US House of Representatives -- Congressman Andy Harris of Maryland delivers this week's Republican address, joined by Sen.  Mitch McConnell's Red Tape Tower, a seven-foot tall collection of "all the regulations already associated with President Obama's health care law." Harris, ...

Patrick Smith/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- President Obama says he believes "the true engine of economic growth" is a "rising, thriving middle class."  But in order to build on progress made over the last four years, he says in his weekly ...

According to Martinsville City Police, on 5/16/13, a 50 year old Martinsville man reported that he met three men at the Walmart in Martinsville near the pharmacy area. He states the men then contacted him later in the evening and ...

U.S. Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, along with U.S. Reps. Morgan Griffith and Robert Hurt have failed to get an amendment through that would allow Henry County to get a permit from the U.S. Army Corpos of Engineers to ...

Virginia’s community colleges will charge $5.50 more per credit hour next school year, a 4.4 percent increase that will cost a typical full-time student an additional $165 annually. The State Board for Community Colleges voted Thursday to set the in-state ...

Brian Keith Cole, the Axton man indicted in a fatal hit-and-run, pleaded guilty Thursday in Pittsylvania County Circuit Court. Cole, 39, pleaded guilty to felony hit-and-run. WBTM in Danville reports the incident occurred Sept. 15 and left Thomas Lewis Bradner ...

Donald Miralle/Getty Images (CONCORD, N.C.) -- Retired stock-car driver Richard "Dick" Trickle died on Thursday from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Trickle, 71, called the Lincoln County Communications Center to tell them that "there would be a dead body and it ...

The Henry County Sheriff’s Office received a call at approximately 7:27 am on April 18, 2013 in reference to a breaking and entering at the United States Post Office located at 20 Marshall Way Fieldale, VA.  Deputies and Investigators arrived ...

Governor Bob McDonnell held a ceremonial signing yesterday for a major legislative triumph. It was for his sweeping, long-term overhaul of Virginia's system for funding repairs and upkeep of its highways. Approval of the compromise bill came on the final ...

A public hearing on the upcoming budget is set for Tuesday this week in Council Chambers at 7:30pm. The plan includes increases in the real estate tax and garbage collection fees. The $88.7 million dollar budget is balanced with $4 ...