Virtual learning has become a source of great stress to some Franklin County parents and students, but the Franklin County Family YMCA has stepped up to help.
Franklin County teacher Anthony Swann on Thursday was named Virginia’s 2021 Teacher of the Year, the first Franklin County educator to receive the state award since 1990.
By STACEY HAIRSTON
From STAFF REPORTS
A months-long debate on whether to ban the Confederate flag from Franklin County students’ dress code took a turn Monday night when board members voted to remove the flag from the dress code.
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Franklin County teacher Anthony Swann on Thursday was named Virginia’s 2021 Teacher of the Year, the first Franklin County educator to receive the state award since 1990.
At press time, VDH reported 343 cases of COVID-19 in Franklin County, up from 329 this time last week.
By STACEY HAIRSTON
Franklin County Public Schools is implementing Canvas as its learning management system for the 2020-21 school year.
The Virginia Board of Education has awarded its 2020 Exemplar Performance School Awards to deserving schools and school divisions throughout the state.
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The school board votes to rename John B. Cary Elementary, Ginter Park Elementary and Binford Middle.
The proposed policies could go into effect as soon as Saturday.
The proposed policies could go into effect as soon as Saturday.
The start of the extended Thanksgiving weekend will be a quiet one, with no weather-related travel problems within a 500-mile drive of Virginia on Wednesday.
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The project, which launched Wednesday, is led by Roanoke's Youth and Gang Violence Prevention Team and supported by the Berglund Center.
Gregory Wade Kendrick, 58, was sentenced Monday to 38 years with 20 years suspended for crimes related to the murder of Denny Smith, 59, of Rocky Mount, in March 2020.
Octavius Z. Cooke, 25, of Rocky Mount was killed in an early morning shooting Sunday on 10 Street NW, city police said.
Documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia offer no details about what the proposed deal might entail.
Officials who oversee a struggling state higher-education center in Martinsville met Friday to plan the agency's future, and lamented the lack of assistance they said they receive from a non-profit group whose mission is to help them.
The board of New College Institute, a struggling higher-education center in Martinsville, will meet Friday for a retreat in what is the board's first gathering since late June.
Morgan Griffith held the 9th District seat for the GOP, fending off a challenge from Democrat Taysha DeVaughan.
Results are unofficial under election officials finish their work and certify the outcome.