A cancer science center honoring the memory of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman who lived in Clover when her cells were used to create the first immortal human cell line, came one step closer to coming to Halifax County earlier this month when SB 171 passed the full Senate with a unanimous bi-partisan vote of 40 to 0.
Read more at The Gazette-Virginian: http://www.yourgv.com/news/local_news/cancer-science-center-inching-closer-to-reality-in-halifax-county/article_0ac1df26-1a6b-11e8-b8f9-276be1f825b3.html