Three Patrick Henry Community College Student-Athletes were named Academic Achievement award winners Tuesday by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). Ashley Lazo Women’s soccer player Ashley Lazo was honored in the Superior Academic Achievement category for her 3.92 GPA. Lazo ...

Adam Dustin Ward of Martinsville faces 21 counts of perjury, and 21 counts of falsifying documents. Jennifer Derrebery of Bassett was indicted on one count of each. Neither suspect has been arrested on the felony charges. Court records show the alleged ...

The Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce held their annual awards luncheon at Bassett Country Club Tuesday. Richard Hall, managing partner of Orion Capital and a member of the board of directors of Commonwealth Laminating & Coating, was presented the first ...

PRNewsFoto/Chrysler Group LLC, Lily Kesselman (NEW YORK) -- After initially refusing to issue a recall because it disagreed with the government, Chrysler Group now says it will recall older Jeep Grand Cherokee and Jeep Liberty SUVs that could be at ...

Project will support summer dance camp for local students at Piedmont Arts Association   Martinsville, VA – The Harvest Foundation has approved a Pick Up the Pace! grant to Piedmont Arts Association to support Dance Espanol, a summer enrichment camp that will ...

HENRY COUNTY, VA - Many decisions school board members make have legal implications that will impact school divisions for years to come. The Virginia School Boards Association’s 2013 School Law Conference, held on June 7 in Charlottesville, offered legal guidance ...

Leslie Hervey has resigned her post as executive director of the Martinsville-Henry County SPCA, and she will begin work as the new executive director of the Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA, likely in mid-July. It is reported Hervey was contacted by a recruiter ...

Martinsville is among 24 Virginia localities that will receive state funds for a new School Resource Officer position, thanks to a grant approved last week by the Criminal Justice Services Board. Martinsville City Public Schools and the Martinsville Sheriff’s Office partnered ...

LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- General Motors is recalling close to 200,000 vehicles over an issue with the driver's door that could result in a fire. In a letter to GM, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says fluid could get into ...

The battle lines are drawn over a major overhaul of Virginia’s Medicaid program that could lead to expanding coverage to hundreds of thousands of uninsured Virginians. The Virginia Medicaid Innovation and Reform Commission will meet for the first time today ...