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North Danville Historic District is a national historic district located in Danville, Virginia. The district includes 426 contributing buildings in a primarily residential area of Danville. The district includes three blocks of primarily two-story, brick commercial buildings.
WMDV-LD, an independent television station owned by the Martinsville, VA-based Star News Corporation; Danville was once the home of WDRL-TV 24, a station that was an affiliate of the WB and United Paramount Network before changing ownership from 2007 to 2014. Today, it is known as WZBJ, a sister channel of WDBJ and is owned by Gray Television. [91]
The paper was previously published as The Danville Register and The Bee. [2] The two were merged on July 1, 1989. [3] The Register was founded as The Daily Register, in February 1882. [4] The Bee was founded as the Danville Daily Bee, in 1899. [5]
Danville National Cemetery was established by the federal government on August 14, 1867 on a plot of 2.6 acres (1.1 ha). This was part of the process to recognize and commemorate the military dead. Almost all of the original interments were Union prisoners-of-war who had been held in the city of Danville.
Mojo Nixon, a fellow Danville native, wrote a tribute song titled "The Ballad of Wendell Scott", which appears on Nixon and Skid Roper's 1986 album, Frenzy. Scott was inducted as a member of the 2000 class of The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum located in Portsmouth, VA. [20] He also has a street named after him in his hometown of Danville.
Daniel Webster Marshall III (born January 20, 1952) is an American politician and race car driver.He was a member of the Danville, Virginia city council 2000–2001. He has been a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates since 2002, representing the 49th district, made up of Danville and parts of Henry and Pittsylvania Counties. [1]
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Joseph Edward Levine (September 9, 1905 – July 31, 1987) was an American film distributor, financier, and producer. At the time of his death, it was said he was involved in one or another capacity with 497 films.