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The second outdoor concert of Centra Medical Group’s series of Enchanted Evenings will be held Thursday at the main stage in Ballou Park.
Jus Cauz Bluegrass Band will perform along with legendary banjo player Larry Hall... Read on...
Exterior renovations to the Sutherlin Mansion are almost complete. City Public Works Department building maintenance crews have been repainting the exterior of the building as well as doing some wood work, such as replacing rotten wood on the porch.
From the outside they look like average homes, but house after house on Ross Street has received extra attention thanks to a federal program known as Building Blocks. Currently, there are four houses rehabilitated on Ross Street and ready for sale.
The deadline to register to vote in the June 12 Republican Party Primary for U.S. Senate is 5 p.m. on May 21.
In addition to citizens registering to vote for the first time, any change of address or name must be submitted... Read on...
Danville soon will be the testing ground for the latest trend in alternative transportation: the electric bicycle. “We’ve got this vision of somehow, we maybe could make Danville the e-bike capital of the country,” says one local official.
Web Parts LLC has relocated its computer programming, applications and data center operation to Danville from Guatemala. Web Parts enhances and promotes the use of Open Source Software allowing delivery of superior software... Read on...
Demolition of the former Downtowner Motor Lodge is continuing and a huge hole has replaced the parking deck. This phase will take about three weeks to finish. Rubble must be cleared and the area backfilled so equipment can get closer to the main building.
The Office of Economic Development at the city of Danville announces that Anne Moore-Sparks has resigned from her position as project manager to join Gateway Health Alliance.
Moore-Sparks has been working primarily on... Read on...
The city of Danville’s Office of Economic Development announces today the availability of a new River District blog. The blog has been created in order to keep downtown stakeholders and the public informed of projects... Read on...
Hundreds of people crowded the opening of the Farmers Market on Saturday morning. The first 800 shoppers received free tomato plants.The market features local produce, meats, eggs, pastries, cheese, wine, potted plants, crafts and many other goods.
The city of Danville received national attention last week at a broadband summit for its work in launching a public “open access” fiber optic broadband network for use by businesses to deliver broadband services to customers... Read on...
The grand opening of Coates Bark Park is scheduled at 10 a.m. Saturday at Coates Recreation Center, 1725 Westover Drive. The dog park has separate areas for large and small dogs, and owners can play with their dogs or wait outside the fenced dog areas.
The Danville Farmers Market will hold its 2012 Opening Day on Saturday, with fresh produce, baked goods and handmade gifts. Free tomato plants will be offered to the first 800 shoppers.
Market-goers will hear the music of... Read on...
Designs for the streetscape improvements along portions of Main Street and Union Street in the River District are nearing completion, with final designs to be submitted for consideration in early June.
Consultants hired... Read on...
The Danville Harvest Jubilee’s 2012 Fridays at the Crossing concert series begins this week with Dragonfly, a Lynchburg band that performs a blend of rock, country and dance hits from today and yesterday.
Gates open at 6... Read on...
Hybrid Vehicles of Danville, Inc. (HVDI) will locate its new manufacturing facility and headquarters in Danville, Virginia. Jim Bailey and his wife moved from East Helena, Montana to operate the company in Danville. Hybrid... Read on...
For the fifth consecutive year, Danville has been named among America’s most playful cities for its efforts in providing play opportunities for children.
Danville was one of four cities in Virginia and 213 communities... Read on...
The city of Danville will hold a community meeting on Wednesday, May 2, to provide an update on the River District streetscape project. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Community Market on Craghead Street.
Land... Read on...
The Danville Police Department, the Danville Sheriff’s Department and the Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Department have partnered and scheduled events in order to raise money and awareness for the Virginia Special Olympics.
Zombies filled the Danville Public Library on Thursday as dozens of teenagers dressed up more for a Halloween party than an after-school program. The Zombie Prom was a way for the library to reach out and encourage young people to read.
The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research on Wednesday officially welcomed Virdia, which will produce sugar from wood chips and serve as the flagship tenant of the Sustainable Energy and Technology Center. The company got its start in Israel.
The Carrington Pavilion will see a familiar face Friday night as country music singer Colt Ford will perform in concert at 7 p.m. This is Ford’s fourth visit to Danville and he said it has “always been a great show with a lot of people.”
Virdia, a California-based company that develops cellulosic sugars for chemicals and biofuels, will open a technology center and demonstration facility on the campus of the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research... Read on...
Good food, good fun & great music, you got it all Friday night at Danville's Racin' & Tastin' fundraiser!This is the 11th year for the well-attended fundraiser, which benefits Festival in the Park next month. The event was held at The Community Market.
