The Danville City Manager's officer has announced that City Manager Lyle Lacy passed away Wednesday, March 3, 2010.  Mr. Lacy had been on extended medical leave through March 31 and had planned to resign if he was unable to resume his duties as City Manager at that time.

Mr. Lacyjoined the city in 1999 as Deputy City Manager, and was named Interim City Manager when Jerry Gwaltney retired in June 2008.  In February 2009 he was named City Manager.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch has a cool tool that lets you create and submit your own budget proposals to balance the state budget.

Click here to create your own balance-the-budget proposal.

Did you know that the IRS has partnered with 19 software companies to allow eligible taxpayers to file their federal taxes online for free?  Each of the companies have different guidelines as to who is eligible for free filing, and most of them take into account Adjusted Gross Income and/or age to determine eligibility.  Some of the companies offer free or paid state tax preparation and e-filing services, and some may not offer state tax preparation and e-file services for all states.

Visit http://www.irs.gov/efile/article/0,,id=118986,00.html to learn more, and to either select your own Free File company, or complete a questionnaire to help you find a company.

I doubt anyone could have missed it, but just in case you've been in a cave somewhere, here's the winter storm warning issued for tonight & tomorrow.

Issued by The National Weather Service
Roanoke/Blacksburg, VA 4:25 pm EST, Fri., Jan. 29, 2010

We checked in at Riverdale this afternoon to see how much more the flood waters had risen, and took a few more photos to share.

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