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Hometown Hero: Nikkia Dickerson

Hometown Hero: Nikkia Dickerson

Updated: Mar. 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM EDT
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By Abby Lester
Nikkia Dickerson, is the owner of a local daycare center who goes above a beyond to provide childcare services to her community.

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Hometown Hero: Pat Jordan

Hometown Hero: Pat Jordan

Updated: Feb. 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM EST
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By Abby Lester
Pat Jordan is a Hinton resident that has went above and beyond to serve his community.

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Hometown Hero Kevin Ross

Hometown Hero: Kevin Ross

Updated: Feb. 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM EST
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By Abby Lester
Kevin Ross is a police officer with the Bluefield West Virginia Police Department who has been protecting and serving his community since 2016.

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Hometown Hero: Kay Cornwell

Hometown Hero: Kay Cornwell

Updated: Jan. 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM EST
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By Abby Lester
Kay Cornwell is the Student Support Coordinator with Communities in Schools Appalachian Highlands of Tazewell High School.

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Hometown Hero: Amanda Phillips

Hometown Hero: Amanda Phillips

Updated: Jan. 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM EST
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By Abby Lester
For over 20 years Amanda Phillips has been involved with social work.

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WVVA Hometown Hero: Christina Musick

WVVA Hometown Hero: Christina Musick

Updated: Dec. 18, 2024 at 6:33 PM EST
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By Abby Lester
Christina Musick, is a Richlands High School Teacher who has been working for over a decade to make positive impacts in her community.

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She says she and her husband found Mercer Street at the dawn of a rebound after decades of...

WVVA Hometown Hero: McKinney Works to help revitalize Mercer Street

Updated: Dec. 4, 2024 at 6:47 PM EST
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By Martin Staunton
Lori McKinney is a product of Princeton.

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Pat Belcher was chosen to be one of WVVA's Hometown Hero's.

WVVA Hometown Hero: Pat Belcher busts glass ceiling in local law enforcement

Updated: Dec. 4, 2024 at 4:44 PM EST
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By Martin Staunton
Pat Belcher retired from the Tazewell County, Virginia Sheriff’s Office in December 2021. It wrapped up a career in law enforcement that spanned more than 28 years.

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Ron Holt

Hometown Hero: Ron Holt

Updated: Dec. 3, 2024 at 6:16 AM EST
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By Martin Staunton
Ron Holt was selected as Hometown Hero on October 30th.

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Hampton is the first selection of Hometown Hero in October.

WVVA Hometown Hero: ‘Humble’ James Hampton

Updated: Oct. 9, 2024 at 6:42 PM EDT
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By Martin Staunton
Hampton was born and raised where he works, at the western edge of the Tazewell County town of Bluefield.
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Mikayla Poore is featured on WVVA's Hometown Hero

WVVA HOMETOWN HERO: Mikayla Poore Enriches Panther

Updated: Aug. 28, 2024 at 7:04 PM EDT
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By Martin Staunton
Mikayla Poore has poured her heart, soul, energy, and even personal resources to plan and execute community parties that can bring in hundreds of locals.

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Hunnicutt, a 1988 Meadow Bridge High School graduate,  has spent 17 year of her life donating...

WVVA Hometown Hero: Hunnicutt gives voice to kids in crisis as a CASA

Updated: Jul. 31, 2024 at 7:59 PM EDT
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By Martin Staunton
The latest nominee for WVVA Hometown Hero is a woman who has spent nearly two decades giving a voice to kids in crisis. Hunnicutt, a 1988 Meadow Bridge High School graduate, has spent 17 year of her life donating countless hours as a CASA. It’s an acronym for Court Appointed Special Advocate.

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Martin Staunton speaks with WVVA's latest Hometown Hero

WVVA Hometown Hero: Debrah Ammar: A living legacy of commitment to community beautification

Updated: May. 15, 2024 at 11:49 PM EDT
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By Martin Staunton
Debrah Ammar moved to Bluefield, West Virginia from Man in Logan County decades ago as a young bride and new mom. Since arriving in town, she says she’s witnessed real change in the City of Bluefield.

