A play staged this weekend in St. Paul will tell the story of Pierre Francois du Tubeuf, who tried to create a French colony on the Clinch River.
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Bluefield’s Morgan named one of Top 100 coaches
Former Salem and UVa standout now coaches at Bluefield University.Plus more college sports news in Doug Doughty’s weekly college sports notebook.
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Lost documents from 1912 Carroll County courthouse shoot-out found
The documents were found in the basement of the Wythe County Courthouse and have now been returned to Carroll County.
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Aspiring dentist from Danville first aims for football career in Canada
A school program got Malik Clements interested in dentistry. But now the former Danville star eyes a second season in the Canadian Football League.
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Roanoke College’s Blair named ODAC offensive player of the year
Doug Doughty’s weekly college sports notebook.
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Denied school by Massive Resistance, she’s now graduating college at 67
Vera Morton started school five years late due to school closure. It’s taken decades to catch up. Now she wants to write a book.
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There’s no break in college athletics
The latest installment of Doug Doughty’s college sports notebook.
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‘Great Expectations’ program helps a ‘forgotten group’ go to college
The program is aimed at foster youth who, upon reaching adulthood, often have no support network.
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A quest to remember Roanoke’s nameless dead
City council member Joe Cobb seeks to identify those whose graves were dug up and reburied in a cemetery marked by a single tombstone.
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From bad to worse
A bus breakdown and lightning plague Roanoke College-Shenandoah lacrosse match. More in this college sports round-up.