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New Verizon Data Plans Coming, Likely to Kill Unlimited Data Plans

New Verizon Data Plans Coming,...

(NEW YORK) -- While Verizon Wireless used to offer unlimited data plans for its customers, it stopped offering all-you-can-eat data plans last July for new customers. However, those that had ...

Arrests made stabbing, robbery and abduction

Arrests made stabbing, robbery...

On April 14, 2012 at around 9:52pm Officers of the Martinsville Police Department responded to 918 Blankenship Road in reference to an assault/ possible abduction of an individual. Upon their ...

Bassett High School Inducts 43 New Members into the National Honor Society

Bassett High School Inducts 43...

43 students from Bassett High School were inducted as new members of the National Honor Society in a ceremony held at the school on May 9, 2012. To be eligible for ...

New Verizon Data Plans Coming, Likely to Kill Unlimited Data Plans

Posted by Staff on Thursday, May 17, 2012 under Featured, News.  

(NEW YORK) -- While Verizon Wireless used to offer unlimited data plans for its customers, it stopped offering all-you-can-eat data plans last July for new customers. However, those that had been grandfathered in under an unlimited data plan have still ...

Ford Pintos Turn Back Time, Stampede Back Into Martinsville Speedway

Posted by Staff on Thursday, May 17, 2012 under News.  

MARTINSVILLE, Va. – There was a time when Ford Pintos dominated on Martinsville Speedway’s half-mile, but until Thursday it had been quite a few years since one challenged the tight turns. And Thursday the dozen or so vintage Pintos weren’t exactly ...

Arrests made stabbing, robbery and abduction

Posted by Staff on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 under Featured, News.  

On April 14, 2012 at around 9:52pm Officers of the Martinsville Police Department responded to 918 Blankenship Road in reference to an assault/ possible abduction of an individual. Upon their arrival, they located what appeared to be blood on the ...

Some flooding reported in the region

Posted by Staff on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 under News.  

No problems as a result of the rain were reported in Martinsville or Henry County, but a bridge in Patrick County reportedly flooded out. The Low Water Bridge off Ararat Highway flooded over when debris clogged the culverts underneath it. ...

Bassett High School Inducts 43 New Members into the National Honor Society

Posted by Staff on Monday, May 14, 2012 under Featured, News.  

43 students from Bassett High School were inducted as new members of the National Honor Society in a ceremony held at the school on May 9, 2012. To be eligible for membership consideration, students must have a cumulative GPA of 92 ...

Martinsville and Henry County has less crime than surrounding area

Posted by Staff on Monday, May 14, 2012 under News.  

The Virginia State Police has released its annual “Crime in Virginia” report comparing crime statistics among the cities and counties in Virginia. The report looks at the top eight violent and major crimes: murder, rape, robbery, burglary, aggravated assault, arson, ...

Flash Flood Watch continues through Tuesday morning

Posted by Staff on Monday, May 14, 2012 under Featured, News.  

The National Weather Service has us under a Flash Flood Watch that remains in effect through Tuesday morning. The Watch is in effect for portions of North Carolina including Alleghany, Ashe, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin. In Virginia, Carroll, Floyd, ...

Gas prices fall again

Posted by Staff on Monday, May 14, 2012 under News.  

Average retail gasoline prices in Virginia have fallen 7.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.58/g yesterday. This compares with the national average that has fallen 3.3 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.73/g, according to ...

670 earn degrees or certificates from PHCC

Posted by Staff on Sunday, May 13, 2012 under News.  

Dr. Susan Tinsley Gooden, a PHCC alumna from 1988 spoke to this year's group of graduates Saturday. Gooden is now a professor of public administration and policy at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government Affairs and executive director of ...

AMP Ohio project delays and overruns continue to mount

Posted by Staff on Saturday, May 12, 2012 under News.  

In a regulatory filing, AMP Ohio says their Prairie State Energy project sufferred damage to a large fan on March 27th. The plant, now several billion dollars over budget, was scheduled to open last year. Now it's estimated some of ...
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    Joe Louis Hodge, Sr.

    Thursday, May 17, 2012

    Joe Louis Hodge, Sr., 77, of Ohio, formerly of Martinsville, ...

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