Bassett News

A master trooper with the Virginia State Police died Friday afternoon after the motorcycle he was riding collided with an automobile, officials said.

Carroll called professional, seasoned officer Trooper Ralph Carrolla s motorcycle is shown on the ground on U.S. 220 after it collided with a 2000 Honda Accord driven by Christopher Cunningham on Friday.

BREAKING NEWS: Trooper dies from wreck injuries Ralph Carroll was veteran officer in Henry County This is the scene of Friday's accident involving a motorcycle ridden by an off-duty Virginia State Trooper and a Honda Accord at Bassett Forks.

A fire that caused $35,000 in damage to an apartment building in the Bassett area early Saturday is being investigated as an arson, an official said.

A Martinsville man is being held with no bond in connection with a Wednesday stabbing death, according to Henry County Sheriff Lane Perry.

The Henry County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a man was assaulted and his car was stolen at a car wash.

The Virginia Department of Transportation office in Bassett Forks expects to get more than $500,000 in federal funds to improve safety on two curves along southbound lanes of U.S. 220 in Henry County.

The Henry County Sheriff's Office is investigating a breaking and entering. It happened on Springhouse Lane in the Bassett area of the county this morning.

Teresa Setliffa s science students from Bassett High School released about 200 healthy brown trout into the Smith River recently as the culmination of a six-month-long project.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Grand jurors seated in Henry County Circuit Court issued more than 110 indictments against 58 people on Monday.

The company notified its dealers whether they would remain on Thursday. Torrey Blackwell said the Danville dealership will continue to be the authorized Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge dealership in the area.

The dealerships are: Nelson Dodge in Martinsville, Scott Newcomb Chrysler-Jeep in Bassett, Duncan Jeep in Christiansburg, Dominion Dodge in Salem, and John P. Hughes in Madison Heights.

Henry County authorities have made an arrest in a string of robberies that occurred early Friday morning in Bassett.

Martinsville Bulletin, Inc. P. O. Box 3711 204 Broad Street Martinsville, Virginia 24115 276-638-8801 Toll Free: 800-234-6575 BREAKING NEWS: Quick arrest in county Robbery, breaking and entering charged Gerald Lyons Friday, May 8, 2009 A Bassett man was in custody within less than three hours of alleged incidents on Fairystone Park Highway.

For the first time since he fatally shot a man in Check last summer, Joshua Jonathan Hairston is expected to speak publicly about the incident at his jury trial today.

Grand jurors seated in Martinsville Circuit Court indicted 39 people on Monday. Among them were two people indicted on counts of malicious wounding.

Police are continuing to search for a suspect in Thursday's wounding of a Bassett man.

Henry Co., VA - Authorities in Henry County are looking for the suspect in a malicious wounding.

Former Virginia attorney general Mary Sue Terry earned a place in history when she became the first woman elected to statewide office in the commonwealth, but the Patrick County resident is not content to rest on her laurels.

Magna Vista High School senior Brittany Pomeroy gets a hug from her French teacher, Karen Knopp, after the two were honored at the annual Henry County Schoolsa Academic Excellence Awards banquet on Thursday night.