Bassett News

About 50 people gathered Tuesday at the Bassett Historical Center to officially mark the beginning of its expansion.

Pat Ross, director of the Bassett Historical Center, stands in the hallway leading to the centera s war room, where artifacts and information dating back to the Revolutionary War are stored.

Bob Clark , Beverly Millner and Phil Dalton, who all are involved in the expansion of the Bassett Historical Center, look over plans for the 4,195-square-foot addition.

A 20-year-old man pleaded guilty Wednesday to failing to yield the right of way in a June traffic accident that killed a Virginia state trooper.

A Henry County grand jury indicted 46 people Monday on various charges. Among them, Michael Aaron Napier, 23, of 445 Jessteen Lane, Bassett.

Martinsville Bulletin, Inc. P. O. Box 3711 204 Broad Street Martinsville, Virginia 24115 276-638-8801 Toll Free: 800-234-6575 BREAKING NEWS: Magna Vista advances, Bassett falls Friday, November 13, 2009 Magna Vista High School Warriors advanced in post-season football action Friday night by beating Carroll County.

A Henry County/Martinsville area man has been charged in Saturdaya s shooting death of a Martinsville man outside an Eden, N.C., nightclub, according to the Eden Police Department.

Three local veterans received special recognition Sunday at the annual community Veterans Day service, which drew a crowd of more than 200 people.

Martinsville Bulletin, Inc. P. O. Box 3711 204 Broad Street Martinsville, Virginia 24115 276-638-8801 Toll Free: 800-234-6575 Feature Photo Brian Williams of the Dan River Basin Association, who helps with the Trout in the Classroom program in area schools, releases trout fingerlings into the Smith River behind the Bassett Historical Center last ...

The Martinsville Schools Endowment Board last week approved a total $3,566.83 in grants to teachers in the city schools for creative learning activities.

Brandon Ranzell Manns, 38, surrendered without incident at 8:00 a.m. according to the Henry County Sheriff's Department.

Tommy Houston's BBQ is known in the competitive circuit and has even been featured on the Food Network.

Aunt remembers Bassett shooting victim Goard Drive is seen Tuesday at its intersection with Virginia 57.

Henry County deputies are searching for suspects after a fatal shooting Monday night.

Henry County investigators have released the name of a Bassett man who died after a fire Friday night in his mobile home.

From one side of the charred trailer to the other, it would be hard for anybody to survive the fire that destroyed a home on Ann's Park Drive in Bassett.

Three men pleaded guilty Tuesday to embezzlement and larceny charges in connection with the theft of nearly $2 million in furniture four years ago.

Bassett asked Compton to take on this massive project to mark its 100th anniversary several years back.

The economic downturn has pushed more new patients to the Free Medical Clinic of Martinsville and Henry County, officials said, but its overall patient load has decreased in the last year.

Turning House Furniture is about to give new life to vintage wood from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.