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WVVA Hometown Hero: Pastor Steve Branch

WVVA Hometown Hero: Pastor Steve Branch leads addicts to recovery

Updated: Apr. 24, 2024 at 10:50 PM EDT
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By Martin Staunton
Pastor Branch said his faith tells him he’s not going out on a limb to fight against addiction, because he has access to a key to unlock its shackles.

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WVVA Hometown Hero Lisa Davis

WVVA Hometown Hero: Davis grows Helpful Harvest from foodbank into outreach

Updated: Mar. 13, 2024 at 4:35 PM EDT
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By Martin Staunton
Lisa Davis was born and raised in Mercer County, growing up where her father spent his childhood in the community of Speedway.

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Ray Pivont

WVVA Hometown Hero: Fire Chief gives ‘with a happy heart’

Updated: Feb. 28, 2024 at 3:07 PM EST
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By Martin Staunton
Chief Pivont has been a funeral director as long he has been fire chief in the Summers County seat; nearly fifty years.

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Bill Withers

WVVA Hometown Hero: Late Grammy award winner and rock & roll hall of famer honored

Updated: Feb. 14, 2024 at 3:22 PM EST
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By Martin Staunton
Bill Withers is one of the biggest stars ever to emerge from West Virginia.

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Mike and Elizabeth Bennett

WVVA Hometown Heroes: Tazewell County couple’s commitment to community shines through volunteer fire work

Updated: Feb. 2, 2024 at 12:31 PM EST
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By Martin Staunton, Jessica Nuzzo and Kassidy Brown
Continuing the dangerous work of fire protection as their way to give back to their community is what makes Mike and Elizabeth Bennett WVVA Hometown Heroes.

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WVVA Hometown Hero: Cindy Davis weaves life lessons into English curriculum

WVVA Hometown Hero: Cindy Davis weaves life lessons into English curriculum

Updated: Jan. 11, 2024 at 10:30 AM EST
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By Martin Staunton
There is a lot more than spelling, grammar, and sentences structure on the lesson plan in English teacher Cindy Davis’ lesson plan.

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Part 2: Hometown Heroes of 2023

Updated: Dec. 28, 2023 at 10:43 AM EST
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By Mark Hughes and Martin Staunton
Check out part two of our recap of WVVA Hometown Heroes of 2023.

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WVVA | Hometown Hero

Part 1: Hometown Heroes of 2023

Updated: Dec. 14, 2023 at 12:28 PM EST
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By Martin Staunton and Mark Hughes
Check out part one of our recap of WVVA Hometown Heroes of 2023.

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Mercer County Native met President Biden as 2022's Small Businessperson of the Year.

WVVA Hometown Hero: Mercer County native wins Businessperson of the Year and an audience with President Biden

Updated: Nov. 29, 2023 at 11:53 PM EST
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By Ben Schwartz
Scarbro is the owner and director of Bright Futures Learning Services and Macoy Academy in Putnam county.

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WVVA Hometown Hero: William "Rocky" Hill

WVVA Hometown Hero: William “Rocky” Hill helps his community

Updated: Oct. 25, 2023 at 10:29 PM EDT
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By Martin Staunton
WVVA’s latest Hometown Hero takes us to Tazewell County, Va.. However, this man says he’ll go wherever help is needed in Southwest Virginia.

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Hometown Hero Billy Adams

WVVA Hometown Hero: Volunteer Fire Chief fighting cancer while continuing to serve

Updated: Oct. 11, 2023 at 5:25 PM EDT
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By Martin Staunton
When Adams is no longer physically in the fire station for the Berwind Volunteer Fire Department, his legacy will live on as a man who went the extra mile to help others.

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Mitchell Fisher

WVVA Hometown Hero: Greenbrier County contractor helps terminal cancer patient

Updated: Sep. 27, 2023 at 5:19 PM EDT
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By Martin Staunton
Mitchell Fisher’s giving is what makes him a WVVA Hometown Hero because he shared his talent and network of building support just in time.

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WVVA Hometown Hero Roger Hickman

WVVA Hometown Hero: Hickman honored for a lifetime of customer service

Updated: Sep. 14, 2023 at 8:35 PM EDT
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By Martin Staunton
A Mercer County pharmacist is being recognized by a client for longevity and service above and beyond dispensing medicines.

