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CRIME & SAFETY
Local youth honored for saving two lives
(Danville) — Three people are alive because a local Boy Scout took their “Be Prepared” motto to heart. Then-15-year old Jackson Wethington was fishing with some friends on the Roanoke River in Altavista last summer. Local scout leader and board member Steve Adkins says Wethington heard two girls in the river screaming for help. He...
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