A community leader is restarting Petersburg's NAACP chapter after it disbanded
Pat Hines, who has lived a life of service, has a vision to make the Petersburg NAACP the "best branch" in the state.
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The Avenue: the 'Harlem of the South' in Petersburg. What was it like?
Black entrepreneurs formed businesses on the "the Avenue," or the Halifax Triangle, in the 1870s to combat discrimination. They thrived for decades.
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Petersburg City Councilor recovers from COVID-19
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...
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