Danville’s Walmart store is competing in a Facebook campaign to win $1 million for organizations that feed the hungry.
Based on the Danville community’s unemployment rate, the store was selected as one of 200 Walmarts... Read on...
DanChem Technologies Inc. in Danville expects to manufacture green chemicals for a Montana-based startup in DTI’s soon-to-be finished pilot facility later this year. The facility will produce plant sugar-based chemicals to make bio-based products.
Danville Utilities received on Tuesday its second national award in as many days by earning the American Public Power Association’s Electric Utility Safety Award for safe operating practices in 2011.
The utility placed... Read on...
Efforts begun in January to make trash pickup more efficient and cost effective have proved popular. Danville Public Works purchased used 95-gallon trash carts from other localities, refurbished and sanitized them, and sold them to residents at cost.
Consultants hired to guide streetscape improvements along portions of Main Street and Union Street in the River District provided on Wednesday a computer-aided view of how each block might appear.
The designs, the... Read on...
Salvage, demolition and cleanup efforts are under way on the former Danville Lumber and Manufacturing Co. site on Lynn Street to make room for a new fire station and a 9-1-1 communications center in the River District... Read on...
State and local officials gathered Friday to celebrate Danville’s new status as home to one of the nation’s most powerful computers, a next-generation Cray XMT2 supercomputer.
Using the XMT2, the Noblis Center for Applied... Read on...
LiFeBatt USA has tested a prototype battery pack on an electric go-kart inside Dan River Grand Prix on Riverside Drive. The prototype ia a 64-cell, 48-volt lithium iron phosphate battery pack. The battery pack will head to Volvo in Sweden for evaluation.
The city of Danville will hold a community meeting on Wednesday to continue discussion on the River District streetscape project.
The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at Galileo High School on Ridge Street.
“We will give a... Read on...
The River District is now home to 7,056 square feet of new office space. Our Common Ground LLC, a company owned by Danvillian Barry Koplen and former Danvillian Sarah Lee Michaels, has purchased and renovated the former... Read on...
Danville is hosting its 9th annual Ice Bowl Tournament Saturday at Ballou Park. You can take part even if you've never played before. Cost is $20 per person and an $5 for a second round. Each player will receive a disc as well as breakfast and lunch.
The Coates Bark Park — the dog park at Coates Recreation Center — is ready for dogs to shed their leashes and stretch their legs. There are still some finishing touches coming, but the fences are done and the covered shelter is complete.
The deadline to register to vote in the March 6 Republican Presidential Primary Election is Feb. 13 by 5 p.m., according to the Danville Voter Registration Office.
In addition to citizens registering for the first time,... Read on...
A natural gas and steam plant in Fremont, Ohio, has begun commercial operation and is now providing power to Danville Utilities and other public power utilities in seven states.
Electricity generated by the plant owned by... Read on...
The information supplied are the incidents reported to the Danville Police Department in the prior seven day period.
Warrant information, including race and sex of the accused offender, is based on information supplied by the complainant. All information is subject to verification prior to warrant service.
If you know the location of... Read on...
The information supplied are the names of all individuals arrested (and the charge) in the previous seven days.
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At approximately 12:39 pm today a Danville City Farm inmate escaped while he was assigned to a work crew.
Willie Henry Graves is described as a black male, 28 years old, 6'02", and 230 lbs. He was last seen in the... Willie Henry Graves
Shortly before midnight Saturday night, Police responded to the 2100 block of Spencer Street for a report of a shooting. Two individuals were transported to Danville Regional Medical Center for treatment of non-life... Lamonta LeShawn Adams
A Danville man is in jail following a burglary that occurred shortly after noon today.
At approximately 12:17 pm the dispatch center received a 911 call for a report of a residential burglary in progress in the 500 block... James Edward Ferrell
Shortly after 1:00 pm this afternoon Danville Police, Fire, and Rescue personnel responded to the intersection of South Boston Road and Mountain Hill Road for a report of a three vehicle crash.
The investigation revealed... Read on...
The Danville Police Department is currently investigating numerous reports of counterfeit money being passed within the City of Danville. The bills are being passed to numerous stores by unknown persons. At this time all... Read on...
On 4-10-12 at approx 10:28PM, police units responded to the reported robbery of The Stop By Food Store 2100 West Main St. The clerk told police that two male subjects entered the business produced handguns and demanded money... Read on...
