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By Katharine DeRosa Capital News Service Two bills introduced by Republicans to halt future minimum wage increases have advanced to...

Martinsville School Board Chairman Donna Dillard (left,) with Superintendent Dr. Zebedee Talley announced on Monday that the school system would...

The Henry County Board of Supervisors presented Bassett Volunteer Fire Department Chief Charlie “Junior” Lynch, Jr., with the 2021 Jack...

  City Attorney and Assistant City Manager Eric Monday discusses the city’s ordinance on a contested reversion with city council...

Grace Network Executive Director Tracy Hinchcliff (from left) is shown with volunteers Melvin Johnson, Dianne Vann, Janet Fentress, Sylvia Knight,...

Martinsville City Public Schools Executive Director of Administrative Services Travis Clemons reviews projected revenues included in the division’s FY22-23 proposed...

By Callie Hietala “It’s a special night for Piedmont Arts,” said Piedmont Arts Director Heidi Pinkston last Friday as she...

On January 22, 2022, at approximately 5:34 am, the Henry County Jail staff was made aware of a female inmate...

Marin Salgado, of Axton, was among the nearly 1,800 undergraduate, graduate and professional students conferred their degrees last month at...

Eric Dwayne Swain Jr., 21, of Roanoke, was charged in connection with am alleged robbery at Dodge’s Store in Bassett....