The Danville Utility Commission is recommending Danville City Council approve the purchase power agreement next month. As ...

33-year old Cordero Montez Rucker was sentenced last week in Pittsylvania County Circuit Court for first-degree murder and weapons convictions.

A patient who escaped from a mental institute last week had about seven hours of freedom before he was re-captured. Danville ...

A long-time workforce development leader is taking a post at Averett. Averett University announced last week that Dr. Julie ...

To kick off the summer, Atlantic Union Bank and Feed More are partnering on a “bank on ending hunger” initiative, Atlantic ...

A local resident and historian is seeking a highway marker for an 18th-century canal in the City of Danville. Situated within ...

At the last Chatham Town Council meeting, your elected officials feasted on your tax dollars, tripling each councilperson’s annual salary from $1,200 to $3,600. Licking their chops and in for another ...

Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a man who escaped Tuesday from Southern Virginia Mental Health Institute. James Pugh II, 38, was last seen around 5 p.m. after jumping a fence and ...

Barbara Mayhew Hancock has filed to run as an Independent candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates in the newly drawn 48th District. A lifelong resident of Pittsylvania County, Hancock previously ...

During the mid-1800s, Pigg’s Mill entered its golden age of production and development, evolving from a simple log grist mill into an improved community center known throughout Pittsylvania County.