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Charlottesville hosts statewide women’s rights conference
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Women leaders from across Virginia came to Charlottesville on Saturday, July 13 for the National Organization for Women’s state conference. The biennial conference of the National Organization for Women, or NOW, brought people together to consider ongoing issues and talk about new women’s rights initiatives.
Cross bats twice in 2024 MLB All-Star Futures Game
ARLINGTON, Tex. (WJHL) – Bristol native and former Virginia Tech standout, Gavin Cross, took to Globe Life Field on Saturday afternoon as a part of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Weekend. Cross represented the American League’s Future Stars in a seven-inning defeat to the National League’s Future Stars, 6-1. He entered the game in the fifth […]
Junior drag racers speed into Thunder Valley for Junior Dragster Nationals
BRISTOL, Tenn. (WCYB) — Up and coming drag racers filed into Thunder Valley on Saturday for day two of the Mike Bos Chassis Craft Junior Dragster Nationals. The weekend's events will proceed the Eastern Conference Finals, with junior racing at the Bristol Dragway all weekend long. Competitors ranging in...
Jet skis make a splash at Winged Deer Park summer series event
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WCYB) — For the second straight year, the Blue Ridge Mountain Summer Series jet ski race is being held in Johnson City, Tennessee at Winged Deer Park. The event, which is put on by the American Jet Sport Association features rounds three and four of the 2024 summer series.
The Bayless scholarship golf tournament turns 20
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) – Saturday marked another milestone for the Charlie & Jane Bayless Scholarship Golf Tournament. About 120 golfers, split among 30 teams, took to the Elizabethton Golf Course, as the event marked its 20th year of raising scholarship money for Happy Valley High School students. “We get them from Elizabethton, Hampton, Unicoi. Just […]
Investigators uncover alleged theft ring targeting Walmarts, Sam’s Clubs in at least 10 states
Yorktown, Va. (WTVR) Seven people are in Virginia police custody accused of being part of a sophisticated theft ring targeting retail stores like Walmart and Sam’s Club. Police say the group went from store to store stealing televisions, which they then sold online. “A huge operation for them,” said...
Pastor banned from airline after he ‘hit epileptic wife in the head’ when she received first-class upgrade and he didn’t
A VIRGINIA pastor was arrested after striking his wife on a plane. On July 2, Roger Allan Holmberg, Sr., who previously served as a pastor at Grace Baptist Temple in Anchorage, and his wife, Patti, were on a flight from Washington to Alaska when the violent incident occurred. Holmberg reportedly hit his wife during the […]
Youngkin administration asks Virginia’s public colleges and universities to ensure investments are apolitical
Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration asked leaders of Virginia’s public colleges and universities to make sure their school’s investments are free of “social, political, or ideological interests” in a letter obtained by 8News.
Actors Needed For Sports Rom-Com Series Set To Shoot In DMV Region
Set in Virginia, producers pitched the project "The Charity Case" as a "sports rom-com series about love, not romance," and now they are looking to fill out the cast. "A genius-level nine-year-old talks an ex-MMA fighter out of retirement for charitable reasons," according to the casting director. "Southpaw Sean Smith...
Nearly 1 in 3 central Virginians burdened by housing costs, according to Harvard study
Nearly one in three residents of the greater Richmond area are burdened by the cost of their housing, according to a study by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University.
Virginia prison leaders wrongly kept people past release dates, federal lawsuit alleges
Virginia’s Department of Corrections is facing a federal class-action lawsuit from a man who claims he was imprisoned more than a year past his expected release date because it incorrectly applied a law – a case his attorney says could impact hundreds.
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