60th anniversary of Danville’s Bloody Monday and more Va. headlines

By: Staff Report - June 9, 2023 7:30 am

The state Capitol. (Ned Oliver/ Virginia Mercury)

• Pat Robertson, the Virginia-based founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network and former presidential candidate, died Thursday at 93.—Associated Press

• “This weekend marks the 60th anniversary of Bloody Monday, the day Danville’s civil rights protesters were most violently confronted by the police during a long summer of peaceful protests.”—Cardinal News

• The Virginia Department of Education released an overdue report on plans to improve public schools.—WVEC

• Part of the Blue Ridge Parkway that was closed three years ago due to a landslide has reopened to traffic.—Roanoke Times

• A Virginia teenager created a customized American Girl doll for a toddler born without thumbs.—Free Lance-Star

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