Rocky Mount NewsLocal news for Rocky Mount, VA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Franklin County salutes troops at festival- July 10, 2008 Hundreds of area residents signed a 9-foot long banner at the Rocky Mount Rotary Club's Independence Day Festival on July 3. The banner is sponsored by the Franklin County Parks and Recreation Department and ...http://www.topix.net/city/rocky-mount-va/2008/07/franklin-county-salutes-troops-at-festiva... Three indicted on 43 public assistance fraud counts- July 10, 2008 Three persons were indicted by a Franklin County grand jury Monday on a combined total of 43 counts of unlawfully receiving public assistance andor making false statements to receive public assistance.http://www.topix.net/city/rocky-mount-va/2008/07/three-indicted-on-43-public-assistance-fr... Rocky Mount native to pitch for Danville Braves Thursday- July 10, 2008 July 9, 2008 Rocky Mount native to pitch for Danville Braves Thursday The Danville Braves will have plenty of local flavor when they take on the Bluefield Orioles Thursday night at Dan Daniel Memorial Park.http://www.topix.net/city/rocky-mount-va/2008/07/rocky-mount-native-to-pitch-for-danville-... Davis honored with Patriot Award- July 9, 2008 As a medic during WWII, he was credited with saving untold numbers of soldiers wounded in battle Staff Photo by Morris Stephenson: Charles Davis of Richmond, right, accepts the Rocky Mount Rotary Club s fourth ...http://www.topix.net/city/rocky-mount-va/2008/07/davis-honored-with-patriot-award?fromrss=... Fire destroys Callaway home- July 9, 2008 The cause of a fire that destroyed a house in Callaway Monday morning will be difficult to determine because the blaze left little evidence to examine.http://www.topix.net/city/rocky-mount-va/2008/07/fire-destroys-callaway-home?fromrss=1 In man's bastion, she's the Frank's Pizza boss- July 9, 2008 Photo by Meg Hibbert. Frank's Pizza owner and manager Patricia Giovannini and her husband, mark, at left, and their staff show off one of the freshly baked pizzas at their Salem location.http://www.topix.net/city/rocky-mount-va/2008/07/in-mans-bastion-shes-the-franks-pizza-bos... Annual Independence Day Festival a big hit- July 7, 2008 Veteran members of the Rocky Mount Rotary Club agreed that Thursday night's 22nd annual Independence Day Festival drew the largest crowd in recent years to Cy Dillon Stadium on the Franklin County High School ...http://www.topix.net/city/rocky-mount-va/2008/07/annual-independence-day-festival-a-big-hi... Radio ad targets Goode- July 6, 2008 ' It may sound like President Bush in a new radio ad praising two Virginia Republicans for backing big oil companies.http://www.topix.net/city/rocky-mount-va/2008/07/radio-ad-targets-goode?fromrss=1 Lester proposes Crooked Road curriculum at Ferrum College- July 4, 2008 Rocky Mount councilman suggests academic program in bluegrass, gospel music Staff Photo by Morris Stephenson: A group of 47 senior citizens from Yanceyville, N.C., visited the Blue Ridge Institute at Ferrum ...http://www.topix.net/city/rocky-mount-va/2008/07/lester-proposes-crooked-road-curriculum-a... 'Never a dull moment' for town's GIS tech and inspector- July 4, 2008 FCHS graduate returns home to work for Rocky Mount Staff Photo by Joel Turner: Nathan Wright will use a GPS transponder in a project to cross reference billed water addressed with houses and businesses to ...http://www.topix.net/city/rocky-mount-va/2008/07/never-a-dull-moment-for-towns-gis-tech-an... |