Gretna News

Pittsylvania Co., VA - In Pittsylvania County, you cannot buy beer or wine on Sundays, but that may soon change.

Contained beneath Pittsylvania County's loamy soil, a mere whisper from the burgs of Gretna and Chatham, lies the largest undeveloped uranium deposit known in the U.S. Estimated at nearly 120 million tons of ore, its economic impact on Virginia would be profound - were it ever to be mined.

Gretna, VA - It's not something you hear about everyday- people leaving the big city for the farming life.

At a touching ceremony led by McGaheysville Elementary School Principal Becky Roadcap, the school's gymnasium was dedicated last week to the honor and memory of former physical education teacher Jan Wampler.

For more than an hour Tuesday, the recorded interview of a man charged with capital murder in the death of a Lynch Station resident played in a quiet courtroom.

June 4, 2009 Active tornado warnings in our area TORNADO WARNING - PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY 3:22PM AEP reports power outages in Campbell, Franklin, and Floyd Counties.

Chatham's Circuit Courthouse is getting a makeover. Pittsylvania County will spend about $248,000 to restore the interior of the historic structure.

The rain continues to fall leaving plenty of standing water. Water levels continue to rise on the Dan River near South Boston Friday morning.

16, 2008, Norma Farmer Henley sat in a lavender dress at Eden's Moose Lodge, too shy at first to brave the dance floor at the reception of her niece's wedding.

Clean-up crews were out with rain gear on and chainsaw in hand on day two of wicked weather.

Locations impacted include Gretna, Chalk Level and Mt airy. The entire area under Tornada Watch 2:30 p.m. UPDATE The National Weather Service in Blacksburg has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Pittsylvania County until 3:15 p.m. At 2:08 p.m. local law enforcement reported a possible tornado west of Penhook, moving east at 15 mph.

The town of Gretna now has 413 acres of property added to its limits, and included in that piece of land is a 100-acre industrial park.

Two people are dead following a shooting this afternoon at the G&S Market in Gretna, Virginia State Police said.

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May 22, 2009 Gretna names new football coach The Gretna Hawks have a new leader.

All the tobacco barns of Pittsylvania County have been named to Preservation Virginia's 2009 Endangered Historic Sites List.

So they have taken a petition to the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors to push for passage of a dog-control ordinance for Huckleberry Hills subdivision about three miles north of Gretna.

The future is being grown and harvested on the sprawling, gentle slopes of northern Pittsylvania County.

Local politicos and the builder of an upcoming residential/commercial complex kicked off Saturday what they hope will be another step in the growth of this small hamlet north of Chatham.

A Gretna developer hopes to build a 29-unit townhome complex and an adjacent commercial center along the town's Main Street.