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CHATHAM, Virginia - On Monday, July 26th, the Pittsylvania County Board of Directors celebrated the renaming of Chatham South Bridge on US Highway 29 to the Clyde Banks Memorial Bridge.Banks was a noted…

A spokesman for the Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis says the LGBTQ Pride Month ad on Acosta Bridge in Jacksonville will be back Wednesday night. They were removed by the state's Department of Transportation after…

Republicans from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis or someone in his administration ordered Acosta Bridge in Jacksonville to remove a special rainbow light display for LGBTQ Pride Month just one day after it was turned on.Happy…

DOVER, NJ - The newly remodeled East Blackwell Street Bridge in Dover has been renamed in honor of Congressman and civil rights leader John Robert Lewis who died last year at the age of 80.Lewis played a key role in the historic 1966…

DOVER - Mayor Carolyn Blackman grew up in a family of 12 in the south and was inspired by the teachings of many leaders, including civil rights icon John Lewis."I'm a country girl from Virginia," Blackman said Tuesday as she unveiled a…

Morris County & Dover dedicate bridge to late civil rights icon John Robert Lewis When: Wednesday at 10 a.m. May 12, 2021 Where: East Blackwell Street Bridge, at the intersection of South Salem Street and East Blackwell…

This weekend marks the 56th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the peaceful march of more than 500 demonstrators who crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge from Selma to Montgomery, where they were subjected to brutal violence by Alabama state troops…

Services for local civil rights icon Robert "Bobby" Howard will begin Thursday afternoon at Social Circle City Cemetery.Howard died Thursday, days after Social Circle paid homage to him by naming the Robert…

Members of the predominantly African American community north of the Chatham city limits say the bridge, which was officially named after former Chatham Mayor Roy P. Byrd, in October, should instead be named…

Abilene's COVID hangover continues.With the number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths in Taylor County still unacceptable, much activity was pushed back, restructured, or canceled as of the beginning of 2021.Monday is usually the day the…