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Born into a military family, Romona Black came to live in South Boston in 1971 to complete her primary and secondary education within, what she calls, “the safe confines of one of Virginia’s coziest communities.”

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Emmitt Smith is the NFL’s all-time leading rusher amassing 18,355 yards over 14 NFL seasons, and last April he was in Mecklenburg and Halifax counties researching his family tree as part of NBC’s new series “Who Do You Think You Are?”

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Halifax Town Council came one step closer Tuesday night in securing access to the Banister River for its proposed wayside as part of the proposed Banister River Gateway Project.