About 400 people attended the dedication on November 10, 1985, of a memorial honoring local war dead.
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On April 17, 2026, the city released an audit of financial controls during the tenure of former City Manager Aretha Ferrell-Benavides.
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On May 28, 2024, the Patrick and Henry Community College softball team won its first JUCO World Series title.
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L. C. Jones took the mayor's seat in Martinsville on January 3, 2023, days before council ended the city's reversion effort.
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On January 10, 2023, Martinsville City Council voted 3-2 to end the process of reverting from a city to a town, so the city will remain independent.
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The Carlisle girls won the VISAA Division IV state championship on March 4, 2023, one of nine state titles.
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Starting June 27, 2023, the Bulletin printed Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and moved to mail delivery.
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Gov. Youngkin announced on August 30, 2023, a $155.2 million Press Glass expansion adding 335 jobs.
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In fall 2023, construction of the Heritage Center annex exposed an underground cellar and tunnel beneath the old courthouse grounds.
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On October 30, 2022, Ross Chastain rode the wall on the final lap at Martinsville Speedway to advance to NASCAR's Championship 4, in a move nicknamed the Hail Melon.
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In August 2022 the Tigers retired the number worn by Martinsville-raised infielder Lou Whitaker.
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Crown said on January 28, 2021, it would build a 355,000-square-foot aluminum beverage can plant creating 126 jobs.
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On August 31, 2021, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam posthumously pardoned the seven Black men from Martinsville executed in February 1951.
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Gov. Northam announced on October 28, 2021, a $10.2 million upgrade and 82 jobs at VF Corporation's Martinsville distribution center.
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After a state board action in July 2021, the college became Patrick and Henry Community College.
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In 2021 Virginia approved a state historical marker for Dry Bridge School, a Rosenwald school for Black students, to stand on East Church Street in Martinsville, with a dedication planned for October 2.
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Heavy rain on May 24, 2020, sent water over the Philpott Dam spillway, and a landslide just downstream damaged the powerhouse, which stayed offline for more than two years.
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Martinsville Speedway held its first full NASCAR Cup Series race at night, won by Martin Truex Jr.
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WMVA, Martinsville's oldest radio station, went off the air on January 28, 2019, and never returned.
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2021 · Gov. Northam posthumously pardons the Martinsville Seven
1953 · Henry County's Thomas B. Stanley is elected governor of Virginia
1951 · Martinsville Seven executions begin
1949 · Arrests begin in the case that became the Martinsville Seven
1947 · Martinsville Speedway is founded by H. Clay Earles
1947 · Martinsville Speedway hosts its first stock-car race
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