THERAPEUTIC RIDING PROGRAM Budweiser Clydesdale visits Healing Strides Anne Sampson Special to The Franklin News-Post Mar 11, 2022 Mar 11, 2022 Updated Apr 15, 2023 0 1 of 4 Iraq War veteran Jason Ehrhart gets acquainted with Ivan. Ehrhart rides at Healing Strides two or three times a week. Anne Sampson photos Ivan mugs for the camera. Anne Sampson Ivan towers over young guests at Healing Strides. One of the smaller horses in the hitch, he is 6 feet tall at the shoulder. Anne Sampson photos Ivan’s handlers prepare him for his public appearance. Anne Sampson Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Anne Sampson Special to The Franklin News-Post Five hundred ninety-eight visitors turned up Monday at Healing Strides of Virginia to see Ivan, the Budweiser Clydesdale, in “person.”kAm%96 :4@?:4 5C27E 9@CD6D[ 2=@?8 H:E9 E96:C 72>:=:2C C65 366C H28@? 2?5 s2=>2E:2? >2D4@E[ 2C6 96C6 E@ >2C49 :? 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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.
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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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