Why the community hopes to save historic Peabody High School in Petersburg
Peabody High School, the only public high school for African-Americans in Petersburg from 1920 to 1970, may soon be lost to history.
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Peabody High School, the only public high school for African-Americans in Petersburg from 1920 to 1970, may soon be lost to history.
The Progress-Index PETERSBURG - Through a tired voice and lingering cold, Ward 1 Councilor Treska Wilson-Smith said that she's almost entirely recovered from a month-long fight with COVID-19. She was originally diagnosed from a test taken on Nov. 18, and is continuing to quarantine until January. "Most of the symptoms are gone. I still have a slight cough at night, I'm still a little tired, but compared to what I went through I feel really great," Wilson-Smith said. After the positive test result, she experienced almost every symptom listed by the Centers for Disease Control. Wilson-Smith r...