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The trial, which will determine the fate of nearly 100 animals, was scheduled to end Thursday but will now extend through Friday and likely into the first week of March.

A gibbon and a blue-tongued skink that were removed from the Rockbridge County zoo in December later died. A trial is underway to determine whether the state can seize animals from the zoo.

Ed Clark previously was superintendent at Gettysburg National Military Park. He’ll be in Salem on Thursday for the ribbon-cutting for a new shuttle service to McAfee Knob.

The Rockbridge County zoo is the subject of a civil trial this week to determine the fate of 100 animals seized by the state late last year. It was revealed in court that the zoo is also the subject of criminal investigations.

The Glade Spring School in Washington County taught Black children in the decades before desegregation. Supporters hope the marker will bring more attention to the history, and funding to repurpose the building.

A Halifax group is launching a design contest for the anticipated statue of Henrietta Lacks, who became known as “the mother of modern medicine” for her unwitting contribution to genetic research.

The new annex under construction at the Martinsville-Henry County Heritage Center and Museum will house artifacts from the collection of Dr. Mervyn King.

The trial will determine whether the state can seize animals that it claims have been mistreated.

Next month, Indianapolis-based quilter and instructor Kaye England will auction off 40 quilts in Clifton Forge. Half are handmade antiques from the 19th century.

Unlike pottery artists who work with a mass of unformed clay, brick sculptors create a canvas by stacking and arranging the unfired brick into desired shapes.