Patrick County News

About 2,000 people attended a concert by actor Gary Sinise and his Lt. Dan Band to raise money for a southwest Virginia Marine who lost his limbs while on a mine sweep in Afghanistan.

When Junior Sisk sings that a lot of bluegrass music has strayed too far from the roots, he means it.

The tunnels to Towers Foundation is building a new home for Patrick County veteran J.B. Kerns, who lost both his legs and an arm during his third tour in Afghanistan.

Everybody's aware of "the Glock conflict," the 30 year over which combative handgun reigns supreme.

Actor Gary Sinise is keeping a promise to help raise money for a southwest Virginia Marine who lost his limbs in Afghanistan.

Beginning Monday, May 21, paving operations on Route 8 in Patrick County will require lane closures between the post office in Woolwine and CC Camp Road.

A motorist was injured Tuesday when a vehicle ran off U.S. 58 near Lover's Leap and plunged 150 feet down the mountainside, according to the Virginia State Police.

A survey by the Virginia Department of Education shows variations among the average salaries of teachers in the area's public schools.

Marine Cpl. J.B. Kerns is shown with actor Gary Sinise at the announcement that Sinise's band, the Lt.

Heavy rain on Monday caused flooding at a bridge in Patrick County, but no major problems were reported in Henry County or Martinsville.

Pictured above, Anthony Raymond, base manager at Wake Forest Baptist Health/AirCare Critical Care, speaks at economic announcement at Blue Ridge Airport on Wednesday.

Authorities in Virginia are trying to determine the circumstances surrounding the death of a Patrick County woman whose body was found more than a week after she was reported missing.

DRBA Education Outreach Coordinator Krista Hodges points to rainbow trout fingerlings swimming in the Smith River as Fieldale-Collinsville Middle School teacher Tonya Law releases the trout into the river in Bassett.

At 15.6 percent, Martinsville's unemployment rate was the state's highest, as has been the trend for many months.

Another bear was found and then euthanized by the state. This time it was picked up a week and a half ago by Patrick County resident Linda Webb.