Martinsville News

The New College Institute building on the Baldwin Block in Martinsville is about 50 percent complete, according to NCI Executive Director William Wampler.

A Martinsville City Council member's request that a state senator introduce legislation that would require the city to put the reversion proposal to a vote is being resisted by Mayor Kim Adkins.

Unattended cooking caused a fire that did about $12,000 in damage to a house at 117 Village St., but no one was injured, said Wesley Brooks, captain with the Martinsville Fire Department.

The CHILL youth task force has contributed to a decline in the use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs among area teenagers over the past decade, according to a recent evaluation of the group, other data and CHILL officials.

A puppy that is up for adoption peers out from one of the Presents for Pets donation boxes at SPCA of Martinsville-Henry County.

A New College Institute summer internship program designed to help the Henry County-Martinsville area retain its young professionals and attract new ones is entering its seventh year.

Sue Damron , Brad Damron and Jacob Damron, 9 , shop for gifts Friday at Roses in Martinsville.

Del. Danny Marshall said Friday he may ask for state input on the issue of Martinsville reverting to town status.

Martinsville Bulletin, Inc. P. O. Box 3711 204 Broad Street Martinsville, Virginia 24115 276-638-8801 Toll Free: 800-234-6575 The Warriors fell in the 3A West Regional finals, before the brackets cross with the eastern half for the state semifinals.

Pastor Lorenzo Hall of Reach Out Apostolic Tabernacle and Anthea Barbour, who was in charge of Thursday's Thanksgiving meal at the Sportsman's Club, look over the serving line.

Runners finish the Turkey Day 5K and Family Fun Run in uptown Martinsville on Thursday.

File Photo by Stacey Hairston: The first collection stop for this year's 15th annual Bikes for Tykes campaign will take place Saturday at Walmart in Rocky Mount.

Determining whether the city should legally become a town involves more than examining how much Martinsville could trim its expenses, according to one community leader.

A winter weather advisory is in effect until noon today. A complex storm system sweeping the East Coast is expected to bring light sleet and freezing rain to the entire area, and Patrick County could get a little snow, according to the website of the National Weather Service office in Blacksburg.

A committee of the Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission on Monday unanimously endorsed a $6.5 million prospects grant request for Commonwealth Crossing Business Centre.

About 28 children and their families made holiday-themed fused glass plates in a workshop Saturday as part of the Artisan Center's Handmade Holiday Market.

Stultz, the Neighborhood Watch captain on Pony Place, told Martinsville City Council on Monday that the city's West End is "now labeled as a ghetto area" due to crimes - such as a Nov. 17 shooting incident - that have occurred there in recent years.

PHCC Welding Instructor Randy Smith helps Fieldale-Collinsville Middle School student Carlos Telles into a welding helmet while classmates Dylan Joyce and Chandler Mitchell look on.

Henry County School Board member Curtis Millner Sr. says he feels consolidation of the county schools with those in Martinsville is "inevitable."

Spectators filled the streets of uptown Martinsville Saturday evening to get a glimpse of Santa Claus, floats, hot rods, bands and all the trimmings of the annual Martinsville-Henry County Christmas Parade.