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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...
Virginia Brain Tumor Walk & Race Raises Money to Defeat Brain Tumors
National Brain Tumor Society, the largest patient advocacy organization in the United States committed to curing brain tumors and improving the lives of patients and families, will host the seventh annual Virginia Brain Tumor Walk & Race at Bryan Park on November 3, 2024. Hundreds of local volunteers and participants — including patients, survivors, caregivers, families and friends, research scientists, medical providers, and local businesses—will walk and run for a critical cause: conquering and curing brain tumors — once and for all.
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 …
Driver Placed Gas Can In Vehicle Before Fiery, Deadly Crash In Virginia: Police
Police in Prince William County have launched a death investigation into a fiery crash Friday, Aug. 23, they said.The sole occupants of the vehicle that had crashed and went up in flames at Old Bridge and Occoquan Roads around 6:50 p.m. is believed to have placed gasoline in the passenger…
Trump whistleblower-turned-Democratic House candidate accused in FEC complaint of violating federal law
EXCLUSIVE — Eugene Vindman, a Trump whistleblower-turned-Democratic congressional candidate in Virginia, is facing a Federal Election Commission complaint over his campaign’s allegedly illegal coordination with an outside group. The complaint, filed with the FEC on Wednesday by the Functional Government Initiative, calls for the agency to investigate Vindman, the Democrat’s campaign, and a political action […]
Day care owner arrested, accused of restraining children with tape in Fairfax County
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — Police said they arrested a woman who used tape to restrain children in her at-home day care in Bailey’s Crossroads. The Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) said officers went to the business, located in the 3600 block of Paul St. on Aug. 1 after they received a report […]
Fredericksburg Man Killed In Crash That Shut Down I-66 In Fairfax County Identified By VSP
New details have been released following a fiery fatal crash on I-66 in Virginia near The Beltway Interchange in Fairfax County on Friday morning.Fredericksburg resident Devin Stewart, 23, has been identified by state police as the person killed in a crash early on Aug. 23 that shut down the inters…
Breaking Bad: Employee Used Government Computer To Research Ricin In Virginia, Feds Say
A Virginia man is facing prison time after storing a sample of an illegal poison in his Fairfax County home, federal authorities announced.Vienna resident Russell Richardson Vane IV, 42, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to possession of ricin by an unregistered person following his experiments into extr…
Health officials say whooping cough cases are increasing across Fairfax County
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — The Fairfax Health Department (FHD) announced that there has been an increase in pertussis illness, also known as whooping cough, across Fairfax County and Virginia. Whooping cough is caused by bacteria and can spread from person to person through the air. When a person who is sick sneezes […]
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