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JMU football’s new defensive line hoping to leave its own legacy
Last year, JMU football’s starting defensive linemen combined for a staggering 37 sacks. This year, all four of those players are gone. Head coach Bob Chesney said 55 players from last year’s roster left in the offseason, and in their place are 64 newcomers. The impact of this seismic shift is evident all throughout the roster, but especially in the defensive line.
Waynesboro police officer ‘justified’ in deadly shooting, Commonwealth Attorney says
WAYNESBORO, VA (Rocktown Now) — The Commonwealth’s Attorney has declared a Waynesboro police officer was justified in a shooting that killed a man after an hour long standoff in April. A report published by Commonwealth Attorney James Hingeley on Friday says that on April 10th, Kevin David Taylor...
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 […]
Local registrars confident in USPS delivery ahead of presidential election
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Early voting is 30 days away, and now local registrars are gearing up to send out ballots in the mail. Our area still ranks low for on-time delivery, but a recent report shows the United States Postal Service is progressing. At the beginning of the year,...
Hiker finds Va. man’s body at Mount Washington on Gulfside Trail
A hiker found the body of a dead Virginia man half a mile below the summit of Mount Washington on the Gulfside Trail, the New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game announced Friday. The 72-year-old man’s body was found at around 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, the department wrote in a...
Popularity of home schooling remains high in western Virginia
ROCKY MOUNT, Va. (WDBJ) - Three Franklin County moms and the children they teach gathered at a park in Rocky Mount Thursday morning to share their experience with home schooling. Like thousands of public and private school students in western Virginia, they’re now getting back to their books, even if...
Retired US Army Sergeant In Virginia Wins $958K Lottery Jackpot After 21 Years Of Service
A veteran who served in the Army for more than two decades can retire a little easier after winning a near million dollar Virginia Lottery jackpot.When Chester resident Christopher Leydic - also a veteran lotto player - saw that the Cash 5 with EZ Match game reverted to it's $200,000 starting …
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