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Hometown Hero: Stacey Harman

WVVA Hometown Hero: Harman helps find homes for homeless animals

Updated: Aug. 9, 2023 at 3:06 PM EDT
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By Martin Staunton
Stacey Harman is the Director of the Mercer County Animal Shelter.

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Tim Wheeler

WVVA Hometown Hero: Tim Wheeler walks in his father’s footsteps in Veterans Museum

Updated: Jul. 27, 2023 at 10:36 AM EDT
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By Martin Staunton
For the last four years Tim Wheeler has been the President of the Veterans Memorial Museum of Southern West Virginia in Summers County.

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WVVA Homwetown Hero: Kennedy Black gives back to her community

WVVA Homwetown Hero: Kennedy Black gives back to her community

Updated: Jul. 14, 2023 at 10:17 AM EDT
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By Martin Staunton
28-year-old Kennedy Black is the only employee at Tootsie’s Place on Main Street.

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Hometown Hero Morris Clyburn

WVVA Hometown Hero: Morris Clyburn does big things for Oakvale

Updated: Jun. 28, 2023 at 6:50 PM EDT
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By Martin Staunton and Mark Hughes
People in the Mercer County community of Oakvale came together to create a volunteer fire department and today, just one of the charter members survives. It’s 74-year-old Morris Clyburn.

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WVVA Hometown Hero: Volunteers rally behind Teresa Riley to feed the hungry

WVVA Hometown Hero: Volunteers rally behind Teresa Riley to feed the hungry

Updated: Jun. 14, 2023 at 6:24 PM EDT
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By Martin Staunton
Scores of volunteers say the work of church member Teresa Riley is essential to the mission. It’s why they collectively nominated Riley for the WVVA hometown Hero recognition.

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WVVA Hometown Hero:  “Katie” Redden is a double-duty 1st Responder

WVVA Hometown Hero: “Katie” Redden is a double-duty 1st Responder

Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 6:24 PM EDT
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By Martin Staunton
Katherine Redden works as a paramedic and as a volunteer firefighter in Greenbrier County.

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Susan Honaker

WVVA Hometown Hero: Mercer County Magistrate making a difference

Updated: Apr. 26, 2023 at 4:35 PM EDT
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By Martin Staunton
For the last 13 years, Susan Atkins Honaker has been serving in Mercer County’s magistrate court.

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T.J. Cochran

WVVA Hometown Hero: Sheriff’s Deputy fights sex crimes and child abuse

Updated: Apr. 13, 2023 at 5:09 PM EDT
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By Martin Staunton
Sergeant T.J. Cochran has spent more than half of his life in law enforcement, with more than 30 years of experience. He’s worked in Virginia, North Carolina, and West Virginia where he was born and raised.

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Joel Feltner

WVVA Hometown Hero: Joel Feltner is a multitasking first responder

Updated: Mar. 29, 2023 at 5:36 PM EDT
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By Martin Staunton
Once Feltner started, he never looked back. Now, he works not only as a volunteer firefighter, but he’s also a critical care paramedic, an athletic trainer for Midland Trail High School’s football team, and he’s part of the Fayette County Volunteer Swift Water, Rope, and Rescue team.

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WVVA Hometown Hero:  Augustosky tackles Mercer County litter and more

WVVA Hometown Hero: Augustosky tackles Mercer County litter and more

Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 4:10 PM EST
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By Martin Staunton
Linda Augustosky not only helps to pick up roadside litter, she’s also a leader in the effort to rid the county of dilapidated structure. She even finds the time to inspire kids to develop a love for reading.

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WVVA Hometown Hero:  Pharmacist adds love to every prescription

WVVA Hometown Hero: Pharmacist adds love to every prescription

Updated: Feb. 23, 2023 at 10:09 AM EST
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By Martin Staunton
Customers of the Bluewell Family Pharmacy in Mercer County stay loyal to their little pharmacy because of the love they feel from it’s owner, operator.

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Patricia Daniels says she started working with the non-profit as a volunteer 36 years ago,...

