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Roanoke College to offer free college credits to Virginia students
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR)– Roanoke College is aiming to ease the financial burden of higher education with its new program: ‘Explore@RC‘, which will allow high school students to earn 12 free college credits before graduation. A $3.5 million grant from the Virginia Board of Education will allow the...
West All Stars walk off North, 2-1, advance to All Star Baseball finals
LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — The West All Stars got an RBI hit from Blacksburg's Major Marshall to defeat the defending champs from the North, 2-1, Saturday at Liberty Baseball Stadium. The win guarantees the West a spot in the Virginia Commonwealth Games gold medal match on Sunday at 2:30pm.
Papa O's Dog House re-opens in Campbell County
CAMPBELL COUNTY, Va. — An old Forest favorite has re-opened in Campbell County. Papa O's Dog House food truck is back and better. The hot dog stand used to be at The Backyard in Forest, but its new location is at 11998 Wards Road. The son of the owner,...
Remains of WWII soldier come home to Lynchburg 80 years later
LYNCHBURG, Va. — Sergeant Mayburn Hudson, a soldier for the 83rd Infantry, died in battle during World War II in France On August 7, 1944. He was an unidentified soldier buried days later by a caretaker of the estate where the battle took place. Hudson's remains were later taken...
Beach native Carson DeMartini ready to hear name called at MLB Draft
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — After three years of baseball at Virginia Tech, Carson DeMartini is ready to take his game to next level. The Virginia Beach native, who hit 46 home runs and had 164 RBI in his time in Blacksburg, is projected as a top-100 pick in the Major League Baseball draft, which […]
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.
Inside "Scattergood," the oldest structure on the CIA's campus
When buying a house on 30 wooded acres in northern Virginia, the last thing you might expect to get is a nosy neighbor.But after Margaret Scattergood and Florence Thorne moved into their new home in 1933, they got more than they bargained for – an entire campus full of spies."We tried to make sure that we didn't impede or encroach on their life too much," said CIA Public Affairs Officer Janelle Neises, who has served as the house's historian. "We tried to consider them sort of a part of our organization while letting them live their lives very separately at...
Sam's Texas Sub Shop to close by the end of August
NORFOLK, Va. — A popular Norfolk restaurant will soon shut down for good. Sam's Texas Sub Shop plans to close permanently by the end of August. "Please continue to support our neighbors at Cogan's Pizza, Hank's Filling Station and Craft as well as all of our local businesses in the area or wherever you live," the owners posted on social media announcing the closure. "It's tough for many these days."
Artificial Intelligence is changing how the city of Portsmouth recycles
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The future of recycling has arrived in Portsmouth. For the last month, a brand-new plant has been sorting trash using first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence technology. “We’re very proud of what we are showing in Portsmouth,” said Matanya Horowitz, founder and CEO of AMP. Horowitz is...
Bonded by grief: Friends find strength in shared loss
ROANOKE, Va. – LaCiann Divers and Kierston Cole do everything together — birthdays, holidays, vacations —but one thing they never thought they’d do together, is bury their children. “We didn’t want it to be like this,” Kierston said. LaCiann lost her son NeSean in...
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 […]
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