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WEBNews. Elections. Local Education Crime. THE DIGEST: Jazz in the Stacks, free pickleball classes and more. Member of 'Tennessee Three' rallies young Democrats here Thursday Member of 'Tennessee 3' stumps in central Virginia Kaine launches campaign swing with area stops The Weekend Outlook Weather Forecast Petersburg man killed in …
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WEBLocal. THE AGENDA: School board session, city council meetings and more. The Weekly Weather Update THE DIGEST: Jazz in the Stacks, free pickleball classes and more. Virginia Lottery Powerball, Pick 3 Night results for September 7, 2024 Virginia Lottery Mega Millions, Pick 3 Night results for September 6, 2024 The Weekend Outlook Weather ...
Petersburg VA selective code enforcement on properties
WEB1 day ago · The investigation found the prioritization of inspections and enforcement at these properties was based on the interests of one city council member: Charles Cuthbert. Some employees pushed back, but said that put a target on their back. One was eventually fired. Another quit after struggling with severe panic attacks from feeling pressured "to ...
Petersburg Progress-Index moves out of longtime downtown …
WEBJun 16, 2021 · After 100 years, The Progress-Index is officially out of our long-standing home at 15 Franklin St. We'll be nearby in the Peppercorn Building in Old Towne just a few blocks away. The Progress-Index is, has been, and always will be more than an iconic building on a paved-over cobblestone street in downtown Petersburg.
Petersburg schools reiterate zero-tolerance policy on prank threats
WEB1 day ago · 0:58. PETERSBURG — The city’s public school system is taking the recent rash of school-violence threats as an opportunity to reiterate its zero-tolerance policy toward students making them. While Petersburg City Public Schools has not experienced any threats, the system posted on social media Wednesday that it will not stand for “the ...
Pocahontas Island residents make loud plea for new plant bypass …
WEBSep 4, 2024 · Those who call Pocahontas Island home – many of them for generations – have repeatedly pushed for the bypass, especially since the wastewater authority said it would fund the construction as part of a years-long plant improvement project. Originally, the road was to be completed by 2024 had it started when the offer was first made.
Petersburg forms a plan to help the homeless, now needs city buy-in
WEBAug 16, 2022 · A working group for homelessness, the Emergency Housing Planning Committee, was created to pursue these solutions further and will be meeting every two weeks. Those interested in joining are encouraged get in touch with Lohr at [email protected]. Joyce Chu, an award-winning investigative journalist, is the Social Justice Watchdog Reporter ...
Stories that gripped the community in 2023 from ... - The Progress …
WEBJan 5, 2024 · Another year of record-breaking murders — most unsolved. Petersburg reached another tragic milestone in 2023 with 23 homicides, the most on record for a city that has found itself with one of Virginia's highest per-capita murder rates for each of the last five years. The number passed 2022's 21 homicides and 2020's 22 murders.
Petersburg, surrounding areas go to the polls to choose next leaders
WEBNov 2, 2021 · Voters across the Tri-City area headed to their polling places Tuesday morning to choose their next slate of state and local leaders. Expectations of larger than normal turnouts due to the interest in early and absentee voting became somewhat tempered as the day wore on. Some continued trepidation about the COVID-19 virus and a rainy afternoon ...
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