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Kim Caldwell lands 1st high school commits as Lady Vols coach with 2025 guards Mia and Mya Pauldo
Kim Caldwell has scored her first two high school commitments as the coach of Lady Vols basketball. Twin guards Mia and Mya Pauldo announced their commitment to Tennessee on social media Thursday. The 2025 guards took an official visit to UT during the last weekend of June. The twins have already made waves in the NIL space, signing in September 2022 a three-year deal with Puma as 15-year-olds. ...
‘Happy Campers’ – Amy Nicholson’s Documentary Captures The Final Days of a Virginia Working-Class Summer Colony | Trailer
After premiering the documentary at last year’s DOC NYC and making the official selection for 2024 Atlanta Film Festival, Grasshopper Film released the new trailer for Amy Nicholson’s documentary ‘Happy Campers’. The documentary captures the final days of the life of a working-class summer colony after the land they use for their trailer park is sold to developers.
2024 Entrepreneurship Gamechanger Merit Award Winner – Downtown Wytheville!
The Virginia Main Street (VMS) program’s Entrepreneurship Gamechanger merit award highlights programs, policies, or initiatives that nurture and support individuals or emerging small businesses to develop their ideas, products, and/or services into viable, competitive businesses. The 2024 award went to Downtown Wytheville, Inc. (DTW) for their Grow with Google program!
Bissinger, Zimmerman pick up VaSID All-State recognition
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) announced the All-State College Division women's soccer teams for the 2023 season, and Washington and Lee rising juniors Bryn Bissinger and Sarah Zimmerman both landed on the first team. Bissinger is a first-time VaSID All-State selection after she picked...
Skill games remain illegal in Virginia, but some businesses are evading the ban
Virginia lawmakers banned skill games years ago after rejecting the argument that slot machine lookalikes don’t count as gambling because they involve more skill than luck. An industry push to convince the General Assembly to repeal that ban failed earlier this year. Despite that failure, a new type of machine is showing up in Virginia […] The post Skill games remain illegal in Virginia, but some businesses are evading the ban appeared first on Virginia Mercury.
Almost 12lbs of fentanyl found in duffle bag labeled 'DRUG MONEY' in Tenn. storage unit
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. — Truth in advertising apparently helped narcotics detectives seize a bag with fentanyl -- a LOT of fentanyl. Almost 12 pounds' worth. Detectives discovered the drugs in a duffle bag labeled 'DRUG MONEY' inside a storage unit in the Chattanooga area, according to a release from the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office (HCSO).
Man arrested following motorcycle pursuit through Smyth, Wythe counties
SMYTH COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — The Smyth County Sheriff’s Office assisted in apprehending a man who allegedly led several agencies on a pursuit on a stolen motorcycle Tuesday evening. Smyth County Sheriff’s Office’s Sgt. Jackson told News Channel 11 that Wesley Adam Keesee, Shenandoah, Va., was arrested and transported to the Abingdon Regional Jail following […]
Bob Good files for recount in Virginia’s 5th District GOP primary to find ‘true result’ of election
Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), the incumbent in Virginia's 5th Congressional District, has officially filed for a recount in the district's recent GOP primary to "ascertain the true result" of the election, according to court filings.
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