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How a national campaign spotlights Danville So far, 9 vie for 4 Danville council seats; no one eyes open chair in special election Danville native Karmen Teague Harris joins chamber as director of operations and finance At 64, Marvin Neal earned top Taekwondo rank. 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At 64, Marvin Neal earned top Taekwondo rank. It started with Bruce Lee movies in Danville Living in Georgia now, he recently reached Seventh Dan following countless state, national and global medals over the last 54 years.
Danville’s Run for Justice crosses quarter-century mark Nearly 100 people came at out to Angler’s Park on Saturday morning for the milestone event that included a kids race, 5K walk or run and 10K run.
Book program reaches milestone goal of serving 2,000 Dan River Region children The United Way of Danville-Pittsylvania County recently reached its goal of having 2,000 children enrolled in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
The fastest-growing tourism destination in Virginia Danville and Pittsylvania County, branded as Visit SoSi, are seeing rapid tourism growth driven by new attractions, lodging, riverfront develo…
