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Cardinal News is a nonprofit news platform that operates independently and without political bias, focusing on the Southwest and Southside regions of Virginia. Our goal is to uncover and share the stories that often go unheard in these areas, while also amplifying the voices of local residents who have been overlooked in Virginia's political, economic, and cultural discussions, largely due to their geographic location.

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Agenda Danville: City council to consider a rezoning to allow for retail component to Vandola Crescent housing project

4 days ago | cardinalnews.org | Grace Mamon

There’s a full docket for Danville’s regular city council meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The council will consider a rezoning application that would allow the commercial component of the Vandola Crescent housing development to move forward. The housing development off Riverside Drive will create 360 town and patio homes for purchase, accompanied by a retail building.
If manufacturing grows, those new jobs probably won't be where the old ones were. Here's why (and what that means for Virginia).

5 days ago | cardinalnews.org | Dwayne Yancey

Detroit is a real place but also a mythical one. It’s a city that lives in the American imagination as a symbol of the nation’s manufacturing prowess. The name “Detroit” serves as a kind of cultural shorthand — so when President Donald Trump, speaking recently about American automakers making cars in Canada, said, “I’d rather make them in Detroit,” he might have been speaking literally or he might have been speaking metaphorically.
TechNite celebrates 25 years with awards to leaders, innovators

5 days ago | cardinalnews.org | Tad Dickens

Five decades of medical, biotechnology and business leadership at Carilion Clinic have crescendoed for Nancy Howell Agee. The Roanoke Blacksburg Technology Council honored the Carilion Clinic CEO emeritus’ career on Thursday, inducting Agee into its Hall of Fame. Agee, who was born at the clinic’s flagship Roanoke Memorial Hospital and worked there as a candy striper, was president and CEO there from 2011 until her retirement last year.
Gilbert steps down as House Republican leader; Kilgore named to replace him

5 days ago | cardinalnews.org | Dwayne Yancey

Virginia House Republicans have made an unexpected leadership change. House Minority Leader Todd Gilbert, R-Shenandoah County, and Del. Terry Kilgore, R-Scott County has been elected to replaced him. Generally, parties elect their legislative leaders after the election so the timing of this switch is a surprise.
Feds list multiple localities in Southwest and Southside as 'sanctuary jurisdictions.' These Trump-voting places are baffled.

1 week ago | cardinalnews.org | Elizabeth Beyer

About a dozen Southwest and Southside localities were included on a list published Thursday by the Department of Homeland Security deemed to be “sanctuary jurisdictions.” Many of those localities are considered Republican strongholds that voted for President Donald Trump in the 2024 election.
10 ways Democrats can decide who to vote for in the lieutenant governor and attorney general primaries

1 week ago | cardinalnews.org | Dwayne Yancey

Overview: Democrats have six candidates for lieutenant governor and two for attorney general. There doesn't seem much philosophical difference between them, so how will voters decide who to pick? In 1977, Virginia Democrats went into the voting booth of a party primary and came out with a statewide ticket that didn’t make any sense.
New Averett president says school is 'so far from closing' despite year of financial challenges

1 week ago | cardinalnews.org | Grace Mamon |Lisa Rowan

Averett University’s new president says he has a plan for financial recovery that includes repaying the school’s vendors and endowment, and could include further limiting academic options and selling more real estate. But the school’s ongoing financial issues are “not fatal,” and Averett will not close, Thomas Powell said. “As I meet people in town, the first question they ask me is, ‘Are you closing?’” Powell said.
Henry County's volunteer fire departments will start billing for calls

1 week ago | cardinalnews.org | Dean-Paul Stephens

After receiving the green light to start billing for services from volunteer fire departments, Henry County Public Safety Director Matt Tatum says the change won’t directly impact residents. Tatum discussed the pending billing program with county supervisors, who voted unanimously to support the program during their Tuesday evening regular session. While the county rules allow for the Department of Public Safety to establish a billing program, Tatum said it has not done so up until now.
Complaint against Rocky Mount mayor alleges he filed false documents in court

1 week ago | cardinalnews.org | Tad Dickens

Rocky Mount Mayor Holland Perdue is facing legal trouble over his day job as an attorney. Perdue’s onetime opposing counsel in a contested will has filed a request for sanctions against him. The claim: Perdue filed and signed off on manipulated information in Franklin County Circuit Court after missing a legal deadline. The case against Perdue remained on the court’s docket this week, with no hearing date set.
Democratic candidates for attorney general talk opioids, Trump and Southwest Virginia

1 week ago | cardinalnews.org | Elizabeth Beyer

Two Democratic candidates, Jay Jones and Shannon Taylor, will face off on the June 17 primary ballot in their bid to become Virginia’s next attorney general. Neither Jones nor Taylor is from Southwest or Southside Virginia, but both had ideas for how they could best support the two regions. Jones, a Norfolk native, earned his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law.