Martinsville News

For 5th District House seat Laurence Verga came to Martinsville on Thursday to discuss his candidacy for the Republican Partya s nomination to run for the 5th District House seat next November.

Women should continue getting yearly mammograms when they reach 40 years of age, despite what the government advises, a local oncologist said.

Corrections officers are becoming as adept at keeping infections out of jails as they are at keeping inmates in.

Remnants of Tropical Storm Ida dropped more than 9 inches of rain in some parts of the Henry County-Martinsville area in recent days, causing flooded roads and power failures as toppled trees fell onto electrical lines.

A Henry County/Martinsville area man has been charged in Saturdaya s shooting death of a Martinsville man outside an Eden, N.C., nightclub, according to the Eden Police Department.

A mother and son from Claudeville, Va., were arrested and charged Tuesday in connection with the shooting deaths of four men outside the Wood's Television store on Nov.

Authorities charged a second person from Virginia with murder in connection with the shooting death of a Martinsville man outside a night club over the weekend.

This home at 8 Peters St. in Martinsville was destroyed by fire Saturday morning.

BREAKING NEWS: Martinsville police seek missing juvenile Dakota Parsons Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Martinsville Police Investigators are searching for a male juvenile who has now been missing for four days.

Rep. Tom Perriello, D-5th, and supporters yesterday defended his vote in favor of the $1.2 trillion health-care overhaul, while an anti-tax group picketed his offices in Martinsville, Danville and Farmville.

There will be a H1N1 vaccine clinic in Martinsville Monday. The Health Department says it will be at the National Guard Armory on Commonwealth Boulevard.

A Martinsville man was killed and two other Virginia men were injured during a shooting near a night club early Saturday morning, police said.

Martinsville Bulletin, Inc. P. O. Box 3711 204 Broad Street Martinsville, Virginia 24115 276-638-8801 Toll Free: 800-234-6575 BREAKING NEWS: Martinsville man killed in Eden Nightclub shooting early Saturday Friday, November 6, 2009 EDEN, N.C. a ' Authorities say a 37-year-old Martinsville, Va., man is dead and two other people injured in a shooting ...

Think there are a lot of drug stores in Henry County and Martinsville now? More than 40 pharmacies were in business in the Martinsville area at one point in the early 20th century, said local historian Desmond Kendrick.

Tenth District Del. Ward Armstrong said he was thrilled with his re-election to a 10th term in the Virginia House of Delegates in Tuesdaya s election, but he was not in a celebratory mood.

The Martinsville Schools Endowment Board last week approved a total $3,566.83 in grants to teachers in the city schools for creative learning activities.

Local registrars are encouraging voters to cast ballots in Tuesday's election, but some predict only about half will.

A Martinsville man faces at least 25 years in federal prison after he was convicted Wednesday of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and other charges.

The winner of the Martinsville revenue commissioner's race in the Nov. 3 election apparently will be the candidate who voters think will provide the best customer service to taxpayers.

ReadIn here and here and here 4 decks. A wreck in Henry County killed a Georgia woman Tuesday when the car in which she was riding was hit at an intersection and spun into another car, according to Virginia State Police.