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Petersburg celebrates casino victory Casino victory celebrated in Petersburg Petersburg Ward 2, 4 and 6 races: Live results. Virginia Lottery Powerball, Pick 3 Night results for Nov. 4, 2024 Election Day 2024 is upon us. Follow The Progress-Index's vote blog Election 2024 replay: Trump wins White House, decisively defeats Harris THE AGENDA ...
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Petersburg Ward 2, 4 and 6 races: Live results. Virginia Lottery Powerball, Pick 3 Night results for Nov. 4, 2024 THE AGENDA: Petersburg City Council meeting, school board session and more. The Weekly Weather Update. Virginia Lottery Pick 3 Night, Pick 3 Day results for Nov. 3, 2024 THE DIGEST: Take Petersburg’s transportation survey for a ...
Petersburg city council and school board elections live results
Nov 6, 2024 · Ward 2: Incumbent Darrin Hill (Democrat) has won with 1,343 total votes, or 68.03 percent of the total vote. Ward 4: Incumbent Charles Cuthbert (Independent) has won with 1,002 total votes, or 59.50 percent of the total vote. Ward 6: Incumbent Annette Smith-Lee (Independent) has won with 795 total votes, or 51.03 percent of the total vote.
Petersburg voters overwhelmingly support casino coming to town
Nov 6, 2024 · Cordish and Smith project Petersburg could expect more than 7,500 jobs to be created by the entire development – including 1,500 casino jobs with an average starting salary of $70,000; $240 million in annual revenue to Petersburg and $2.8 billion annually to central Virginia; increased opportunities for local businesses to work with the developers on subcontracting and entrepreneurship; and ...
Petersburg see number of same-day voter registrations increase
5 days ago · In the 2024 election cycle, Petersburg recorded 452 same-day registrations, according to Virginia Department of Election statistics. Before this year, the most SDRs seen in the city was 120. Two-thirds of the 2024 total – 345 – came in on Tuesday. “SDRs are a process that is helpful to those who let time and deadlines get away from them ...
The Progress-Index provides Election Day updates
Nov 5, 2024 · 12:54 p.m. Voting has picked up in Petersburg, nearly doubling since the last voter count at 11 a.m., deputy registrar David Matthews told The Progress-Index. As of noon, an additional 1,343 people have now voted in-person since the last count for a total of 2,832 in-person votes, said Matthews.
Colonial Heights Walmart back open after fire, evacuation
1 day ago · Bill Atkinson. Petersburg Progress-Index. 0:11. 0:58. COLONIAL HEIGHTS – An electrical fire Monday forced the evacuation and closure of the Walmart store on Southpark Boulevard for several hours, authorities said. The fire started in the refrigerated-foods section of the store, Colonial Heights Police said in a post on Facebook.
Petersburg Progress-Index moves out of longtime downtown …
Jun 16, 2021 · This week saw the end of an era. After 100 years, The Progress-Index is officially out of our long-standing home at 15 Franklin St. We'll be nearby in the Peppercorn Building in Old Towne just a few blocks away. The Progress-Index is, has been, and always will be more than an iconic building on a paved-over cobblestone street in downtown ...
Stories that gripped the community in 2023 from ... - The Progress …
Jan 5, 2024 · Another year of record-breaking murders — most unsolved. Petersburg reached another tragic milestone in 2023 with 23 homicides, the most on record for a city that has found itself with one of Virginia's highest per-capita murder rates for each of the last five years. The number passed 2022's 21 homicides and 2020's 22 murders.