Danville News

The Piedmont Health Foundation has sold The Foundation House at 136 W. Main St. to Danville-Pittsylvania Community Services.

Fire investigators know the cause of a fire that happened early Thursday morning.

July 2, 2009 UPDATED: Danville apartment complex fire ruled arson UPDATED: 1:35 p.m. A fire at a Danville apartment complex Thursday morning has been ruled arson.

July 1, 2009 Men charged for string of church robberies Danville Police have charged four men in connection with a string of recent church burglaries.

Hole in the Sole shoe and leather repair shop will open at 148 Arnett Blvd. in Sherwood Shopping Center in the first week of July.

The Danville Humane Society can't find homes for all of the hundreds of animals it serves, but with some help from a new program and the community, they hope they'll be able to give more animals the chance to find a home.

The Food and Drug Administration says a sample of raw cookie dough collected at a Nestle USA manufacturing plant last week has tested positive for E. coli.

A Danville man will serve 20 years in prison for raping and forcibly sodomizing a 10-year-old girl last October.

Despite high unemployment and decreased real estate values, Mayor Sherman Saunders still believes that "all is well in the City of Danville." Saunders presented his annual "State of the City" address at the Chamber of Commerce Business at Breakfast meeting at the Stratford Conference Center on Tuesday morning.

June 26, 2009 Danville teen charged with murdering his mother An 18-year-old is now charged with murdering his mother in Danville.

Inspection reports from a Nestle USA cookie dough factory released today show the company refused several times to provide Food and Drug Administration inspectors with complaint logs, pest-control records and other information.

June 23, 2009 Workers demolishing the Worsham Street Bridge in Danville Workers are demolishing the Worsham Street Bridge in Danville.

Some Danville firefighters found more than a fire while responding to a call Monday.

Johnnie Wayne Booth has thought about running for sheriff of Danville, but he entered the race this go-around after a request.

A Nestle plant linked to an outbreak of illness has been shut temporarily, and the company said Monday that it expects to lay off more than 200 workers as a result.

Danville Police offices are investigating two recent thefts of antique glider chairs.

Danville, VA - The baseball season is getting started up in Danville on Tuesday.

A Duke Life Flight helicopter lifted a man from the U.S. 29 Danville Expressway on Sunday afternoon after an extrication team cut him out from a flipped pickup truck.

Danville City Councilman Adam Tomer publicly expressed his "anger and disgust" at Tuesday's City Council meeting over the recent shooting of a 12-pound, 11-year-old miniature dachshund by a police officer.

Danville Police Chief Philip Broadfoot has called another news conference to address issues regarding the shooting death of a dog last week.