Football · 2026-08-21 19:00
Sports
2 itemsThe Martinsville Mustangs have home dates listed June 1, 3, 5 and 7 at Hooker Field at Lou Whitaker Park as summer baseball moves into June.
Events
1 itemA quick Martinsville-area guide for June 1-7 includes Piedmont Arts events, a downtown heritage music night, the dinosaur exhibit at VMNH and a free Saturday storytime at Spencer-Penn.
News
17 itemsA quick June recreation guide for Martinsville-Henry includes June 1 soccer registration, June 4 T-Ball Night, trail options, park rentals and summer program contacts.
Greensboro says West Washington Street and Federal Place will see lane closures and a short full closure today, May 28, for water valve repairs.
Artists within 100 miles of Martinsville can submit work for Expressions 2026: America250 at Piedmont Arts from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on June 13.
Project Imagine's 12-week Housing Stabilization Program is designed for Danville young adults ages 18 to 24 who are working toward independent living.
Greensboro says its Behavioral Health Response Team has added CAR, a clinician response option for selected 911 calls involving mental health or substance use.
Greensboro says its May 26-29 paving schedule may bring alternate lanes or full closures from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on streets across the city.
VDOT's latest Salem District RoadWatch lists nighttime I-81 closures, slow rolls, bridge-deck repairs and I-581 Peters Creek Road impacts for the Roanoke corridor.
Rockingham County Public Health says the Growing Healthy Families series is aimed at expecting parents and families with children of any age, with the final stop planned for Eden on June 2.
Danville and Pittsylvania County leaders marked construction startup for a $1.6 billion battery-separator facility expected to create more than 1,800 jobs.
VDOT says part of Route 683, Meadowood Trail, will close June 8-10 for a pipe replacement, sending drivers onto a signed 9-mile detour.
Roanoke County's comment period ends May 26 for a temporary Hollins Precinct polling-place move to North Roanoke Baptist Church.
Guilford County EMS says specially trained paramedics can now administer whole blood to select critical trauma patients before hospital arrival.
Rockingham County is pointing residents to NCDHHS public comment on a proposed LIHEAP weatherization waiver that could shift more funding toward home energy repairs.
Danville's Dan River Falls redevelopment, widely known as the White Mill, was selected as one of 18 statewide Virginia Business Top Projects.
Henry County and its Industrial Development Authority announced the sale of Patriot Centre II property to Appalachian Power Company.
VDOT says Route 930, Dogwood Drive, closes to through traffic starting May 26 for Route 58 intersection safety improvements, with a signed detour in place.
The Weather Prediction Center says storms could produce localized flash flooding today across parts of south-central and southeast Virginia into North Carolina.
Traffic
3 itemsLane closures on Orange Ave NE near Mecca Street NE during evening/overnight hours. City infrastructure work continues Wed May 20. Allow extra travel time or use alternate routes.
Ongoing widening project adding third lane in both directions. $179M design-build contract. Extended construction period expected. VDOT Salem District.
Graduation ceremony traffic expected near Henry County high school campuses through late May. Two-lane cone-separated entry at venues. Arrive early. Affects US-220, US-58, VA-57 near school entrances.
History
5 itemsCNN launches.
Greensboro Grasshoppers announce move to new downtown stadium.
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Roanoke installs first municipal water filtration plant.
One of Virginia's most violent civil-rights confrontations, involving marches, sit-ins, police clubs, fire hoses, and mass arrests.
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