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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 09:43 am

Rocky Mount News

Local news for Rocky Mount, VA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

5 hrs ago | Franklin News-Post

No financial gain for CPR

The Rocky Mount Community Partnership for Revitalization has not benefited financially from managing the Community and Hospitality Center in the old Norfolk & Western Railway depot.

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Fri Jul 18, 2008

Franklin News-Post

Committee recommends speed limit increase on Pell Avenue

Motorists in Rocky Mount, take note. The speed limit on the section of Pell Avenue from Main Street past the old Lane plant industrial area to a point between Donald Avenue and Center Street may soon be raised ...

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Thu Jul 17, 2008

Franklin News-Post

Mannequin missing from town display

Staff Photo by Morris Stephenson: This mannequin of a boy, which was part of a July 4th display at the town clock in the farmers market on Franklin Street, is missing.

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Wed Jul 16, 2008

Franklin News-Post

Public hearing set on decal elimination

The Franklin County Board of Supervisors took a small step toward eliminating county decal for vehicles Tuesday when the board voted 5-2 to set a public hearing before making a final decision.

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Related Topix: Franklin County, VA

Franklin News-Post

Rocky Mount man dies in car crash

A Rocky Mount man was killed when his vehicle ran off the road and overturned near Redwood Sunday morning.

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New River Valley Current

New Rocky Mount Town Council has its first meeting

A reshuffled town council is off to a riveting start, voting during its first regular meeting to pull the funding for the management of its hospitality center and correcting an improper vote it took two weeks ...

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Norfolk & Western, Franklin County, VA

Tue Jul 15, 2008

WSET-TV Lynchburg

ABC 13 - Two Killed in Separate Accidents

Two people are dead after separate accidents. State police tell us the first accident happened in Franklin County around 11:30 Saturday night.

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Related Topix: Franklin County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Franklin News-Post

Congress delays Medicare bid plan

Congress has voted to delay the requirement for competitive bidding for medical equipment provided to Medicare beneficiaries by companies like Franklin Respiratory and Medical Inc.

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Related Topix: Franklin County, VA, US News, Medicare

New River Valley Current

Rocky Mount man dies Saturday in single-vehicle accident

A Rocky Mount man died in a single-vehicle wreck Saturday night in Franklin County, according to state police.

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Related Topix: Franklin County, VA

Sun Jul 13, 2008

WDBJ7

Accident claims life of one man in Franklin County

July 13, 2008 Accident claims life of one man in Franklin County A 21-year-old is dead following an accident in Franklin County Saturday night.

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Related Topix: Franklin County, VA

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Franklin News-Post

Crooked Road venue needs summer bands

Volunteer musicians are needed for two Thursday evenings a month to jam at an official Crooked Road site.

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Related Topix: Franklin County, VA

Franklin News-Post

Rainfall totals vary widely across county

Staff Photo by Morris Stephenson: Heavy rains from passing thunderstorms have drenched some areas of Franklin County but not the mountains of Callaway, where both the Blackwater and Pigg Rivers form.

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Related Topix: Franklin County, VA, Weather

Franklin News-Post

Local man charged in stabbing

A Boones Mill man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing incident on Franklin Street early Sunday morning.

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Related Topix: Boones Mill, VA

Thu Jul 10, 2008

Franklin News-Post

Franklin County salutes troops at festival

Hundreds of area residents signed a 9-foot long banner at the Rocky Mount Rotary Club's Independence Day Festival on July 3. The banner is sponsored by the Franklin County Parks and Recreation Department and ...

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Related Topix: US National Guard, US Military

Wed Jul 09, 2008

Franklin News-Post

Three indicted on 43 public assistance fraud counts

Three persons were indicted by a Franklin County grand jury Monday on a combined total of 43 counts of unlawfully receiving public assistance and/or making false statements to receive public assistance.

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WDBJ7

Rocky Mount native to pitch for Danville Braves Thursday

July 9, 2008 Rocky Mount native to pitch for Danville Braves Thursday The Danville Braves will have plenty of local flavor when they take on the Bluefield Orioles Thursday night at Dan Daniel Memorial Park.

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Related Topix: Danville, VA

Franklin News-Post

Davis honored with Patriot Award

As a medic during WWII, he was credited with saving untold numbers of soldiers wounded in battle Staff Photo by Morris Stephenson: Charles Davis of Richmond, right, accepts the Rocky Mount Rotary Club s fourth ...

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Franklin News-Post

Fire destroys Callaway home

The cause of a fire that destroyed a house in Callaway Monday morning will be difficult to determine because the blaze left little evidence to examine.

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Related Topix: Callaway, VA, Franklin County, VA, Boones Mill, VA

Main Street Newspapers

In man's bastion, she's the Frank's Pizza boss

Photo by Meg Hibbert. Frank's Pizza owner and manager Patricia Giovannini and her husband, mark, at left, and their staff show off one of the freshly baked pizzas at their Salem location.

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Related Topix: Federal Prisons, Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York, Salem, VA, Life, Food, Pizza

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Franklin News-Post

Annual Independence Day Festival a big hit

Veteran members of the Rocky Mount Rotary Club agreed that Thursday night's 22nd annual Independence Day Festival drew the largest crowd in recent years to Cy Dillon Stadium on the Franklin County High School ...

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Related Topix: Weather, Ferrum, VA

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