Sobs punctured a late-winter windy Monday afternoon at Averett University as hundreds huddled together to memorialize David Hanbury, a beloved professor who died over the weekend.
The 2024 season at South Boston Speedway looms as a potential record-tying season for two-time NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series national champion Peyton Sellers.
The Averett University community is mourning the death of a professor who disappeared Friday evening while attending a conference in Orlando, Florida.
Danville Casino rang up more money in February than during the previous month, pulling in about $18.7 million in gaming revenue, according to the latest report from the Virginia Lottery.
Marking a year since the world lost Levi Burke, a 6-year-old from Pittsylvania County with a rare form of brain cancer, family members organized a car show and bike ride Saturday to raise money for research.
Dante Pauley, a student at Tunstall Middle School, is headed to the Scripps National Spelling Bee after winning the regional title Saturday afternoon.
In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to reevaluate abortion bans — even as doctors and patients insist the laws’ exceptions are dangerously unclear.
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This is the first in a two-part series examining Averett University's growing aviation program.
Tunstall softball wrapped up its first week of regular-season play Thursday evening, securing a 8-5 victory over county rival Dan River.
After two heartbreaking losses to Chatham and Gretna earlier in the week, Tunstall secured its first win of the 2024 baseball season on the road Thursday with an 8-2 victory over the Dan River Wildcats.
A city rule requires citizens to register four days ahead of time in order to comment publicly on a topic not on the agenda during a Danville City Council meeting.
Meteorologist Sean Sublette explains why a freeze is possible in parts of Virginia next week.
For the second time in less than a year, the River District Design Commission voted Thursday afternoon to reject a proposal to tear down a historic former tobacco warehouse and build an apartment complex in its place in the River District.
Pittsylvania County Schools will receive less in state funding this year, leaving the locality on the hook to chip in more.
MOUNT HERMON — Danville Life Saving Crew's newest equipment addition — a nearly $500,000 top-of-the-line bright orange ambulance — was in the spotlight Thursday night at the agency's second annual gala event.
More than 200 people are in line for an apartment at the Dan River Falls commercial and residential project being built at the former Dan River Inc. White Mill.
Meteorologist Sean Sublette explains the annual report from the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have clinched their parties' presidential nominations with decisive victories in a slate of low-profile primaries, setting up a general election rematch that many voters do not want.
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Hundreds of convictions, but a major mystery is still unsolved 3 years after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Three years after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, Washington's federal courthouse is flooded with trials, guilty plea hearings and sentencings stemming from the largest criminal investigation in American history. And the hunt for suspects is far from over.
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In honor of the change of seasons, we've compiled a package of facts as well as tips to help get you through winter.
How far can a state go to keep migrants out of the U.S.? The answer may soon come out of Texas. A new law signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott this week will allow police to arrest migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally and give local judges the authority to order them to leave…
Ukraine has received a green light to start sped-up talks on joining the European Union. But it could be years or even decades before the country actually becomes a full-fledged member. Here's why.
Mifepristone, one of the two common abortion pills used in the U.S., will go in front of the Supreme Court next year. Here's a closer look at how it works and the legal challenges that the drugs face.
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New members of Board of Supervisors canceled an earlier agreement over data centers and want to negotiate a new one, but no progress has been made.
A spokesman said Gov. Glenn Youngkin is concerned that several Virginia school divisions are using a Chinese-owned tutoring platform associated with TikTok's parent company.
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Since the NCAA tournament field expanded to 64 teams in 1985, no team that finished at least solo third in the ACC regular-season standings has been excluded from the tournament.
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When Mai Whelan beat out 455 competitors to win $4.56 million dollars on “Squid Game: The Challenge” – the reality competition series based on the award-winning Netflix K-drama … minus the deaths! – she had all kinds of options to go away to luxurious destinations. But she surprised fans with her choice. “I asked my husband, Jay, to pick a cabin where I can go for walks and spend time with the dogs,” she said. “We found a place in Seaman, Ohio, with 80 acres of land for the dogs to run free and for me to stroll with my husband. It was a perfect, serene setting … and I didn't have to socialize with anyone. I slept a lot for a week, took strolls, wrote and ate.”
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