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American obituary for WWI death Traditional street obituary notes in Bulgaria. An obituary (obit for short) is an article about a recently deceased person. [1] Newspapers often publish obituaries as news articles. Although obituaries tend to focus on positive aspects of the subject's life, this is not always the case. [2]
The Roanoke Times is the primary newspaper in Southwestern Virginia and is based in Roanoke, Virginia, United States. It is published by Lee Enterprises. It is published by Lee Enterprises. In addition to its headquarters in Roanoke, it maintains a bureau in Christiansburg , covering the eastern New River Valley and Virginia Tech .
Fleming Alexander founded the Roanoke Tribune newspaper in 1939 at 5 Gilmer Avenue, later moved to 312 Henry Street, and then to Melrose Avenue in Roanoke. As an African-American newspaper, it brought attention against the Jim Crow laws of Roanoke and Western Virginia, and championed black representation on Roanoke's public boards and better schools for the black children in the segregated ...
George Freeman Bragg, editor of the Virginia Lancet. Front page of the Richmond Planet from 1902. This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in Virginia. It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first African American newspaper in the state was The True Southerner, in 1865. [1]
Flanagan faxed ABC News at 8:23 a.m. and then phoned shortly after 10:00 a.m., making a confession. [17] During the ensuing manhunt, authorities tracked Flanagan's cell phone to locate him. [18] Flanagan abandoned his Ford Mustang at the Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport and drove a rented Chevrolet Sonic north on I-81, then east on I-66.
The Rev. Fleming Emory Alexander (April 14, 1888 – December 13, 1980) was a noted minister, businessman, and newspaper publisher. Alexander founded and published the Roanoke Tribune in Roanoke, Virginia, which is one of the nation's longest-running black newspapers. [1]
The Northern Virginia Sun was a newspaper published in Arlington, Virginia, from the 1930s until 1998. For much of its life, it was a six-day-a-week broadsheet , published Monday through Saturday, that emphasized local news.
The Times-Dispatch has the second-highest circulation of any Virginia newspaper, after Norfolk's The Virginian-Pilot. [5] In addition to the Richmond area (Petersburg, Chester, Hopewell, Colonial Heights and surrounding areas), the Times-Dispatch has substantial readership in Charlottesville, Lynchburg, and Waynesboro.