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‘Keith Lee Effect’ brings business boom to DMV restaurants
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Some local businesses in the DMV are getting a big boost thanks to a TikTok star. Food reviewer Keith Lee is in town and he’s already posted videos from three restaurants in Virginia and D.C. One person hoping Lee would come to their restaurant is Lydia Tefera, whose mother owns […]
Hopewell man sentenced to 16 years for role in cocaine trafficking conspiracy
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 51-year-old Cleveland Lamont Parson was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Friday, Aug. 23, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine throughout the Tri-Cities area.
Herald News Briefs: Investigation continues into Cumberland crash
One Farmville resident is dead after a traffic accident Tuesday in Cumberland County. According to Virginia State Police, the incident happened at 1:55 p.m. on Guinea Road in Cumberland. A 2003 Nissan Frontier was heading eastbound on Guinea Road, roughly six-tenths of a mile east of Holman Mill Road, when the Frontier ran off the […] The post Herald News Briefs: Investigation continues into Cumberland crash appeared first on Farmville.
Condair to open 400,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Virginia
Condair Group has announced plans to open a new production plant in Richmond, Virginia. The company, which specializes in humidification, dehumidification, and evaporative cooling, hopes the new facility will improve its North American evaporative technologies business. The 400,000-square-foot manufacturing plant will be operational in 2025 and will employ 180 workers.
Arthur Gregg, for whom Fort Lee's name was changed, dies at 96
Retired Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg, who began his military career at, and then returned several times to the Army post that would later bear his name, has died. Gregg died Thursday at the age of 96, officials at Fort Gregg-Adams announced in a statement. No cause of death was given. ...
Sports Car Maker To Build Left Hand EVs in Virginia
RBW Sports & Classics, a manufacturer of hand-built electric classic sports cars, will invest $8 million to establish a manufacturing facility in Danville, Virginia. The new facility will produce the company’s first left-hand drive RBW EV Roadster and GT models for the U.S. market. The project will create 144 new jobs.
Justice-owned coal companies negotiate over $500K owed in Virginia
TAZEWELL, VA (WVNS) — Companies owned by West Virginia Governor Jim Justice (R-WV) continue to fight financial and legal battles. This time, it involves Tazewell County, Virginia. Tazewell County Treasurer David Larimer confirmed to 59News that coal companies owned by Governor Justice owe $572,692 in real estate, personal property, and mineral taxes. These fees are […]
Archaeologists in Virginia unearth colonial-era garden with clues about its enslaved gardeners
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in Virginia are uncovering one of colonial America’s most lavish displays of opulence: An ornamental garden where a wealthy politician and enslaved gardeners grew exotic plants from around the world. Such plots of land dotted Britain’s colonies and served as status symbols for the elite. They were the 18th-century equivalent of buying a Lamborghini. The garden in Williamsburg belonged to John Custis IV, a tobacco plantation owner who served in Virginia’s colonial legislature. He is perhaps best known as the first father-in-law of Martha Washington. She married future U.S. President George Washington after Custis’ son Daniel died. Historians also have been intrigued by the elder Custis’ botanical adventures, which were well-documented in letters and later in books. And yet this excavation is as much about the people who cultivated the land as it is about Custis.
Kirk Cameron and Brave Books head to DC area for library story hour event
Kirk Cameron and Brave Books are heading back to the library this Saturday for its national “See You At The Library Day,” with Cameron himself visiting a trio of libraries in Virginia. The collaboration with Cameron and Brave Books comes about a year after the two worked on a similar event, which saw thousands of […]
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