Sister of Mozell H. Booker
Doris Inez Hughes was born on September 4, 1932 to her parents, Allen Shannon Hughes and Harriett Lee Garland Hughes, at their home in Fork Union, VA. Doris attended Dunbar Rosenwald School on Mountain Hill Road in 1941 and graduated from S.C. Abrams High School in 1950.
At a young age, because she did...
Dec. 15, 20210251By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
The Fluco boy’s basketball team has won its first three games, all against non-Jefferson District opponents. The team, under Coach Heath Bralley opened its regular season on the road on Dec.1, traveling to Waynesboro High. The Flucos took a 27-17 lead at half time and won by nine, 54-45. On Dec. 3, the...
Dec. 9, 20210309By Heather Michon
Correspondent
If the Board of Supervisors had any doubt where the public stood on redistricting, the special public hearing on Wednesday night (Dec. 1) made it clear: the majority of residents commenting want to stay at five districts.
The county had produced five potential redistricting maps for the supervisors...
Dec. 9, 20210540Contributed by Storm Hall and Diana Hall
If you were to mention seeing a football game at Fluvanna County High School, most people would assume you were at the field on a chilly Friday night supporting the high school team. What you may not know is that Fluvanna has a youth league featuring three teams, the Explorers age 5-7,...
Dec. 9, 20210265By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
In its first regular season game, the Nick Ward coached Fluco girls’ basketball team hosted the Little Giants from Waynesboro on Dec. 1. The Flucos effectively put the game away very early, scoring the first 13 points of the game. Junior Abby Seal had an unforgettable first quarter as she drained not...
Dec. 2, 20210419Press release
The Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) program has been designated a top U.S. nursing program in the Nursing Schools Almanac 2021 rankings. PVCC ranked in the top 15 for the state of Virginia.
PVCC’s two-year associate degree in nursing program prepares graduates to be...
Dec. 2, 20210133Press release
A Virginia Humanities grant for $11,900 will be used to support ongoing work in Columbia and West Bottom, where archaeological surveys of two historic Black cemeteries have recently been completed.
“The final archaeological report, which we expect to receive in the next month, serves as the foundation of our work...