The current plan is to place the statue at Rocky Mount’s Veterans Memorial Park. But the decision came after a close vote of the commission that oversees the park.
Lindsey Hull
Lindsey Hull is a 2023 graduate of Hollins University, where she studied English, creative writing, and leadership. She is a published poet and is working on a creative nonfiction book about storytelling performances in and around South-Central and Central Appalachia.
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‘A dying art’: New moonshine trail to offer an intoxicating taste of the region’s storied history
Franklin, Patrick and Floyd counties are embracing their ties to bootlegging with the Mountain Spirit Trail, which will feature stops at museums, distilleries and old still sites.
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Rescuers turn to 3 words to find lost hikers
The what3words app, which works with Google and Apple Maps, simplifies GPS coordinates into easy-to-remember words. Fire and rescue agencies across Central and Southwest Virginia have started to use the app.
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Neighborhood celebrates ‘largest investment by a nonprofit in southeast Roanoke in decades’
The Presbyterian Community Center breaks ground on a $6 million building that will allow it to expand services in a part of Roanoke that the city has targeted for improvements.
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A Salem car dealership built 50 years ago has earned a place on the state historic register
The Hart Motor Co. building has been lauded as a rare surviving example of the retro-futuristic Googie style of architecture that was popular in roadside attractions of the day.
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Shadow interpreting brings sign language to center stage for high school production
Shadow interpreting puts ASL interpreters on stage alongside the actors instead of somewhere off to the side. E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg will offer a shadow interpreted production of “Silent Sky” Friday evening.
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When its employees struggled to find child care, a small-town coffee company opened its own center
Employees risk losing workers who can’t find affordable child care. Red Rooster Coffee in Floyd offers it on site to its 48 employees for just $2 per hour.
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Ferrum brings a much-loved puppet Christmas tale to the stage
Students and staff at Ferrum College built more than 30 puppets for their production of “Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas,” which runs through Dec. 17.
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Young musicians keep Blue Ridge music alive
More than a dozen acts, all age 25 or younger, will take the stage Thursday night in Roanoke to play gospel, bluegrass and jazz.
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Festival celebrates the food, music and culture of the Blue Ridge
The Blue Ridge Folklife Festival launched at Ferrum College in 1973. Fifty years later, it draws thousands of attendees from across the region and beyond.