WVVA Hometown Hero fights for domestic violence victims

Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 6:24 PM EST
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By Martin Staunton and Melinda Zosh
Heroes by definition save people from all manners of misery and danger and the latest WVVA Hometown hero does both and even saves lives.

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The day after Christmas 2022 could have ended tragically without the actions of 11-year-old...

WVVA Hometown Hero: Boy saves family from fire

Updated: Jan. 28, 2023 at 2:56 PM EST
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By Martin Staunton and Melinda Zosh
He was eager to use his phone and the new ear pods he received for Christmas, but instead, he found himself in a room filled with smoke.

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WVVA HOMETOWN HERO:  SIBLINGS LEAD COMMUNITY EFFORT TO KEEP COAL CAMP CHRISTMAS PROGRAM ALIVE

WVVA Hometown Hero: Siblings lead community effort to keep Coal Camp Christmas Program alive

Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 8:26 AM EST
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By Martin Staunton
Siblings lead community effort to keep Coal Camp Christmas Program alive

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Dr. Sam Heflin

Former Vet Center Director named WVVA Hometown Hero

Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 4:16 PM EST
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By Martin Staunton
Dr. Sam Heflin’s retirement from the U.S. Army in the late 1970′s was the start of a new career helping fellow veterans readjust to civilian life.

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Greg Puckett

Puckett’s projects make him a WVVA Hometown Hero

Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 4:14 PM EST
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By Megan Brandl
His hard work and dedication to get several community projects off the drawing board and make them a reality for people in Princeton and Mercer County is why he was chosen as a WVVA Hometown Hero.

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Madelene Howard

Hometown Hero celebrates Labor Day everyday

Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 at 3:15 PM EST
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By Megan Brandl
Her dedication and encouragement for all the mothers that come through the Labor and Delivery Unit at PCH is what makes Madelene Howard a WVVA Hometown Hero.

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Hometown Hero:  Randolph Jennings reflects on 99th birthday

Hometown Hero: Randolph Jennings reflects on 99th birthday

Updated: Nov. 30, 2022 at 8:07 AM EST
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By Martin Staunton
Recognizing the things Rudolph Jennings accomplished in his 99 years of life seems fitting as he earns Hometown Hero accolades between Election Day and Veteran's Day.

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Randy Hart

Hometown Hero: Randy Hart shows a heart for helping strangers

Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 at 3:14 PM EDT
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By Martin Staunton
Personal loss prompts a Bluefield, West Virginia resident to step up and help parents pay for some of the expenses they incur caring for a seriously ill child.

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Nyoka Money

Hometown Hero: Retired Educator Leads “God’s Army Against Hunger”

Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 3:59 PM EDT
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By Martin Staunton
Some of the best ideas are borrowed and that’s what Nyoka Money says lead her and others to start a ministry to feed children over the weekend.

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Hometown Hero: Sheriff Brian Hieatt

Hometown Hero: Sheriff Brian Hieatt

Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 12:50 PM EDT
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By Megan Brandl
Sheriff Brian Hieatt, a Tazewell County native, is this weeks Hometown Hero.

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Hometown Hero: Kathy Gentry

Hometown Hero: Kathy Gentry

Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 2:09 PM EDT
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By Joshua Bolden
For low income residents in McDowell County who need hand up not a hand out that is where SHED also known as Safe Housing and Economic Development comes in. Kathy Gentry is the executive director.

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Hometown Hero: Phyllis Akers

Hometown Hero: Phyllis Akers

Updated: Jun. 2, 2022 at 11:58 AM EDT
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By Joshua Bolden
The retired Mercer County teacher noticed that some were intimidated by line dancing class and wanted to give up Phyllis stepped up doing what she does best--teach and she teaches this slower paced course at no extra charge.

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Courtesy:  'The Least of These' Ministries

Hometown Hero: Pastor Allen Gross & ‘The Least of These’ Ministries

Updated: Apr. 28, 2022 at 1:31 PM EDT
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By Joshua Bolden
Pastor Gross the one of the leaders behind ‘The Least of These’ which is a ministry through the church.At the request of members of our community he and the team travel through the Two Virginias building ramps for the elderly and disabled.
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