Washington, DC—Congressman Tom Perriello is backing a bipartisan bill to make Members of Congress show a personal commitment to cutting federal spending. He is a cosponsor of H.R. 4720, the Taking Responsibility for Congressional Pay Act, which will cut pay for all Senators and Representatives by five percent starting January 1, 2011. If the bill [...]
City Council will be applying for grant money to use toward the methane collection project at the old landfill on Clearview Drive. The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy is committing $1 million to the project and the City plans to ask the Virginia Tobacco Commission for another $300,000.
Henry County Public Safety has ruled a fire Tuesday at American of Martinsville an accident.
Fire and safety responded at 11:34 a.m. Tuesday to the Redd Level plant off Rives Road. The fire originated in the finishing department and was contained there. Sprinklers were activated.
No estimate of the damage has been made and no one was injured.
City Council hit the streets Monday checking out the J. Russell Mason Memorial Park that used to be a gathering place for Hispanics who littered and left drug paraphernalia around. City officials did not intervene… apparently the soccer games once being held there have moved and so has the crowd. Council has a neighborhood meeting [...]
33 year-old Carlos Santana Morris was found guilty by a jury of drug charges involving cocaine. On Monday, Judge Jackson Kiser of the U.S. District Court in Danville sentenced Morris to 19 years and two months in prison. Sentencing guildlines were for over 20.
At 6:23pm Monday evening, March 8, 2010, a call was received from 2226 Hobson Road in reference to a dog bite on that street. The victim was 78 year-old Mary Gravely who lives on Atmore Drive off of Hobson Rd. She received severe lacerations to both forearms, her left leg, and her face, including her [...]
Average retail gasoline prices in Virginia have risen 3.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.63/g today. This compares with the national average that has increased 4.7 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.74/g, according to gasoline price website VirginiaGasPrices.com.
Including the change in gas prices in Virginia during the past week, [...]
Effective Tuesday, the Convenience Center locations in the Iriswood District (Axton Road) and Horsepasture District (Red Oak Road) will join the Jack Dalton Road location in accepting used motor oil, antifreeze, and vehicle batteries.
As with all Convenience Centers, this option will be available to residents of Henry County only. Henry County will not accept oil, [...]
The Henry County Sheriff’s Office and the Virginia State Police were en route to serve warrants on Ronnie Daniel Adkins at a location in the Preston area of Henry County this morning. A Virginia State Trooper encountered Ronnie Daniel Adkins walking on Preston Rd. Upon seeing the Trooper Ronnie immediately fled as a foot chase [...]
18 year-old Carl DeShawn Turner pleaded guilty this week to felony murder charged relates to three Collinsville men who were shot and killed.
Turner made his pleading in Henry County Circuit Court in a deal with prosecutors. All 3 victims were shot in the head inside a Collinsville mobil home in June of 2008.
Police called the [...]
