Martinsville News

City officials intend to conduct interviews for Martinsville's assistant city manager's job before they meet with applicants for police chief.

Martinsville Mayor Kim Adkins stands with Danville Mayor Sherman Saunders at the White House Mayors Manufacturing Summit in Washington.

If you have the flu, you probably think this flu season is worse than usual. But so far, that's not the case.

Winter may be just around the corner, but that hasn't stopped the kudzu bug from appearing in and around area homes.

Eddie Frazier, city public works field superintendent, stands with two city trucks ready to take to the roads to treat snow and ice.

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.