GetStarNews GetStarNews
Sign In
Live
Traffic All-Virginia Title & Escrow, Inc. Local Spencer "Pa" Nelson of Pilot Mountain marked his 100th birthday on Nov. Business Businesses across the region are offering free meals, haircuts and discounts to veterans and active-duty... Weather Surry County is out of drought for the first time in nearly a year, according to the latest state report... Local Teachers Night at MsDonald’s | Martinsville Community Renovations at the Andy Griffith Playhouse in Mount Airy will run past their original November completion... Community Martinsville City Council | City Manager Rob Fincher absent at tonight’s meeting | Two folders on table Local Martinsville | Bulldogs Traffic All-Virginia Title & Escrow, Inc. Local Spencer "Pa" Nelson of Pilot Mountain marked his 100th birthday on Nov. Business Businesses across the region are offering free meals, haircuts and discounts to veterans and active-duty... Weather Surry County is out of drought for the first time in nearly a year, according to the latest state report... Local Teachers Night at MsDonald’s | Martinsville Community Renovations at the Andy Griffith Playhouse in Mount Airy will run past their original November completion... Community Martinsville City Council | City Manager Rob Fincher absent at tonight’s meeting | Two folders on table Local Martinsville | Bulldogs
GetStarNewsMartinsville Desk
— ⌕ Sign In Publish
Desks Martinsville Danville Reidsville Mount Airy Stuart Winston-Salem Greensboro Rocky Mount Roanoke
Martinsville Desk

This Day in History

The central GetStarNews desk connecting Martinsville city coverage with Henry County schools, racing, public safety, and commuter routes.

Detroit Tigers retire Lou Whitaker's number 1

Detroit Tigers retire Lou Whitaker's number 1 2022
Martinsville
In August 2022 the Tigers retired the number worn by Martinsville-raised infielder Lou Whitaker.
The Detroit Tigers retired Lou Whitaker's number 1 in a ceremony in August 2022, honoring the second baseman who was raised in Martinsville. The ceremony had been announced in December 2019 but was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Discussion

No comments yet. The first comment here will also open the linked forum thread for this item.
Sign up or log in to comment on this item and extend the public thread.