Chatham News

A water line project for Whispering Pines and Inman roads got the green light, while an attempt to put Sunday beer and wine sales on the November ballot came up dry during the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors regular meeting Monday night.

Contained beneath Pittsylvania County's loamy soil, a mere whisper from the burgs of Gretna and Chatham, lies the largest undeveloped uranium deposit known in the U.S. Estimated at nearly 120 million tons of ore, its economic impact on Virginia would be profound - were it ever to be mined.

Ron and Suzanne Brown aim to deliver a jolt to downtown Chatham with their new coffee shop and eatery on North Main Street.

Members of the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors aim to meet with a local animal-welfare group to discuss ways to improve conditions at the county's animal shelter.

The state attorney general's office says Pittsylvania County cannot impose a ban on uranium mining.

Chatham's Circuit Courthouse is getting a makeover. Pittsylvania County will spend about $248,000 to restore the interior of the historic structure.

For the first time since 1987, the Chatham Cavaliers are the state champs of Group A baseball.

So top prospect J.R. Ferguson is leaving St. John's Catholic Prep in Frederick to play his senior year at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Va.

There will be an economic development announcement 11 a.m. Tuesday in the conference room of the Pittsylvania County Economic Development Office located at 34 N. Main Street in Chatham, according to county officials.

The following people were charged with a class 1 misdemeanor: w Jennifer Carol Carter, of Danville; sale on Feb.

A 60-year-old Chatham man has been living in a tool shed for four months. Now, he might have a chance to move out.

What's going to happen to the former Chatham Elementary School? Thanks to the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors, the town of Chatham could soon own the closed school building - and be responsible for its future.

Using thermal imaging goggles, law enforcement officers caught a Pittsylvania County fugitive hiding in the Dan River on Wednesday night.

The old Chatham Elementary School will go to the town of Chatham, if the town accepts the responsibility.

The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors gave the old Chatham Elementary School building to the town of Chatham after a public hearing Tuesday night.

The Pittsylvania County Democratic Committee voted Monday night to nominate a political newcomer to run against Delegate Don Merricks, R-Pittsylvania County, in November.

Ex-Florida 2009 signee DeShawn Painter announced Thursday that he's going to North Carolina State.

Drilling is expected to take place at Coles Hill today if weather permits, but it won't be for uranium.

A study of proposed uranium mining in Virginia would range from market trends to technical practices to health risks, the National Academy of Sciences said in recommendations released Thursday.

The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing May 19 to decide whether to give the former Chatham Elementary School building to the town of Chatham.