Public hearing on park’s master plan to be held March 24

A twin-engine airplane experienced a loss of engine power before it crashed at the front of a house in the town of Louisa last week, killing the pilot and igniting the house and plane, according to a preliminary report.

Two men forced their way into a Lake Ridge home Thursday, attacked a mother as her three small children napped and demanded drugs.

A Southbridge woman was flown to a trauma center Thursday afternoon suffering severe facial injuries after a shotgun went off near her house, and she got hit.

Sneed was arrested last week on charges filed by his former girlfriend, Rebecca Tate, and he was released on a $2,000 bond.

The death of a patient at Central State Hospital in Petersburg is being investigated as a homicide.

A Pittsylvania County woman whose son drowned at Smith Mountain Lake State Park has filed a $15 million lawsuit against the state and several other defendants.