Alert Featured Editor's Pick Spotlight COMING TO THE RESCUE | THIRD IN AN OCCASIONAL SERIES For members, Danville Life Saving Crew more than emergency medicine. It's a family Charles Wilborn Mar 31, 2026 Mar 31, 2026 0 × Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The first night Keith Carroll was at the Danville Life Saving Crew, he told himself he wanted to get his 10 years.kAmQx’> 8@:?8 E@ 36 2 =:76 >6>36C @7 E9:D @C82?:K2E:@?[Q 96 C642==65]k^AmkAm%96 C62D@?n u6==@HD9:A]k^AmkAmtG6? 27E6C g_ J62CD :? @A6C2E:@? 2?5 6G@=FE:@?[ E92EVD E96 @?6 E9:?8 E92E 92D?VE 492?865]k^AmkAm“xE H2D G6CJ 72>:=J\@C:6?E65[Q r2CC@== D2:5] Q$E:== :D]Qk^Am kAm%96 ?@?AC@7:E C6D4F6 @C82?:K2E:@? :D :? :ED 6:89E9 564256 @7 D6CG:?8 s2?G:==6 2?5 @E96C 2C62D]k^Am People are also reading… 2 charged after man found dead in Pittsylvania County home 'This park is what comes next.' Danville's new gathering spot celebrated with bash FBI searching Portsmouth office of state Sen. 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