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With tree planting at sports complex Martinsville High School teacher Michelle Wirt Eaton and students in her Independent Living Skills Class pull a 21-foot-tall oak tree from a small bulldozer before it was planted in the traffic circle at the Smith River Sports Complex on Thursday morning.

The task force that recommended creation of an EMS commission to oversee volunteer rescue squads in Henry County limited its specific ideas on the groupa s duties and responsibilities.

Dr. Robert Barr addresses the city schools' convocation. Friday, August 14, 2009 Education is a oethe ultimate civil righta and the only a oedoor of opportunitya for youth to succeed in todaya s economy, an education speaker told school employees and community leaders Thursday morning.

Local banker and community activist Phyllis Karavatakis is the first woman to receive the Heck Ford Award, the highest honor presented by the Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce.

The recession is hitting the bottom, but recovery will be slow, a financial analyst told the Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce on Thursday.

Work force development, transportation, business issues and membership are the top goals of the incoming chairman of the Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce.

Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Brian Moran , a former delegate, jokes with Del.

The most diverse class in the 40-year history of Carlisle School became the most recent graduates during a ceremony Saturday.