After shutting down for nearly a year, the operation is back up just in time for harvest season.
Culture
Cardinal News covers culture and all the stories that are shaping Southwest and Southside Virginia.
Posted inSouthwest Area
60 years ago, a rising star named Dolly Parton took the stage at a Tennessee club. Her opening act remembers it well.
Tommy Dickens sang and played bass around East Tennessee. He also had a young son named Tad.
Posted inCulture
‘Special human, now gone’: Southwest Virginians remember Dolly Parton
Those who met her through musical performances and radio industry gatherings had strong and positive memories.
Posted inDanville area
‘The Black Belt of Virginia’ details untold African American history
Author Jeff Bennett, a Danville native, writes about the Black history that he didn’t learn in school.
Posted inNew River Valley
Community gathering to mark century anniversary of Wytheville lynching turns ‘tragedy … into triumph’
Raymond Byrd was pulled from the Wytheville jail and killed by a mob in August 1926. His murder was one of the last lynchings in the state.
Posted inDanville area
The 150-year-old Danville Elks Lodge is ‘waking up and coming alive’ with renovation project
The organization’s membership and community engagement stalled years ago; a handful of members are working to change that.
Posted inCulture
Convicted killer Soering takes step toward possible exoneration
The Court of Appeals, which dismisses most requests for a writ of actual innocence, has asked Attorney General Jay Jones to respond to Jens Soering’s case. This signals that the court is taking seriously Soering’s contention that he didn’t kill two people in Bedford County in 1985.
Posted inCulture
British news site publishes account of plot to move the baby giraffes from Natural Bridge Zoo
The Independent published what it said is a sealed affidavit from a special agent for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The giraffes have since been recovered.
Posted inCulture
Asha, the former Natural Bridge Zoo elephant, is now at a sanctuary; animal rights groups cheer
No information was released on what prompted the move from a Florida zoo to a well-known elephant sanctuary in Tennessee.
Posted inSouthwest Area
The ‘Woodstock of Bluegrass’ brought thousands of ‘Yankee hippies’ to Carroll County. The memories (some fuzzy) linger a half-century later.
Fifty years ago this week, 100,000 revelers arrived for Stompin 76. It was a logistical nightmare, but it created a lasting impact on other music festivals and drew a whole new demographic to Southwest Virginia.
