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By Kayla Austin May 25, 2021 A verdict typically indicates the end of a story but in this case, it’s just the beginning.  Derek Chauvin, a former Police officer, was charged with murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. Chauvin pinned Floyd's neck to the ground for 9 minutes as he screamed he couldn't breathe. The killing of an innocent black man sparked outrage throughout the country, KFI News got immediate reactions to the verdicts from downtown Los Angeles at Grand Park. Reactions from the Black community were bittersweet. There was a sense of happiness mixed with sadness...

DANVILLE, Va. — From age 5 to age 20, Edward "Ed" Hairston lived through the Civil Rights Movement in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Now a small business owner on Riverside Drive, Hairston reflects on a life of entrepreneurship and forestalling prejudice in the hopes of accomplishing one immutable goal: to better the lives of those around him. Hairston was born Nov. 21, 1948, as the seventh child of eight to the late C.P. and Mary L. Hairston. The spark of entrepreneurship was ignited during his early days in Pittsylvania County Schools, when Hairston would ride the bread truck to sch...

ELIZABETHTON - Floyd Donald Nave, 78, Elizabethton, went home to be with his Lord, Saturday, December 12, 2020 at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Sylvester & Zora Miller Nave. Floyd was a 1960 graduate of Elizabethton High School. He served in the United States Army. He was a Supervisor at North American Rayon Corporation until its closing and retired from the housekeeping Department of the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. He was a member of First Free Will Baptist Church where he was Chairman of the Deacon Board and was teacher o...