From Dan River and Chatham to Averett: five local names on the 2026 soccer roster
Rosie Mondul, Madelynn Blevins, Emma Divinski, Delaney Haymore and Ava Norris carry local school connections into college soccer.
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Joe Mantiply’s 2022 All-Star milestone started on the Tunstall pathway
Virginia Tech’s contemporary account connects Mantiply’s Tunstall years with his first Major League All-Star selection.
Adaptive sports: a local starting point and a 2027 date to watch
Special Olympics Area 7 covers the local region; Sportable has announced February 6, 2027 for its statewide festival in Glen Allen.
Gretna's Vivian Taylor turns a summer internship into research experience
The CEA Innovation Center documents a local student's work in applied plant research.
Karice Luck-Brimmer to explore Cherrystone's community history
A January program will examine churches, burial grounds and early education.
Regional housing summit puts the places people live on the growth agenda
A planned October summit invites the building sector and community advocates.
Two September workshops put business planning and websites on the calendar
Longwood SBDC lists online sessions for September 17 and 23, giving local owners a practical place to start their next business task.
Starting or growing a business? Match the question to the right local desk
Business advice, town licensing and county development each serve a different purpose. Here is a practical route through them.
Chatham drought warning reaches county customers beyond town limits
Pittsylvania’s September 11 alert identifies the county service areas supplied by Chatham and asks customers to begin conserving water.
Sheriff’s Office schedules public feedback sessions, including November 12 in Gretna
Four meetings give residents a chance to discuss public safety services as the county agency pursues its first CALEA accreditation.
Eight Danville businesses finish holiday campaign training; October workshop is next
The city’s September 10 update explains the completed program’s matching funds and a separate, city-business-only marketing session.
SoSi visitor spending reached $415.2 million in 2025; read the regional totals carefully
Newly announced estimates cover Danville and Pittsylvania together. They are a regional economic measure, not Gretna’s own sales or a list of open jobs.
Gretna’s welcome line—and ways to make it your own
The town website’s familiar words open a conversation about belonging, local knowledge and participation.
The farms around Gretna have more than one story to tell
A USDA county snapshot puts tobacco alongside livestock, dairy and other parts of the agricultural landscape.
A conservation plan starts with your farm and your goals
Pittsylvania landowners have a local starting point for discussing soil, water and farm-management goals.
The freight ramp and the flue shop: how Main Street served farm country
Two documented details connect downtown commerce with railroad freight and farm supplies.
Elba Park has a $5.17 million planning estimate. What happens next?
Gretna's 2026 council minutes document a master plan, questions about grant funding and competing priorities. The park's earlier history helps put those decisions in perspective.
How the U.S. 29 100 Mile Yard Sale became a spring-and-fall tradition
Local reporting dates the sale to 2015 and documents its two-season rhythm by 2023. Its history is also a story of neighbors meeting, small sellers returning and a highway connecting communities.
Sharswood, part 1: A house bought for family opened a door to history
Fred Miller wanted room for family gatherings. His May 2020 purchase led the Miller family into a history that was local, national, and deeply their own.
Sharswood, part 9: What the 60 Minutes report documented
The national broadcast preserved the Miller family’s voices and the evidence trail. Its 2026 update should not be mistaken for a newly filmed investigation.
Danville’s 1883 violence was a struggle over who could govern
The Main Street story connects a local confrontation with the destruction of a biracial political coalition.
Barbara Johns made a school’s unequal conditions impossible to ignore
The Farmville student organizer’s story is about preparation, collective action, and the long work after a walkout.
Gorée asks visitors to connect remembrance with the record
The Senegalese island is a major place of memory for the Atlantic slave trade—and a living community.
Gretna’s 2008 repeat belongs in the town’s football memory
A fourth state title made the Hawks’ success a continuing program story, with each season deserving its own record.
The windows in a Rosenwald school were part of the lesson
School design reveals a community’s demand for a better place to learn.
Landsat made it possible to return to the same landscape from space
An old satellite image is a record to compare, not a complete explanation of change.
Spirituals and gospel share a conversation, but they are not the same category
A listening history should preserve the distinctions inside Black sacred music.
Schoolfield’s business story extended beyond the mill gates
A company village makes employment, housing and everyday commerce part of the same history.
A kitchen cabin changes the way we tell Virginia’s food history
At Booker T. Washington’s birthplace, cooking belongs to the history of enslavement and family life.
Virginia’s 1869 constitution opened public life—and its gains were contested
Reconstruction belongs in the story of schools, citizenship, and who could speak for a community.