Pittsylvania County News

After 34 years and one month with the Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office, Vic Ingram decided to celebrate his retirement a little differently than most.

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Pittsylvania County officials say they respect Callands-Gretna voters' Tuesday decision to allow Sunday beer-and-wine sales, but they're still uncertain whether that would prompt the rest of the county to follow suit.

Supervisor Fred Ingram believes that voters in his district and his town may have "broke the ice" on the alcohol issue in Pittsylvania County.

An 800-foot stretch of train tracks from the Norfolk Southern main line to Ringgold West Industrial Park, where Intertape has its plant, will be getting emergency repairs.

American Municipal Power has been awarded a $29 million zero-interest Clean Renewable Energy Bond from the federal government to build a solar-powered energy plant in the Danville area.

Five Virginia correctional officers have been charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty for allegedly videotaping one of the officers fondling a K-9. The one who allegedly did the fondling, works in Pittsylvania County.

Ten secondary roads in Pittsylvania County will be graded and upgraded after the Virginia Department of Transportation awarded a contract for the projects.

The number of people receiving food-purchase assistance is on the rise, up more than 10 percent over last year and is almost double that of 2004, according to the latest figures from Pittsylvania County Social Services.

A 34-year-old South Boston woman, Pamela Faulkner Brown, pleaded guilty Thursday in Halifax County Circuit Court to four felony counts of child endangerment, in addition to eight drug-related offenses.

Del. Charles Poindexter received $4,415 in campaign contributions between Sept. 1 and Sept.

The Pittsylvania County Fire Marshal's office is investigating the death of a woman, who was found inside a mobile home that burned Wednesday night.

State Police are investigating a deadly crash involving a teenager in Pittsylvania Co.

Andy Tyrrell, assistant superintendent for instruction for Danville Public Schools, attributed a slight rise in dropouts in the city to increased student tracking from year to year.

The Virginia State Police is investigating a Tuesday evening single-car accident that threw two people from a truck onto Kentuck Road in Pittsylvania County.

The teenaged driver of a sport utility vehicle that wrecked Saturday, killing a 13-year-old boy, will be charged with reckless driving and failure to maintain control.

A 13-year old boy is dead after a car accident in Pittsylvania County. This according to our Danville newsrooom, the Register and Bee.

After one slave cemetery was discovered on part of the Berry Hill Mega Park property in Pittsylvania County, some of you have let us know about slave cemeteries on your property.

Two years ago, a single student was taking advanced placement courses at Martinsville High School.

Flu season is here and it's already creeping its way into the school system, with influenza-like symptoms sending home enough Tunstall Middle School students this week to fill a classroom.