Robert Ransom News Today

An avid local history buff and former teacher responds to recent letters on Confederate monuments with research on the origins of the Confederacy.

Dec. 14, 1922

Movie houses were a place of refuge for the suffering, unemployed country during the Depression.

by Provost Peggy Agouris |  May 25, 2021 Provost Peggy Agouris sent the following message to the campus community on May 24, 2021. - Ed. Dear Colleagues, Robert “Bob” Ransom Jr., a former Air Force band soloist, local bandleader, and Instructor of Jazz Trumpet at William & Mary, died on April 28 th.  He was born in Warrenton, NC, the eldest son of Robert Ransom, Sr. and Esther Ransom.  He graduated from John R. Hawkins Hig...

To combat shooting violence, what’s old is new again in Daytona Beach PD’s most powerful policing tool: Park, Walk and Talk Updated:  Tags:  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Within weeks of former Daytona Beach Deputy Chief Jakari Young’s appointment to Chief of Police, shooting violence exploded across his city. Six shootings injured nine people and killed four, including a teenager on a basketball court that was fighting over a girl. The newly-promoted Chief decided immediately to recommit to ...

Dec. 11, 1920 War fortunes of a new type have developed in Cadillac. Chunks of ore brought back from Russia by local soldiers which have been used as door weights, playthings for children or souvenirs soon tossed on the ash heap suddenly have been tucked away in downtown safes for they are raw platinum worth several hundred dollars an ounce. Nelson Nolf of Harrietta probably has the biggest find. He brought back several pounds of the glittering gray ore which resembles lead, although more shiny...