At approximately 3:35 am this morning a citizen called the dispatch center and advised that they saw what appeared to be a 4-year-old black male wearing a striped shirt and shorts walking alone in the 1400 block of Piney... Read on...
Danville Humane Society personnel and Danville Police Officers have responded to two separate instances in which two Pit Bulls have killed two dogs which were in fences at private residences. The first incident occurred at... Read on...
The Danville Police Department has charged 24-year-old Joshua Lee Bolling, of Danville, with illegally possessing prescription narcotics in violation of Virginia State Code 18.2-250. Bolling was arrested while working as the... Joshua Lee Bolling
Shortly before 11:00 am Tuesday morning EMS personnel responded to an apartment in the 100 block of Levelton Street for a report of a 3-year-old girl in respiratory distress. Resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful, and the... Shonta Montrez Barnhill-Sherrod
At approximately 8:47 am this morning Danville Police, Fire, and Rescue personnel responded to the intersection of Wooding Avenue and Hughes Street for a report of a vehicle that had run into a house.
The investigation... Zachary Thomas Norton
A man wanted for stabbing two women in Danville and wanted in a homicide in Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia was recently arrested.
The Houston Texas Police Department notified the Danville Police Department last Friday... Read on...
Two Danville women were injured; one in serious condition, after being struck by a vehicle that ran into a business shortly before noon.
At approximately 11:41 am today Danville Police and emergency services personnel... Read on...
At approximately 9:58am, Danville Police responded to the report of a child being struck by a vehicle in the 800 block of Noble Avenue. An eighteen month old female child was located with injuries. The Danville Life Saving... Read on...
A Danville man wanted for malicious wounding where two women were stabbed on 2-26-12 is also a person of interest in a homicide that occurred recently in Augusta-Richmond County, GA.
Early yesterday afternoon, Georgia... Carl Garland Logan
At approximately 9:57pm yesterday evening, subject called the Danville Police Department reporting that her son may be contemplating suicide and was possibly at one of the bridges in Danville. The subject was located under... Read on...
A vehicle crash involving a Danville City School Bus sent four children to the hospital this afternoon.
At approximately 2:31 pm Danville Police responded to the intersection of North Main Street and Colonial Place for a... Read on...
A man has been charged in connection with a stabbing that occurred Sunday evening.
Danville Police are looking for Carl Garland Logan, age 30, of Danville. He is wanted for malicious wounding in connection with a... Carl Garland Logan
At approximately 8:30 PM yesterday evening, Danville Police responded to the 600 block of Cabell Street in reference to a dispute.
Responding officers discovered two female victims suffering from stab wounds. The first... Read on...
A NC man wanted for indecent exposure was arrested yesterday.
Montino Dameine Fuller, age 37, of Yanceyville, NC was served with an outstanding warrant for indecent exposure. This charge stems from an incident that... Montino Dameine Fuller
The driver who died in the vehicle crash this morning is identified as Nelson Leon Layman, age 61 of Dayton, VA. His body will be sent to the Medical Examiner's Office in Roanoke for an autopsy.
At the time of the... Read on...
A motorist is dead following a vehicle crash on the Route 29 Expressway early this morning.
At approximately 2:10 am today Danville Police and rescue personnel responded to a vehicle crash on the Route 29 Expressway near... Read on...
At approximately 11:34 pm on 02-13-12, officers responded to Sacred Heart School, 540 Central Blvd., in reference to an alarm. Officers located 34 year old David Dwayne Dabbs of Danville in the area of the school.
After... David Dwayne Dabbs
As a result of the investigation into the vehicle crash this afternoon on the Route 29 Expressway, the driver of the Nissan, John Joseph Beckelheimer, age 46 of Pittsylvania County was charged with driving under the... John Joseph Beckelheimer
At approximately 3:30 pm this afternoon Danville Police and EMS personnel responded to the Route 29 Expressway near Holland Road for a report of a vehicle crash.
The preliminary investigation revealed that a 2006 Nissan... Read on...
The Danville Police Department continues to investigate an accident where a pedestrian was struck last week.
At approximately 8:20 pm on 1-17-12 a 21-year-old male was crossing Kemper Road coming from the area of... Read on...
The Danville Fire Marshal's office has concluded that the fire at Lea's Home for Adults was intentionally set. A resident of the home, James Thomas Huff, has been charged with Arson.
The Danville Police Department... Read on...
A North Carolina man is wanted for an incident that occurred in the Toys R Us on Executive Drive last week.
Last Thursday (01-19-2012) in the afternoon hours an employee of Toys R Us reported that he observed a male... Montino Dameine Fuller