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Ladies of the Lake annual Yard Sale is Saturday
When you hear the word, “yard sale,” what is the first image that comes to your mind? Most communities think of yard sales as an event that happens when people age or someone passes away, but what if a yard sale could prevent people from passing away and instead prolong community health?
First amateur boxing extravaganza held in Emporia
Boxing is making its mark on Emporia. Young fighters who train with Coach Gene Porter of East End Boxing South gave it their all on Saturday at the city’s first-ever boxing event: The Rumble in Emporia. Competitors from clubs around Virginia and as far as Miami, Florida came to...
Student with strong local ties receives prestigious P.E.O. STAR Scholarship
Megan Rehder, a senior at Riverside High School, Durham, was selected to receive a $2,500 STAR Scholarship from the P.E.O. Sisterhood. She was recommended by P.E.O. Chapter CD of Littleton. Rehder will graduate from Riverside on June 12. Rehder is enrolled in the Riverside High School Engineering Program, a member...
Police identify Henrico man found shot to death in yard
HENRICO, Va. (WWBT) - Police have identified a man found shot to death in a yard at a Henrico apartment complex Monday morning. Police say just after 8 a.m., officers were called to the 1600 block of Hope Road in the Fairfield neighborhood for a reported domestic disturbance. As officers...
Henrico mom honors school leaders
HENRICO, Va. (WWBT) - Christina Coddington, a mother of two, honored school leaders with the Acts of Kindness Award. Her 9-year-old son Cody is one of Taylor Howell-Schramm’s students at Kaechele Elementary School. After complications at birth, Cody uses a wheelchair and isn’t able to speak. “It’s scary...
GCHS graduates sign to future colleges and careers
Greensville County High School seniors will graduate on Friday and step into the next phase of their young adult lives. GCHS administrators and staff hosted an AVID College and Career Signing Day on May 30 to celebrate.
Pamplin Historical Park in Dinwiddie changing hours
DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Pamplin Historical Park and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier in Dinwiddie County have announced new operating hours. According to the park, starting on Friday, June 7, the park and museum will be open for walk-ins between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. from Friday to Sunday. Groups of […]
Nottoway High School Graduates Its Class Of 2024
NOTTOWAY —The graduating seniors gathered here on a gorgeous Southside Virginia Saturday morning had spent most of their young lives to acquire the credential that took them but 45 minutes at last officially to receive. By 10:45 on a morning that looked like it came out of a Norman...
Area Kyokushin Karate students win in Kumite (Fighting) event
Several area adult students from Kenny Buffaloe’s Kyokushin Karate Class at the Hollister Dojo/Gym in Arcola recently competed in the 2023 North Carolina Kyokushin Karate Inter-Dojo Kumite(Fighting) Competition held May 25 in Roanoke Rapids. Several area students earned first and second place awards (trophies) in Kyokushin Karate Kumite (Full...
Patrick is making Lake Gaston a destination location
Leanne Patrick has the “best job she never wanted.”. At least, that’s what she calls working as president of the Lake Gaston Regional Chamber of Commerce. Patrick addressed the Emporia Rotary Club on May 28 to discuss the chamber’s work in bringing what was once a retirement community into the vacation destination it is today.
73-year-old North Carolina man drowns at lake in Virginia
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) — A North Carolina man drowned at Smith Mountain Lake Saturday, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities say around 7:40 p.m., someone reported that 73-year-old Stephen Sykes, of Littleton, had fallen into the water at Magnum Point Marina and hadn’t resurfaced. Deputies searched the water and found Sykes dead. […]
3 hurt after fight at Henrico restaurant turns into shootout on I-64
HENRICO, Va. (WWBT) - Three people are in the hospital after a fight at a restaurant turned into a shootout on Interstate 64 Tuesday night. Virginia State Police were called to a shooting on I-64 West around 8 p.m. near the Mechanicsville Turnpike exit (mile marker 192). “The initial investigation...
AREA CHURCH DIRECTORY
BELFAST BAPTIST CHURCH — 2169 Bible Rd. (Road 607), Crewe. (434) 480-1431. Pastor Walter S. Daniel Jr. Sunday School 10 a.m., Morning worship, 11 a.m. Evening worship 6 p.m., Wednesday service 7:30 p.m. Radio broadcast 800 AM at 10 a.m. Sundays. BURKEVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH — 222 Agnew St. The...
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