Estelle Brunette Mozick, 88, of Charleston, West Virginia and formerly of 10 Sunrise Avenue, Villa Heights, Martinsville, VA died Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at Charleston Gardens, Charleston, West Virginia. She was born on April 24, 1921 in Hillsville, VA to the late Joseph Jeremiah Burnette and Mahala Turman Burnette. In addition to her parents she [...]
It’s cliché, but fitting: Thursday will be the quiet before the Bailey’s 300 storm at Martinsville Speedway.
NASCAR Late Model Stock Car teams from up and down the Eastern Seaboard will start pouring into the infield of the venerable half-mile track Thursday for the Bailey’s 300 weekend. By day’s end, there should be more than a [...]
William Clayton Haynes, 94, of 1500 Old Leaksville Road, Ridgeway, died September 29 at Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are being handled by Community Funeral Services in Ridgeway, VA.
The Virginia Employment Commission issued it’s monthly report today. Unemployment rates fell from from 6.9 percent in July to 6.5 percent in August. It is the second consecutive month that the rate has declined. The number of jobless workers declined by 18,900 to 271,800.
The state agency said the rate improved in part because students begin [...]
The Martinsville-Henry County Health Department is out of flu vaccine. They recieved 1,000 doses and dispensed with it Tuesday. They do not expect to receive anymore this season. Primary care physicians and even some pharmacies are now the sources for the vaccine as they reportedly still have plenty of the vaccine.
Meanwhile, we should be getting [...]
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Perriello is fighting to extend unemployment benefits in Virginia after the U.S. House passed a bill that did not benefit Virginia workers.
Last week, the U.S. House passed H.R. 3548, the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, which only applied to states with unemployment rates of 8.5% or higher (Virginia’s is currently at [...]
- Number of riders Aug. 26-Sept. 25 more than doubles previous mark -
The Piedmont Area Regional Transit (PART) bus system picked up riders at an impressive pace during the most recent 30-day tracking period.
According to figures provided by RADAR of Roanoke, which manages the local system and several others across the Commonwealth, ridership on the [...]
Tesco Tilley Dalton, 88, of Martinsville, died Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at Memorial Hospital.
She was born March 5, 1921 in Lawsonville, Stokes County, NC to the late Frank and Cora Lawson Tilley. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, John Noel Dalton; three sisters, Eula Sigmon, Una Mae Kelley, [...]
Jessie Sawyers Stegall, 98, of Fieldale, died Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at Memorial Hospital in Martinsville. She was born in Henry County on May 21, 1911 to Jesse Ben and Lula Stultz Sawyers. She retired from DuPont in 1974 and was a member of Fieldale Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in [...]
Walter Ray Bailey, 60, of 157 Lilly Road, Ridgeway, VA died Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at Morehead Memorial Hospital, Eden, NC. He was born on September 11, 1949 in Windmill Gap, West Virginia to the late Clinton Bailey and Myrtle Bailey. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother, John [...]
