February 20, 2009

Pictures of the Week for March 6, 2009

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Pictures of the Week for February 20, 2009

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February 13, 2009

N.Y. plane crash kills 50

A commuter plane “basically dove” into a house while coming in for a landing, sparking a fiery explosion that killed all 49 people on board and one person on the ground.


February 06, 2009

Pictures of the Week for February 6, 2009

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January 30, 2009

Pictures of the Week for January 30, 3009

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January 23, 2009

Schrock Slaughter House running strong since the ‘70s

When she was 6, Bonnie Cash was allowed to stamp labels on paper packaging.

Pictures of the Week for January 23, 3009

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January 19, 2009

World Champion Livestock Auctioneer comes to Lynchburg

When he’s working, Matt Lowery’s voice has the urgency of a mountain stream at high water, the cadence of a gospel preacher, the frenetic pace of a rapper on Red Bull.


January 16, 2009

Pictures of the Week for January 16, 2009

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January 15, 2009

Milking has never gone out of style for Clifford couple

Three-tenths of a mile from where the pavement ends and the dirt begins on Turkey Mountain Road in the Clifford area, Moses Sandidge rises and works much like he has for his entire life.

Civil Rights in Central Virginia: Thaxton’s ‘swim-in’ turned tide at Miller Park

In 1961, on a hot Fourth of July afternoon, six young boys showed up at Miller Park Pool, swim trunks in hand.


January 11, 2009

At longtime Lynchburg cobbler shop, family members follow in each other’s footsteps

Shoe and boot repair is a dying trade, which in recent years has brought increasing business to Ron Hawkins’ Cobblers Shop Inc. in Lynchburg.


January 08, 2009

Man on a moped mission for marrow money

In Dover, N.H., Krzysztof Dzienniak, learned the hard way that riding a golf cart across state lines is illegal.


November 29, 2008

Season of Sacrifice: Heading back home

An eight-month wait to see his family again was coming to an end and Martin Alvarez Avalos couldn’t stand still.

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