Danville sees higher valuations amid tax rate cut
Danville property owners received around 20 assessment notices last Thursday triggering about 130 calls to City Tax Assessor Edward Haar. He notes a 25 year career of changes, with most residents surprised by the rate cut from 1.75 to 1 per 100, while some values dropped in Craghead Lynn and Loyal Streets as businesses move out.
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Danville
Edward E. Haar
Haar
Virginia
Wort
Craghead
Lynn
Loyal Streets
Stokes Street
Paxton Avenue
Schoolfield
Windsor Heights
Forest Hills
Hoar
Riverside Drive
Piney Forest Road
Area Students Return To Class After Snow And Ice
After days of snow sleet and freezing rain Danville and Pittsylvania County schools resume with buses delayed and drivers urged to use caution. Crews spread sand and salt to combat patches of ice while forecasts warn of continued bitter cold and possible snow. First aid class announced at City Auditorium beginning Jan 20 with registration closing Jan 19.
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Register Publishing Company
Mercury
Danville
Pittsylvania County
Thomas Truitt
Earl Johnson
Johnson
Red Cross
Evangelical Ministers Oppose Liquor Sale By The Drink
The Evangelical Ministers Fellowship and about 39 local clergymen in Danville unanimously oppose liquor by the drink. Rev. Percy Ricketts leads a committee to draft a battle plan and circulate petitions.
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Evangelical Ministers Fellowship
Danville
Percy Ricketts
Two City Residents Charged With Assault Over Weekend
Danville police arrested residents on various charges during the weekend. Roseretta Womack 18 of 256 Grant St. Apts faced assault and battery on a juvenile after allegedly attacking a 11 year old girl Friday. Willie Spencer Terry Jr. 43 of 634 High St was charged with disorderly conduct and assault and battery on Delia Brinchfield. Hearing set for Terry January 4 in General District Court. Over the weekend multiple motorists were charged with driving while intoxicated.
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Danvillé
Roseretta Womack
Grant St. Apts
Danville
H. A. Harper
Ms. Womack
Willie Spencer Terry Jr
High St
Delia Brinchfield
High Street
Terry
T. White
Jane 4
General District Court
Ramsey James Boyce
Sedgefield Court
Apt. 7
Memorial Drive
J. K. Lewis
Lewis
Boyce
Lucille Elsie Davis
Cardwell St
Davis
Patton Street
D. J. Hancock
W. T. White
Richard Harold Beaver
Optimistic Dustin Dodd Champions Community Service
Dustin Dodd, 32, executive vice president of the Danville area Chamber of Commerce and church basketball coach, ties his busy schedule to a new commitment with Jesus Christ. He teaches Sunday school, guides a youth group, and attends church functions while pushing proactive chamber work and public relations with honesty. Dodd stresses positive, proactive service, rejects a passive mindset, and aims to be a greater servant of the Lord next year.
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Dustin Dodd
Danville Area
First Presbyterian
Dodd
Christ
Jesus
The
Chamber
Southern Pines
N.C
Danyllie
Roxboro Man Wounded In Fight At Yanceyville
Willie Junior McCain age 23 of Roxboro Rt 4 faced three felony warrants after a Saturday night incident on Route 86 near Yanceyville. He was wounded in the left hip during a confrontation with a state trooper and transported to Danville Memorial Hospital where he underwent surgery and was placed in intensive care. The case is being investigated by the Caswell County Sheriff's office and the North Carolina SBI alongside the Highway Patrol.
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Yanceyville
N.C
Willie Junior McCain
Roxboro Rt. 4
Danville
Memorial Hospital
North Carolina Highway Patrol
Glenn Russell
McCain
Qoswell County
Russell
F. L. Moody
46 Market
Hooper Funeral Home
Danville Memorial Hospital
Highway Patrol
Caswell County Sheriff’s Office
North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation
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John North
Sherwood Forest
Amy
Troy Osborne
Shamrock
Dublin Court
Gus W. Dyer Jr
Dyer
Melvin Bayliss
Bayliss
White Oak Mountain
Columbia Gas of
Floyd Mozingo
Citizon
Verndon
Covington
Waynesboro
Harrisonburg
Weatherman
National Weather Service
Shehandoah Valley
Western Mountains
Ethel Court
Park Avenue
R. E. Shelton
J. L. Chaney
Hardin Junior Combs
Rhodyenizer
North Main Street
Harold Elgin Shearin
Pine St
Charlotte
Main Street Bridge
H. B. Pax
George Levan Osborne
City
H. E. Fox
Don Edward Williams
N. Ridge SL
Union Street
Williams
Floyd Street
Donald Wayne Richards
Chatham RL
William Eugene Shelton
Danville RL
Twilight Room
West Main Street
Sylvester
Canada
Jefferson St
Gloria
Moore
Lincoln St
Apt. 3
Ms. Moore
Cline
Hope Harbor
Mary Madelean Farmer
North Hills Court
P. K. Stanley
Ms. Farmer
Robert H. Boyce
Salvation Army
Ellenberg
First Pentecostal Holiness Church
Ricketts
Lakewood Evangelical Methodist Church
America
Rickells
Faith
Southsiders
Roxboro
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