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Hardee’s Friday Night Blitz Preview: Amherst County
AMHERST, Va. (WFXR) – As we continue our Hardee’s Friday Night Blitz Previews we focus on the Amherst County High School football team. Chris Moore enters his second season at the helm of the Lancers football program. Last year Amherst County got off to a 2-0 start, but...
Mobile units arrive at Prince Edward Elementary School
The renovation process at Prince Edward Elementary took another step forward on Wednesday, Aug. 21, as the mobile classrooms arrived on campus. It turns out the tropical storm and other weather in recent weeks only delayed the project by a few days, as the trucks showed up in a mini-parade of sorts. “This is an […] The post Mobile units arrive at Prince Edward Elementary School appeared first on Farmville.
Lynchburg District Traffic Alert: VDOT schedule for Aug. 26-30
VDOT has updated its schedule for road work in the Lynchburg District in the coming week. Items in italics contain new/updated information. For up-to-date information, call 511 or visit www.511Virginia.org. Note that crews will perform various activities throughout the district to include, but are not limited to bridge & guardrail...
Ring Gymnastics:New Classes this Fall!
A local family saw a need to provide additional gymnastics opportunities for children, including those that need accessible classes, in the Roanoke Valley. Stacy Meenan-Westervelt, along with fiancé Esteban, and friends Lydia and Rodney, opened Ring gymnastics this spring. "Roanoke lacks gymnastics options, especially in the North Roanoke and...
Roanoke’s Wing Fest returns to Dr. Pepper Park
ROANOKE, Va. – Roanoke’s Wing Fest returned to Dr. Pepper Park for a 15th year today. Vendors from all across the region filled the streets for the star city’s largest one-day food festival. The annual event also offers some friendly competition through a people’s choice vote and...
Virginia Tech football rival announces a surprising starting QB
Last season, the Virginia Tech football team needed a win over Virginia in Charlottesville on Thanksgiving Weekend to become bowl-eligible. Seven days before the game and following a Cavaliers 30-27 upset of Duke at home, quarterback Anthony Colandrea decided to give Brent Pry and his team some posterboard material. Shortly...
New additions coming to National D-Day Memorial to continue sharing stories of our heroes
BEDFORD, Va. (WDBJ) - If you visited the National D-Day Memorial Sunday, you saw a large object covered with a brown tarp that stores thousands of stories from WWII. It’s one of several new attractions coming to the D-Day memorial in an expansion President and CEO of the National D-Day Memorial Foundation April Cheek-Messier calls “Phase One.”
Cougars Clip Eagles in Benefit Game
The Pulaski County Cougars scored two second half touchdowns to upend the Franklin County Eagles, 21-20 in a benefit game held at Pulaski. Franklin County scored with 4:46 left in the opening quarter as Rashaun Hughey raced in from 24 yards out and Eduardo Vazquez-Resendiz kicked the point after to put them up 7-0.
Manchin announces $400,000 EPA allocation to extend Pickaway waterline
UNION, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) – member of the Senate Appropriations Committee – on Wednesday, announced an allocation of $400,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to extend the Pickaway waterline, expanding access to clean, reliable drinking water for residents of Union. This federal award is one of the Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) projects Senator Manchin secured on behalf of West Virginia through the Fiscal Year 2023 funding bill.
One Person Injured in Shooting on Route 58 in Halifax County
One man was injured during a shooting on Route 58 in Halifax County on Friday night. According to The Gazette-Virginian, a 59-year-old man was injured during a shooting on Friday night that involved two vehicles. The shooting happened at around 9:30 pm and happened after an altercation that occurred between...
Staunton man among 21 Virginia State Police Academy graduates
Graduates of the Virginia State Police Academy have received their first-duty assignments. Hayden Mick, 28, of Staunton, was among the 21 troopers who graduated from the 141st Basic Session on Friday in a ceremony in North Chesterfield County. Mick will be assigned near Staunton in Augusta County. During the 30...
Missing 61-year-old found safe, Galax police say
GALAX, Va. (WSET) — UPDATE: Dickerson has been located safe by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office, according to deputies. The Galax Police Department said they are looking for a missing 61-year-old in a Facebook post on Sunday. Police said they are looking for missing 61-year-oldKaren Ann Dickerson. Police describe...
"Whooping cough" cases rise in Fairfax, Va. amid national increase, health officials warn
FAIRFAX, Va. (7News) — Pertussis illness, also known as "whooping cough," has been increasing across Fairfax, Virginia and nationwide, the Fairfax County Health Department reported. Pertussis is a bacteria-caused illness that can spread from one person to another through the air. Health officials said that it easily spreads when...
BGB Porsche Wins At VIR After RS1 Porsche Shines Early
ALTON, Va. — Round 8 of the 2024 IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge was a tale of two races for the Grand Sport (GS) class. The opening act of Saturday’s Virginia Is For Racing Lovers Grand Prix was all about RS1’s No. 28 Porsche 718 GT4 RS Clubsport, as Motul Pole winner Stevan McAleer showed a clean pair of heels – make that a clean rear diffuser – to the field. But when a full-course yellow halfway through the two-hour race interrupted matters amid a round of pit stops and driver exchanges, the No. 38 BGB Motorsports Porsche emerged in the lead, with Spencer Pumpelly having taken over from Thomas Collingwood. Although Trent Hindman matched teammate McAleer’s earlier form in the No. 28, Pumpelly never left a glimmer of an opening over the closing hour and came home 0.373 seconds clear of Hindman to win the race.
Ransomware perpetrator extradited from Poland to face charges in Virginia, New Jersey
A Belarussian and Ukrainian national has been charged in the Eastern District of Virginia and District of New Jersey with leading international computer hacking and wire fraud schemes. Maksim Silnikau, also known as Maksym Silnikov, 38,made his initial appearance in Newark, N.J., on Aug. 12 after being extradited from Poland.
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