Chatham News

A man was injured after being thrown from his vehicle in a single-vehicle wreck at 7:50 p.m. Wednesday on Whispering Pines Road in Brosville, according to Virginia State Police.

Supervisor Fred Ingram believes that voters in his district and his town may have "broke the ice" on the alcohol issue in Pittsylvania County.

The arguments have been made; the money has been raised and spent. It's just a matter of hours now.

Depending on the outcome of the governor's race in Tuesday's election, State Sen.

Five Virginia Department of Corrections officers have been charged with animal cruelty involving the fondling of a K-9 dog and videotaping the two incidents.

Andy Tyrrell, assistant superintendent for instruction for Danville Public Schools, attributed a slight rise in dropouts in the city to increased student tracking from year to year.

The town of Chatham plans to take steps to address its problem with crumbling buildings and other eyesores that officials say blight their community.

A Pittsylvania County woman died in a mobile home fire Wednesday night on Sheva Road.

A fire burning in a wood stove got out of control at a Pittsylvania County mobile home Wednesday night, killing one person inside.

Those supporting preservation of the old Chatham Elementary School have a year to come up with a plan for the building.

Residents of central Pittsylvania County say they had to travel out of town to use a gym or fitness center before Fitness First of Chatham opened Oct.

The largest single gift to any girls' independent school -- $31 million -- has been bequeathed to Chatham Hall by alumna Elizabeth Beckwith Nilsen.

The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors voted Monday night to ask the state transportation department to restrict heavy-truck traffic on Rockford School Road, Blue Ridge Drive and Prospect Road in Hurt.

CHATHAM, Va. --- Josh Watson decided to prep at Hargrave Military Academy in hopes of landing Division I scholarship offers.

Chatham, VA - It's a cancer marked by a pink ribbon, that claims tens of thousands of women's lives each year, but women aren't breast cancer's only victims.

Confirming what many political pundits have been assuming for months, state Senator Robert Hurt, R-Chatham, filed the paperwork Tuesday to run for Congress in 2010 against Rep.

Virginia's Governor is throwing out incentives to push green energy projects. Governor Kaine has offered $10 million in grants to anyone with a solid plan to create renewable energy.

A nuclear engineering program at Virginia Tech shouldn't impact its involvement in uranium study.

Are there really no conflicts of interests here? According to the article "Tech receives nuclear grant" , Virginia Tech is slated to "implement" the money Virginia Uranium, Inc.

Studying the entire length of U.S. 29 at once was a smart step for Virginia to take.