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Officials Monitoring Possible NC Impact Following July 6 South Hill Fire
Information from the office of Interim Warren County Manager Crystal Smith. The Virginia Department of Health is lifting portions of the recreational water and fish consumption advisories issued in response to the July 6 chemical storage facility fire in South Hill. The portion of the advisory being lifted is for a section of the Meherrin River that starts at Route 138 (Union Mill Road) flowing Southeast through the Town of Lawrenceville and the City of Emporia to the North Carolina state line.
At RNC, Republicans have a strategy against the president: ‘Let Biden be himself’
There’s nothing but euphoria at the Republican National Convention this week among participants, and a big reason is that party loyalists think President Joe Biden will be easy to beat. Some say it’s because his policies have been ruinous, a theme speakers hammer away at relentlessly each night of...
Top moments of 2023-24: No. 6 - Baseball has school-record 26-game winning streak
When Gaston College began official baseball practice drills in the late summer of 2023, coach Shohn Doty preached to his team that they needed to build upon the 2023 team's National Junior College Athletic Association World Series appearance. Did they ever - and it started nearly from the start of...
Lots of red, white and blue on display
The Red, White & Blue Celebration Parade was held on Saturday, July 6, 2024 and lots of organizations participated displaying the American flag and red, white and blue banners of various sizes. Sparks in the Park followed at the Sonny Wholey Memorial Park, ending with a fireworks display. The Town of Lawrenceville float was beautifully. (Sylvia Allen/Brunswick Times-Gazette) See more photos in the July 17, 2024 edition of the Brunswick Times-Gazette.
Proposed Staples Mill gambling site causing controversy in Henrico
HENRICO, Va. (WWBT) -A new gambling site could soon be built in a shopping center off of Staples Mill Road, though some now say the proposal was submitted unfairly. Churchill Downs LLC is behind the project to bring 175 historical horse racing machines to Rosie’s in the Brookland region of the county. Dan Schmitt represents that region on the Board of Supervisors.
Henrico News Minute – July 19, 2024
The Goochland Planning Commission endorses plans for the expansion of a quarry, despite a request from Henrico officials to defer the case; a 22-year-old Henrico man is struck and killed by a vehicle; learn how to grow the best cucumbers; our Weekend Top 5 and Restaurant Watch.
Open Door Ministries to celebrate 8th church anniversary
Open Door Ministries, 345 Halifax Street, Emporia, Virginia, will be celebrating its 8th Church Anniversary Saturday, Aug 3, 2024 by sponsoring a Community Outreach Day, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the downtown Emporia lot located at the corner of East Atlantic and Halifax Streets. Worship Service will convene Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024 at 10 a.m. at the church. All are invited. For more information call (804) 440-2213.
Man offers reward for stolen bike
A Roanoke Rapids man is offering a reward if his stolen bicycle is returned. Ron Ferrell said last week his 27-inch Schwinn commuter bike was stolen from 615 East Tenth and Carolina streets. He uses the bike for exercise. The bike has lots of chrome and is deep blue, almost...
Political experts discuss Republican messaging as RNC wraps up in Milwaukee
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Local political experts are weighing in on the main messages from this week’s Republican National Convention as it wraps up in Milwaukee. A.J. Daoud is a Republican delegate from Surry County. He says the energy inside the RNC was emotional. “I really have not seen...
LOOKING BACK: Murfreesboro to Franklin Railroad Proposed
In July of 1924, an initial meeting in connection with a proposed standard gauge railroad from Franklin to Murfreesboro, North Carolina – and to some point on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in Hertford or Bertie counties in North Carolina – was attended by a large and representative body of Franklin and Murfreesboro citizens. The […] The post LOOKING BACK: Murfreesboro to Franklin Railroad Proposed appeared first on The Tidewater News.
SH Darlings Drop 8-7 Heartbreaker
The host South Hill All-Stars fought to the end but dropped a hard-fought 8-7 decision to Emporia in an elimination game on Sunday afternoon in the Virginia Dixie Softball Darlings state tournament that was played at Parker Park. The two teams were tied at three after the first inning of...
Bethany Baptist Church hosts 135th Homecoming, Revival
Bethany Baptist Church located at 1532 Western Mill Road in Valentines, Virginia is set to celebrate its 135th Homecoming and Revival. Pastor Carolyn Seward and the Bethany Baptist Church family extend an open invitation to all members, local churches and neighbors to join us for our annual Homecoming Service on Sunday, August 4, 2024 at 11 a.m. The Homecoming message will be delivered by the invited Guest Evangelist, Rev. Brenda Lorraine Heigh, a “daughter” of Bethany Baptist Church. Rev. Heigh was reared on Manning Drive in Valentines, Virginia and now resides in Randallstown, Maryland with her family. A fellowship luncheon will immediately follow the morning’s worship service.
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