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A Bassett man is in the Patrick County Jail on charges of attempted murder and arson.

The Supreme Court of Virginia has reversed a ruling by the Virginia Court of Appeals and, as a result, will require a Patrick County man to reimburse the state Medicaid program over $22,000. Larry Dale Puckett, 61, of Pedigo Ridge Road in Claudville, was sentenced in 2021 to a 12-year active sentence for stabbing Justin Sinclair Hawks of The Hollow Road, multiple times in the chest and side in 2019.

TODAY’S WORD is exsiccate. Example: With no rainfall for months, the soil in the farmer’s field started to exsiccate, making it difficult for crops to grow.

Calendar items may be sent to accent@martinsvillebulletin.com or mailed to P.O. Box 3711, Martinsville, VA, 24115. Dates and times must be included.

• A Mount Airy man has been jailed under a $75,000 secured bond as a fugitive from justice from a neighboring state, according to city police reports.