Bassett News

Martinsville Bulletin, Inc. P. O. Box 3711 204 Broad Street Martinsville, Virginia 24115 276-638-8801 Toll Free: 800-234-6575 Feature Photo Brian Williams of the Dan River Basin Association, who helps with the Trout in the Classroom program in area schools, releases trout fingerlings into the Smith River behind the Bassett Historical Center last ...

The Martinsville Schools Endowment Board last week approved a total $3,566.83 in grants to teachers in the city schools for creative learning activities.

Brandon Ranzell Manns, 38, surrendered without incident at 8:00 a.m. according to the Henry County Sheriff's Department.

Tommy Houston's BBQ is known in the competitive circuit and has even been featured on the Food Network.

Aunt remembers Bassett shooting victim Goard Drive is seen Tuesday at its intersection with Virginia 57.

Henry County deputies are searching for suspects after a fatal shooting Monday night.

Henry County investigators have released the name of a Bassett man who died after a fire Friday night in his mobile home.

From one side of the charred trailer to the other, it would be hard for anybody to survive the fire that destroyed a home on Ann's Park Drive in Bassett.

Three men pleaded guilty Tuesday to embezzlement and larceny charges in connection with the theft of nearly $2 million in furniture four years ago.

Bassett asked Compton to take on this massive project to mark its 100th anniversary several years back.

The economic downturn has pushed more new patients to the Free Medical Clinic of Martinsville and Henry County, officials said, but its overall patient load has decreased in the last year.

Turning House Furniture is about to give new life to vintage wood from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Martinsville Bulletin, Inc. P. O. Box 3711 204 Broad Street Martinsville, Virginia 24115 276-638-8801 Toll Free: 800-234-6575 BREAKING NEWS: Man is jailed in break-in in Bassett Michael Napier Wednesday, September 16, 2009 A Bassett man is being held with no bond on charges including breaking and entering and escape, according to a Henry County ...

Congressmen Rick Boucher and Tom Perriello announced today that the workers who have lost their jobs as a result of the layoffs at the Bassett Furniture Main Office in Bassett, Virginia will be eligible to receive federal Trade Readjustment Assistance, commonly known as TRA, from the U.S. Department of Labor.

A Henry County man is in double trouble after fleeing from deputies during his arrest.

Miniature replicas of homes displayed at Saturdaya s Bassett Heritage Festival recreate 18th century Henry County buildings in painstaking detail.

NAPL today announced the purchase of all outstanding shares of Bassett Printing Company of Bassett, VA by David M. Flach, Jr., who formerly owned 5% of the full-service commercial printing business previously held by the estate of his father, the late David M. Flach Sr.

A Fieldale man was found dead in Philpott Lake Tuesday night. The Henry County Sheriff's Office recovered the body of Herbert Daniel Norman around 7:30 p.m. Norman was 64 years old.

The Henry County Board of Supervisors were cautioned Tuesday that upcoming state budget cuts likely will impact Henry County and other localities.

Dean Price holds his hand in front of a tractor running on biodiesel, which produces exhaust that smells like french fries cooking.