The state is making a concerted effort to fill the gaps created by what one expert called a “skewed portrayal of history.” In the last five years, 63% of all new historic markers in Virginia have directly related to Black history.
Grace Mamon
Grace Mamon is a reporter for Cardinal News. Reach her at grace@cardinalnews.org or 540-369-5464.
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Documentary about Danville’s civil rights movement will be available to stream next week
“The Movement,” which features interviews with people who protested in Danville during the summer of 1963, will be released on Amazon Prime and Apple TV next week.
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Caesars celebrates Danville hotel construction milestone with topping-off ceremony
A crane lifted a tree and an American flag to the top of the 12-story hotel that will be part of the Caesars Virginia casino resort.
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Florida developer pulls plans for RV park in Danville, will build a subdivision instead
Danville’s city council approved a rezoning application to allow more single-family homes on parcels that were originally considered for a luxury RV resort.
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Homelessness is a stubborn problem in Southside. But help from the community is coming.
Housing assistance comes from regionwide initiatives like the Danville Redevelopment and Housing Authority and from people like Steve Barrow, who saw a problem and wanted to address it.
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2 General Assembly special elections will bring Southside voters to the polls on Tuesday
Voters will choose a new delegate in the 48th District and a new state senator in the 9th District, just a day before the General Assembly convenes for its 2024 session.
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Then & Now: Danville and Bristol prepare for permanent casinos to open in 2024
Cardinal News: Then & Now takes a look back at the stories we brought you over the last 12 months. In this installment: updates on the casino projects in Danville and Bristol.
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Then & Now: Pittsylvania County project has connected 1,500 sites to broadband, with more than 15,000 to go
Cardinal News: Then & Now takes a look back at the stories we brought you over the last 12 months. Today: an update on Pittsylvania County’s broadband expansion.
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Danville promotes interim police chief Chris Wiles to head of department
Wiles was selected from among 48 candidates after a national search to replace Scott Booth, who has been credited with drastically reducing crime and repairing community and police relations in Danville.
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In 1955, a white Danville police officer killed a Black man. What happened that day is still being questioned.
Danville native Ashby Jones remembers being a teenager when Lisberger Wilson was beaten to death with a bat at a Little League baseball game. He’s spent decades looking for more details, and now he’s finally found them.
