Harvester Performance Center general manager to retire in February Tad Dickens Jan 27, 2021 Jan 27, 2021 Updated Mar 3, 2022 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The general manager of Rocky Mount’s Harvester Performance Center is retiring in February, the town announced in a news release Jan. 22.kAmv2CJ y24<D@?[ H9@> E96 E@H? 9:C65 :? a_`b E@ 56G6=@A[ @A6? 2?5 CF? :ED 6IA6C:>6?E :? 64@?@>:4 56G6=@A>6?E[ H@F=5 8@ @? E@ 3@@< >@C6 E92? `[___ D9@HD] %96 G6?F6 @A6?65 :ED 5@@CD :? a_`c]k^AmkAm%96 E@H?’D >2J@C[ $E6G6? p?8=6[ D2:5 :? E96 ?6HD C6=62D6 E92E y24<D@? 5:5 “2>2K:?8 E9:?8D” 7@C 9:D =@42=:EJ]k^AmkAm“w6 96=A65 6DE23=:D9 E96 w2CG6DE6C !6C7@C>2?46 r6?E6C 2D 2 H@C=5\4=2DD >FD:4 G6?F6[ E96? D92C65 E92E C6AFE2E:@? H:E9:? E96 >FD:4 :?5FDECJ 2?5 3C@F89E :? 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Families get $800,000-plus in Franklin County housing discrimination case The owner of a Smith Mountain Lake campground evicted the two families after learning that one of its members was Black.
Local immigration arrests, like ones in Franklin County, allowed to continue Sheriff's deputies can act as agents of ICE under a federal program now under legal scrutiny.
Franklin County moves ahead to replace Mike Meredith, despite crowd's disapproval "It is the opinion of the county attorney that the Boone District supervisor seat is vacant," Franklin County supervisors told.
Hostage situation in Rocky Mount ends peacefully, man charged A hostage situation in Rocky Mount on Sunday was peacefully resolved after authorities say a man barricaded himself inside an apartment with h…
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