People

NANCY ASTOR - Nancy Witcher Langhorne was born in May 1879 at the Langhorne House in Danville, VA. She was an American citizen who moved to England at age 26. She made a second marriage to Waldorf Astor as a...

Originally born and raised in California, Rena DeAndrea had no idea what to expect when she arrived in Danville. Her and her husband moved here to plant New Ground church. “All I knew about Danville before...

Whether your summer was jam-packed with activities or filled with complaints about being bored with nothing to do, kids often have a tough time making the back-to-school transition. Here are some tips for bo...

“He is the captain of a ship. He sees the course way before anyone else does.” That’s how Teresa Wiseman described her father Darrell Wiseman, President of Danville Toyota. He operates the business along...

Nineteen months ago, I packed up all of my belongings, hugged my friends goodbye, and planted myself in a grungy studio apartment in the middle of a city 130 miles away. A city where the kids rolled their jeans...

Jennifer Gregory is a single mother of five children. She has spent her last eight years in non-profit administration working with families in poverty. “I was working with the most impoverished — familie...

  “There is only one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.” -Robert Frank Call me soul-catcher, lover of all things in beautiful light, a time preservationist; call me crazy....

Community. It has been described as a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals. Chatham Town Councilman Will Pace said that a strong sense of community is...

Dr. Seuss once said, “Being crazy isn’t enough.”  But for the sleepy little town of Chatham, Virginia in the spring of 1989, perhaps it was.  This wasn’t any ordinary spring. For seven weeks, Chatham ...

If you’ve seen a yellow and red Jeep Wrangler cruising around Martinsville or Danville with a Jurassic Park logo on the side, you’ve probably seen Alex Hastings and his wife Katie. The Jurassic Park-them...

“A young person in a hurry.” Sometimes this phrase is used in a derogatory manner towards a young person who is seen as doing “too much, too soon.” Jennifer Bowles could be viewed that way. It would be...

Home. Webster’s defines home as “a place of origin”, or “one’s place of residence”. Though, we know the word home means much more than that. It is where one feels most comfortable and at peace. It i...

The desire to help people was instilled in Robbie Woodall at an early age. Woodall grew up in the Westover Hills area of Danville where several of his neighbors were members of the Danville Life Saving Crew (DL...

You’re in a panic.  You are a little disoriented.  Your car has gone off the road and into a ditch.  You are hurting and confused.  You grab your phone and dial 911.  Then you hear that voice on the othe...

Author Ambrose Redmoon once said, “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.”  Firefighters are very familiar with fear, and the courage t...