Recently added articles from Progress-Index, The Petersburg, Va.:
Planners reject apartment proposal
Jul 02, 2009; ... PETERSBURG -- The city's planning commission turned down adeveloper's request last night for a zoning amendment for thebuilding at the corner of Market Street and Hinton Street. The developer, 225 Hinton St. LLC, an affiliate of FranklinDevelopment Group LLC, wants to purchase the ...
NANNIE F. MCDANIEL
Jul 02, 2009 ... Funeral services for Mrs. Nannie Finney McDaniel will be 11 a.m.Friday, July 3, 2009, at Zion Baptist Church, 225 Byrne St.,Petersburg, Va.; the Rev. Dr. Andrew J. White Sr., pastor,officiating. Interment will be held at Blandford Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to ...
School Board OKs sports, activities
Jul 02, 2009; ... PETERSBURG -- The Petersburg School Board approved theapplication to the Virginia High School League for athletics lastnight. School Athletics Director Kerry Gray said that the application isrequired each year to be submitted with the sports and activitiesthat the school system ...
GM is dropping Petersburg dealer
Jul 02, 2009; ... PETERSBURG -- A downtown institution for more than half a centuryhas learned from General Motors that it is on the list of dealerswho will lose franchises as the automaker reorganizes underbankruptcy court supervision. Rountree Pontiac-GMC Truck-Mitsubishi will no longer be able ...
Your Opinion
Jul 02, 2009 ... What are they thinking about marijuana policy? To the Editor: I was very disappointed to receive a letter from our congressman,Republican Randy Forbes, recently in which he stated he isunalterably opposed to marijuana legalization for medicinal orrecreational use. I was ...
Next historic district could have impact on city's future
Jul 02, 2009 ... Petersburg could soon receive it's 10th historic district in thecity. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Commercial and IndustrialHistoric District last month was approved by the state Department ofHistoric Resources for submission for listing on the NationalRegister of Historic ...
JULIA A.S. BARNES
Jul 02, 2009 ... Julia Anne Scott Barnes, 59, of 4012 Robert E. Lee Drive,Hopewell, departed this life on Thursday, June 25, 2009, at theMontgomery County Casey House in Rockville, Md. She was born onOct. 20, 1949, to the late Lesfield and Retha Mozell Scott in RockyMount, N.C. She was also preceded in ...
CAMERON BENISON JR.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Funeral services for Mr. Cameron Benison Jr. will be held 2 p.m.Friday, July 3, 2009, at Third Baptist Church, 550 Farmer St.,Petersburg, Va.; the Rev. Leroy Cherry, pastor, officiating.Interment to follow at the Harvell Family Cemetery, Jarratt, Va. Honorary and active pallbearers ...
WILLIAM T. BONNER
Jul 02, 2009 ... Deacon William Thomas Bonner, "Bill," 92, of Turkey Egg Road,Dinwiddie, died Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at the Southside RegionalMedical ...
ARLETHA FLAGG
Jul 02, 2009 ... Funeral services for Mrs. Arletha Flagg, of Midlothian, will beconducted from the New Deliverence Evangelistic Church, 1701 TurnerRoad, Richmond, date and time to be ...
GEORGE HENRY
Jul 02, 2009 ... Funeral services for retired 1st Sgt. George Henry will be held 1p.m. Friday, July 3, 2009, at Tabernacle Baptist Church, 418 HalifaxSt., Petersburg, Va.; the Rev. Dr. Robert A. Diggs Sr., pastor,officiating. Entombment to follow at Sunset Memorial Park andMausoleum with full military ...
ALBERT JOHNSON
Jul 02, 2009 ... Mr. Albert Johnson, of 248 Spottswood Drive, Petersburg, Va.,died Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at his residence. Funeral arrangementsentrusted ...
PAMELA R. SEAMSTER
Jul 02, 2009 ... Pamela Renee Seamster, 42, of Petersburg, went to be with hermother and father on July 1, 2009, at 8:51 a.m. She was the daughter of the late John Garland Seamster and MaryR. Edwards. She is survived by her daughter, Victoria L. Cargill and husband,Michael; son, John K ....
CHARLOTTE V.T. VOGT
Jul 02, 2009 ... Charlotte Virginia Thomas Vogt went to be with our Lord on June30, 2009. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Robert Lee Vogt;parents, Ella Mae Lowry Thomas and Robert Lee Thomas; brother,Robert Lee Thomas; and sister, Ruth Mae Thomas Jones. Her ...
JESSIE T. WYCHE
Jul 02, 2009 ... Ms. Jessie T. Wyche, of 115 Elm St., Waverly, died Wednesday,July 1, 2009, at Southside Regional Medical Center, Petersburg.Funeral arrangements have been ...
Honor Rolls
Jul 02, 2009 ... Lakeview Elementary COLONIAL HEIGHTS - The following students were named to the "A"Honor Roll at Lakeview Elementary School for the fourth nine weeks. First Grade: Kayla Barlow, Isabel Burgos, Miguel Castillo, SummerFitch, Dakota Kenney, Maia Mirro, Vondel Mounday, Cori Wears, ...
There is Moore
Jul 02, 2009; ... PETERSBURG Since Chris Moore was young, the starting guard for Petersburgalways had the defensive edge. "My mom would make me play defense, that's the only way I wouldget the ball from her," said Moore. From that time, Moore would spend hours upon hours at the ...
Blasts from the past
Jul 02, 2009 ... Ever have one of those days where no matter what you do, nothingseems to go right? Well, that day was yesterday. But what it made me think about isthat is the way the year has been for sports in the Central Virginiaarea. Just last weekend, the IndyCar series came to the ...
A lesson in forgiveness, set to music
Jul 02, 2009; ... CHESTER -- "Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" waspresented at the Chesterfield Children's Theatre, narrated byAllison Stowers. This show, a colorful, shorter version of the Bible story,included Joseph, played by Andrew Prowant, a 13-year-old who provedhimself to be a ...
No lease for church
Jul 01, 2009; ... COLONIAL HEIGHTS -- Virginia State University withdrew itsproposal to lease the former Colonial Heights Baptist Churchyesterday. Mayor C. Scott Davis announced in City Council chamberslast night that the public hearing about the lease had beencanceled. More than 100 concerned citizens ...