’s water for the next two or three days because its water plant began having trouble producing enough water Friday morning.

  05/25/2012 3:49 PM

• Junior Leadership Southside accepting applications

  Junior Leadership Southside, a program of the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber Foundation in partnership with the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce, is currently accepting applications for its fourth program year.

  05/25/2012 12:07 PM

• Bassett baseball uses late power outage to defeat Tunstall

  Bassett defeated Tunstall, 10-6, when play was halted with two outs in the top of the seventh inning of the Piedmont District tournament championship game because of a power outage at Hooker Field.

  05/24/2012 11:38 PM

• Shooting charge dismissed in Chatham case

  The charge against a man accused in connection with a February shooting in Chatham was dismissed Tuesday.

  05/24/2012 6:55 PM
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  Electrical cord fire damages Danville home

  A fire caused by a faulty electrical extension cord did moderate damage to a home in North Danville and displaced a family Thursday morning.

  05/24/2012 1:37 PM

• PREP ROUNDUP: Tunstall baseball heading to another Piedmont title contest

  A recap of the local prep sports action from around the Danville area.

  05/23/2012 11:01 PM
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  N.C. man arrested on drug charges

  The Caswell County Sheriff’s Office has announced that a Burlington, N.C., man was arrested earlier this month after 345 pounds of marijuana, firearms and digital scales were found in a Burlington home.

  05/23/2012 9:04 PM

• Local Democrat selected for convention

  Southside will have local representation on a national level.

  05/23/2012 8:56 PM
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  Wreck on West Main sends two to hospital

  Two women were transported to Danville Regional Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries Wednesday evening after a car crash on West Main Street near Lady Astor Street.

  05/23/2012 8:53 PM

• Director leaves Danville Utilities

  Jim Kendrick is no longer the director of Danville Utilities.

  05/23/2012 5:35 PM
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  Driver apprehended in connection with Tuesday wreck

  The Danville Police Department apprehended the driver of a 2006 Nissan Altima who fled on foot after he was involved in the wreck at the intersection of Hughes Street and Wooding Avenue Tuesday. Nathaniel Jonathan Younger, 20, of Danville was charged with failing to obey a stop sign, driving with a suspended license, felony hit and run and felony unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, according to a release from the Danville Police Department.

  05/23/2012 12:25 PM
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  Police search for man suspected of approaching children in Danville

  Danville police are looking for a man suspected of approaching children Tuesday night.

  05/23/2012 9:36 AM

• PREP ROUNDUP: Bivens named Western Valley District baseball co-player of the year

  A recap of the local prep sports action from around the Danville area.

  05/22/2012 11:26 PM

• PREP ROUNDUP: Chatham baseball, soccer advance in Dogwood tournaments

  A recap of the local prep sports action from around the Danville area.

  05/21/2012 10:40 PM
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  Man killed after car collides with Pittsylvania County deputy

  Michael Andrew Eanes, 63, of Callands, was killed in an accident involving a Pittsylvania County sheriff’s deputy Monday morning.

  05/21/2012 8:37 PM
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  Gretna man dies in crash

   Victor Harris Calloway, 47, of Gretna, died Sunday morning when the vehicle he was driving ran off the road and hit an embankment.

  05/20/2012 5:39 PM

• Buddy's Home Furnishings names brothers as store leaders in Danville

  Buddy’s Home Furnishings, a rent-to-own furniture, appliance and electronics store, has named Pittsylvania County brothers Chris Moran and Drew Moran as director of operations and store manager, respectively.

  05/20/2012 12:10 PM
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  Lucas & Haynsworth

  Mary Cathryn Lucas of Pelham, NC and John Richard Haynsworth, IV of Danville, VA were married Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 5:30 in the afternoon at Chinqua Penn Plantation in Reidsville, N.C.

  05/20/2012 12:00 AM