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Dr. David Joyce has stepped down as president of Averett University, effective Friday, following a serious medical diagnosis for his wife, Lynne, according to an email from the university’s Bo… Read moreJoyce steps down as Averett president after four months
Bobby Allen Roach
Star-Tribune Editor
Bridge Street will be closed to all traffic from 7 a.m. to approximately noon Saturday, April 12, for the 16th Annual Bridge2Bridge Danville race. Read moreBridge Street to close Saturday morning for Bridge2Bridge race
Federal investigators have released a preliminary report on last month’s fatal helicopter crash in Pittsylvania County. Read moreNTSB issues report on fatal helicopter crash
On Saturday, April 5, over 100 demonstrators gathered outside the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History (DMFAH) as part of the nationwide “Hands Off” protest, a demonstration organized by t… Read more‘Hands Off’: Danville joins nationwide protest to challenge billionaire influence in DC
A Danville shopping center has new owners. Read moreDanville shopping center sold
He will replace Dr. Mark Jones who is retiring at the end of the school year. Read moreSteven Mayhew named Pittsylvania County School Superintendent
Latest headlines from our sports section
At the end of Spring Break, Tunstall varsity softball (5-3) traveled to Franklin County to face the Class 5 Eagles. Tunstall scored two in the top of the first with a single from Halle Cassada… Read moreTunstall softball comes up short at Franklin Co.
Tunstall varsity baseball improved to 7-1, squeaking one out against Hargrave in a 5-4 win and defeating Chatham 7-1. Read moreTunstall baseball defeats Hargrave, Chatham
Dan River senior Jameer Reynolds concluded his Wildcat career by earning a spot on the 2024-2025 Virginia High School League (VHSL) Class 2 All-State Boys Basketball team. Reynolds earned Seco… Read moreDR’s Reynolds named to All-State Basketball Squad
Cora Liggon reached a huge milestone in her softball career. In three seasons with the Lady Cavaliers Softball Team, Cora Liggon pitched her 500th strikeout for the Lady Cavaliers. Liggon has … Read moreCora Liggon reaches 500 career strikeouts
Dan River High School senior Bryan Coleman Jr. will continue his football career on the collegiate level as he recently signed his letter of intent to attend Hampden-Sydney College. Coleman ma… Read moreDR’s BJ Coleman signs with Hampden-Sydney
It’s always been a hard knock life for Britain Hart, and she took it one step further on April 4 in Dubai, UAE, retaining her Strawweight World Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, defeating Ta… Read more‘Hart of a Champion’: Bedford resident retains world bare-knuckle title in Dubai
Tunstall varsity baseball (5-1) continued their dominance over county opponents Chatham and Gretna, until Dan River gave the Trojans their first loss of the year. Read moreTunstall baseball defeats Chatham, Gretna; loses one-run game to Dan River
When looking into primary resources concerning local history, old city directories never cease to paint a vivid picture of the past. One publication called “Turner’s Directory for the Cities of Danville and North Danville, Va. for the Years of 1892-93” was a must-have resource for Danville r…
Last week, the General Assembly finished our work for the year. That includes the 2nd year of the budget, and all bills have either been passed into law or have been vetoed and died. Some statistics from this year are that over 1900 bills were introduced, 677 bills were passed into law, and …
As of April 6th, the public hearing on Balico’s proposed rezoning for development of an enormous gas power plant and hyperscale data center complex is scheduled for April 15th. At Balico’s request, the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors has rescheduled the hearing two times. Granting o…
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