Culture

Gill founded the first specialty hospital and first eye bank in Virginia, and started the first post-graduate courses offered in ophthalmology in the country.

For a time in the 1800s, building eight-sided houses was the fashion. This is one of the few that remain.

Free expression groups said the grand jury’s decision prevented “baseless and malicious prosecutions” against Sally Mann and the Modern Museum of Fort Worth.

Properties across the state, including four in Southwest and Southside, were added to the register.

The images, which had been part of an exhibit at a Fort Worth museum, were nude depictions of Mann’s then-elementary school-aged children. Several national art groups are fighting the seizure.

Some historic cemeteries in Pittsylvania County have been developed over, others have been forgotten. Virginia has resources to document and protect graves from these outcomes.

The estate of Avicia Thorpe, who died in 2020, is being handled by the Danville Historical Society, which is partnering with the Vintage Boutique to sell some of her items.

The aim is to create an endowment that will help provide some of the operational expenses for arts groups. Those are typically the hardest dollars to raise.

Many Amish say that they are not opposed to adding more safety features to their buggies. Others have more restrictive religious views that they say prevent them from using even basic safety technologies such as flashing lights.

Trappers are looking for coyote dens, and believe that they could be close to residential areas.