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Buena Vista Police investigating homicide
BUENA VISTA, Va. – The Buena Vista Police Department is investigating a homicide that left a 64-year-old man dead Tuesday. Authorities said at around 11:30 p.m., police and emergency medical services responded to the 1900 block of Hawthorne Avenue. We’re told officers located 64-year-old Carl Agnor, suffering from life-threatening...
The most recent tornado in our area
FISHERSVILLE, Va. (WHSV) - It’s been two years now since a tornado touched down in Augusta County, traveling from Fishersville to Waynesboro. Although it was only on the ground for eleven minutes, it was rated an EF-1 with winds of 90 MPH, and it caused destruction for several miles.
Augusta County road rage case certified to grand jury
AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – The case of the Stuarts Draft man charged with several felonies following a road rage incident last year is moving on in the courts. Online records show that eight counts against Ma’Aquil Ni’mill Littlejohn were certified to the grand jury during a hearing yesterday Augusta County General District Court.
Virginians asked to ‘keep bears wild’ this spring
After a video showing a group of people pulling bear cubs from trees to take photos with them in North Carolina began circulating online earlier this week, the Wildlife Center of Virginia is asking residents of the Commonwealth to "keep bears wild" this Spring as they emerge from hibernation.
When will cicadas emerge in Virginia? Here's what to know
VIRGINIA, USA — That loud, distinct buzzing. Those empty exoskeleton shells attached to trees (or worse, your car). It's almost time for trillions of cicadas to emerge from the ground and create a cacophony that will be heard across the Commonwealth of Virginia. It'll be nearly impossible to miss them.
2 more lab schools will open in Southwest Virginia after latest round of state approvals
The programs at Emory & Henry College and Roanoke College will welcome their first high school students in the fall. The post 2 more lab schools will open in Southwest Virginia after latest round of state approvals appeared first on Cardinal News.
2 Southside schools earn a high honor from the Virginia Board of Education
DANVILLE, Va. (WSET) — Two schools on the Southside received a high honor from the Virginia Board of Education on Thursday. Stony Mill Elementary School in Pittsylvania County and Galileo Magnet High School in Danville are two of 37 schools in the state to earn the 2023-2024 Board of Education Highest Achievement Award.
FOIA Friday: Unsealed cannabis warrants and ‘highly variable’ transparency policies
One of the less noticed features of the Virginia Way is the long-running tendency of the commonwealth’s leaders to conduct their decision-making behind closed doors. While the Virginia Freedom of Information Act presumes all government business is by default public and requires officials to justify why exceptions should be made, too many Virginia leaders in […] The post FOIA Friday: Unsealed cannabis warrants and ‘highly variable’ transparency policies appeared first on Virginia Mercury.
Suffolk woman, Chesapeake man win $1 million lottery prizes
SUFFOLK, Va. — A Suffolk woman and a Chesapeake man are $1 million richer!. Delores Smith and Billy Arnold have both won $1 million in lottery prizes, according to the Virginia Lottery. Smith won the Mega Millions prize. The first five numbers were a match. She was just one...
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