50 year old sentenced for fraud schemes
(NORFOLK, VA) (AP) – A woman in Virginia has been sentenced to 10 years and nine months in prison for fraud schemes including one that stole inmate identities. Fifty-year-old Teresa Gallop ...Read more
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Possibility of a raise in meals tax
(Danville, VA) – Danville City Council is looking at increasing the meals tax as a way to raise retirement benefits for public safety employees, but many of council’s members oppose the idea. ...Read more
LU Students help clean up Danville’s storm devastation
(Danville, VA) – A group of Liberty University Students were in Danville yesterday, helping to clean up debris from Sunday’s EFI tornado that caused millions of dollars in damage in the city ...Read more
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Signs You’re Getting Old
According to a new survey, the average age when you start becoming an old person is . . . 41. And you fully make the transition by age 57. Here are the top 10 signs you’re becoming old, which ...Read more
Dominoes like you haven’t seen before!
A Kentucky man known as “The Domino King” spent five days and used more than 25,000 dominoes to create this tribute to Mickey Mouse. ...Read more
Peep Cocktails
Peeps…you either love ’em or hate ’em. If you really love them and want to channel your inner bartender, here are some Peep inspired and utilized alcoholic beverages! ...Read more
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Tobacco Region Loan Forgiveness Program
Applications are being accepted now for the Tobacco Region Loan Forgiveness Program. Students in Danville, Martinsville and Pittsylvania, Halifax and Henry Counties who are ready to attend college ...Read more
Farm Market Fresh for Seniors Sign Ups
FARM MARKET FRESH FOR SENIORS (also known as the Senior Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program) is available through Southern Area Agency on Aging. Eligible seniors’ may receive $40 worth of ...Read more
Junior Leadership Southside Applications
Applications for Junior Leadership Southside are now open. JLS is a FREE leadership program for rising juniors & seniors. During this week-long summer program, students will develop leadership ...Read more
Nashville News
- What Was Dierks Bentley Thinkin’? April 19, 2018Even Dierks Bentley didn’t believe it. After his ACM Awards rehearsal last weekend, when I caught up with him backstage, I congratulated him on the 15-year anniversary of his debut. “Seriously,” he asked in disbelief. I assured him that, yes, his first single “What Was I Thinkin’” had come out in mid-April of 2003. In... […]
- What Maren Morris Loves About Her Early Songs April 19, 2018I knew that Maren Morris had a backstory; that she’d started writing poems before she was even a teenager, and that those poems turned into songs once she got a guitar. What I didn’t know is that Morris looks back fondly at those first attempts at writing. And while that appreciation for her early works... […]
- ACM Awards: Backstage and Upfront with Old Dominion April 19, 2018The five guys that makeup Old Dominion have won awards before. But never like this. After they picked up their ACM Award for vocal group of the year on Sunday (April 15), they came backstage to share how it felt to be able to sprint up to the show’s main stage. “To stand there at... […]
