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'Collaboration of Love' gears up for annual back-to-school bash in Danville
DANVILLE, Va. (WSET) — Churches in Danville are getting together Saturday to give out over 600 backpacks filled with essential school supplies. Organizers for this event tell us that they have been working all week to prepare for the big event. The Collaboration of Love is running this annual...
Petersburg: 'No comment' on report of intoxicated firefighter driving truck that hit a car
PETERSBURG – City officials are refusing to comment on reports that a city firefighter who reportedly hit a parked car last week while driving a fire truck was intoxicated at the time. Aaron Michael Hinspater, 34, of North Chesterfield, was listed in court records as blowing a .145 – almost twice the legal intoxicated limit in Virginia – on a breathalyzer test police gave him after the July 23 incident on Sycamore Street. Multiple media reports say he admitted...
Man with heart condition calls applying for Social Security disability benefits a 'demoralizing' experience
Earl Barry is frustrated with what he said has been a "demoralizing" experience navigating the process of applying for disability through the Social Security Administration. Barry told Scripps News Richmond he has been going back and forth with the SSA on claims for more than a year. "It's been very...
Dog-breeding research company to be sentenced for inhumane treatment of Beagles and environmental violations
Following its guilty plea, Envigo will pay the largest-ever fine in an animal welfare case. Envigo, an Indiana-based Beagle-breeding company for research purposes and one of the largest suppliers of laboratory animals in the United States, pled guilty to violating the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) by neglecting thousands of dogs at its breeding facility in Cumberland, Virginia. The company will be paying a fine of more than $35 million, representing the largest-ever fine in an animal welfare case, according to a news release.1.
1,900 Virginians take advantage of tax credit to encourage safe firearm storage
New data from the Virginia Department of Taxation shows that, during tax year 2023, 1,905 Virginians took advantage of a new tax credit designed to help offset the cost of life-saving gun storage devices like gun safes, gun locks and more.
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