September 16, 2009
Nephew Pleads Guilty In Frying Pan Assault
A man pleaded guilty Tuesday to beating his uncle, who is wheelchair-bound, with a frying pan during a robbery.
September 14, 2009
Police: Mom Uses Children In Medicine-Cabinet Ruse
A woman employs her small children in a ruse to steal drugs from medicine cabinets, claiming the little ones need to use the bathroom, police said Friday.
September 09, 2009
Authorities Seek Man Beaten In Viral Video
Police are searching for the beating victim in a 25-year-old video that recently surfaced and went viral.
September 07, 2009
Who Says You Can’t Wear White After Labor Day?
When it comes to fashion, we live in a world of unwritten rules. Some of them are good. Some of them are ridiculous.
September 03, 2009
Bank Sorry For Offending Man Without Arms
Subjected to a national barrage of negative publicity, Bank of America has apologized to Steve Valdez, a 54-year-old Tampa man born with no arms who was not allowed to cash his wife’s check last week because he could not offer a thumbprint.
August 31, 2009
Witnesses To Alleged Abuse Were Afraid To Come Forward
Lurking among the blind, immobile and dying at the National HealthCare Bristol nursing home is a simple, yet powerful phrase etched in the minds of nursing aides: chain of command.
July 29, 2009
Pills In Candy Sicken 4-Year-Old
A 4-year-old girl is OK after she ate “a distinctive, big green pill” that apparently was in a Skittles candy package.
July 23, 2009
Police Zap Naked, Shouting Intruder
The bare facts: residents awoke to a naked man yelling in their living room early Tuesday. But it wasn’t long until police arrived and were forced to zap the nude intruder with stun guns.
July 06, 2009
The Laws Of Lust: Men Predictable, Women Not So Much
It’s true, men are predictable. And women? They don’t know what they want.
July 01, 2009
Police: Man Kicks, Kills Opossum On Ride-Along
A Vernon Hill man, on an approved “ride-along” with a Danville police officer, wound up being arrested for killing an opossum while on that ride.
June 29, 2009
Man Faces 400-Year Term In $126 Million Scam
Edward Hugh Okun is facing 400 years in prison when his two-day sentencing hearing starts on Aug. 4.
June 18, 2009
Police: Intoxicated Man Shoots Mother Duck At Restaurant
Maybe he should have ducked out of the bar when he had a chance.
June 15, 2009
Owner Finds Log Cabin Inside House
A homeowner discovers a two-story log cabin inside a house while renovating.
June 12, 2009
Therapy Dogs Wed In Howly Muttrimony
Two therapy dogs exchange bow-wow vows in a mock wedding, and the canines were supported Thursday by their closest friends, all dressed in wedding day garb.
June 11, 2009
Officer Shoots, Kills Miniature Dachshund
A police officer in Danville, Va., shot and killed an 11-year-old miniature dachshund Monday night while serving two outstanding warrants to a neighbor.

