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Wednesday Oct 28 | Hampton Roads Daily Press

Southside Va town ready to rise anew

In 1977, U.S. News & World Report declared Boydton "a small town that refuses to die." Despite some tough times in the ensuing years, Boydton is still not dead, although it is kind of quiet.

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Related Topix: Boydton, VA, Richmond, VA

Tue Sep 22, 2009

Northern Virginia Daily

State withdraws funds from Southside jail project - News

Like Shenandoah, Warren and Rappahannock counties, three Southside Virginia jurisdictions spent years planning a regional jail, were granted an exemption to a moratorium on jail building by the General Assembly and were told they'd get state funding for some of the construction costs.

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Related Topix: Prison, Dinwiddie County, VA, State Prisons, Brunswick Correctional Center

Thu Sep 03, 2009

Winston-Salem Journal

Regional Briefs: Area man admits threat on Obama

A Rockingham County man has pleaded guilty to saying he was going to assassinate President Obama.

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Related Topix: Rockingham County, VA, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Tue Sep 01, 2009

WTVR Richmond

Va cockfighting pit being dismantled

Monday marked the first time animal rights activist John Goodwin caught a glimpse inside the Page County cockfighting pit he worked years to close.

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Related Topix: Animal Rights, Page County, VA, Stanley, VA, Criminal Defense Law, Law

WTVD

Cary man wants statements he made to the media thrown out.

A Cary man accused of murdering his wife then setting her body on fire doesn't want a jury to hear statements he made to police before his arrest.

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Wed Aug 12, 2009

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Dog, handler to be honored for helping solve slaying

Teresa Puryear drove to meet a man she knew on a Sunday evening in June, and that's the last any of her friends saw her in Mecklenburg County.

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Related Topix: South Hill, VA, La Crosse, VA

Tue Aug 11, 2009

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Dog, handler to be honored for helping solve slaying

Teresa Puryear drove to meet a man she knew on a Sunday evening in June, and that's the last any of her friends saw her in Mecklenburg County.

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Related Topix: South Hill, VA, La Crosse, VA

Sat Aug 08, 2009

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Dog, handler to be honored for helping solve slaying

Teresa Puryear drove to meet a man she knew on a Sunday evening in June, and that's the last any of her friends saw her in Mecklenburg County.

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Related Topix: South Hill, VA, La Crosse, VA

Wed Jul 01, 2009

NEI Nuclear Notes

The View from Mecklenburg

The South Hill Enterprise says that it has the "largest paid circulation of any Mecklenburg County newspaper," which we take to mean it gets whomped by penny savers but otherwise has cornered the market in southern Virginia.

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Related Topix: South Hill, VA

Fri Jun 19, 2009

WRIC-TV Richmond

Mecklenburg Mother's Body Found

Police are investigating the suspicious death of a Mecklenburg County mother. 24-year-old Tereasa Puryear was found late Wednesday evening behind a church.

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Mon Jun 08, 2009

WSET-TV Lynchburg

Girl Recovering After Almost Drowning

Mecklenburg Co., VA - Some vacationers in Mecklenburg County are being credited with helping save a young girl from drowning Sunday.

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Related Topix: Chase City, VA, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Family, Kids

Wed Jun 03, 2009

WCNC

Mecklenburg considers changing storm water fees

You've heard the expression, 'Nothing in this world is free.' Well yes, even rain costs money and some Mecklenburg County homeowners may soon have to pay more in storm water fees.

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Wed May 13, 2009

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Va. houses going to highest bidder Sunday

Looking for a bargain on a foreclosed house? John Farnor may buy one for rental property in Henrico County -- if he can get it cheaply enough.

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Related Topix: Henrico County, VA, Richmond Metro, Richmond, VA, Norfolk, VA, Wise County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Foreclosed homes to hit the auction block Sunday

About 75 foreclosed houses in Virginia -- including 25 in the Richmond area -- are slated to be sold to the highest bidders in an auction Sunday morning.

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Related Topix: Richmond, VA, Wise County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA

Mon May 04, 2009

Martinsville Bulletin - Martinsville,...

City makes pitch for 'green' projects

Officials seek support, funds for landfill, industrial sites Rep. Tom Perriello listens as Martinsville Public Works Director Leon Towarnicki describes the citya s plans to capture methane gas from the landfill and turn it into a source of funds and energy.

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Related Topix: Albemarle County, VA

Sat May 02, 2009

Charlotte.com

Toshiba jobs will add to city's energy wave

Charlotte's bid to expand its energy hub gained new credibility Tuesday as a nuclear-power unit of electronics giant Toshiba announced nearly 200 jobs averaging six-figure wages.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy

Thu Apr 30, 2009

Messenger

Five indicted on fraud charges

Five people have been indicted on charges of embezzlement from a South Hill company managed out of Danville.

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Related Topix: South Hill, VA

Wed Apr 29, 2009

Winston-Salem Journal

Toshiba American to open center in Mecklenburg

Toshiba America Nuclear Energy Corp. said yesterday that it will open a national project-management and engineering center in Mecklenburg County.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy

Fri Apr 17, 2009

Charlotte.com

Charlotte gets a little lift in dreary reports

A glimmer of hope emerged Wednesday from two otherwise dreary reports on the Charlotte economy.

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Related Topix: Richmond, VA, Ben Bernanke

Wed Apr 15, 2009

Crozet Gazette

Francis Named New Principal at WAHS

David Francis was appointed principal of Western Albemarle High School March 27.

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Related Topix: Goochland County, VA, West Virginia University, University of Virginia

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