RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers held a legislative session unlike any in the state’s more than 400-year history Wednesday, donning masks and keeping their distance from each other as they voted to delay a minimum wage hike, teacher raises, and other items amid uncertainty about the coronavirus pandemic’s impact […]
(BLACKSBURG, Virginia) — The Virginia Department of Health’s New River Health District announced that a resident of the district who was ill with COVID-19 has died. “We regret to announce that we have experienced our first local COVID-19-related fatality,” said Noelle Bissell, M.D., director of the New River Health District. […]
The Virginia Department of Health’s COVID-19 website, which was not updated until this afternoon due to technical issues, now shows Pulaski County reporting 9 COVID-19 cases. Still, only two people in the county have been hospitalized. Wythe County has seen an increase to 11 cases with one hospitalized and one […]
***LATEST UPDATE*** Per the Roanoke County Police Department, the three children have been safely located and Ruby Allison taken into police custody. The AMBER Alert is officially cancelled. ***FIRST UPDATE*** (John Allison is in custody at this time. All three children are still missing and are believed to […]
***UPDATE*** (John Allison is in custody at this time. All three children are still missing and are believed to be with Ruby Allison. The 2006 Cadillac four door has been recovered and Mrs. Allison is believed to be driving the 1999 Maroon Chevrolet Suburban Virginia tag VVU-3796. No […]
College football recruiting can change by the hour, and since publishing my latest Locker Room, it has changed again in just 24 hours, and this time the boost belongs to the Wahoos. Virginia just landed its first 4-star commitment for the 2021 recruiting class. Josh McCarron, […]
Dave Ramsey and Chris Hogan share practical money advice NASHVILLE, Tenn. – To give Americans a plan for winning with their money, Ramsey Solutions is streaming Financial Peace Live free of charge on Thursday, April 23 at 7 p.m. CT. Nationally syndicated radio host Dave Ramsey and bestselling author Chris Hogan will […]
Football at all levels is presently in a bit of limbo. Most conversations are now about will we take to the gridiron in the fall, and not if we can salvage baseball or racing in the summer. An unwanted virus has done shocking damage to our country in a thousand […]
The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) has set a deadline for more information from certain Social Security beneficiaries to ensure they receive additional economic impact payments promptly. Social Security retirement, survivors, and disability insurance beneficiaries who did not file 2018 or 2019 taxes and who have qualifying children under age […]
NEW YORK (AP) — As state and federal leaders tussle over when and how fast to “reopen” the U.S. economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, some corporations are taking the first steps toward bringing their employees back to work. Which in many cases is easier said than done. Detroit-area automakers, which […]
Frustration is mounting as more families across the U.S. enter their second or even third week of distance learning — and some overwhelmed parents say it will be their last. Amid the barrage of learning apps, video meet-ups and e-mailed assignments that pass as pandemic home school, some frustrated and […]
According to the Virginia Department of Health’s COVID-19 website, Pulaski County continues to report only eight cases of the virus with two people hospitalized. Six of Montgomery County’s 48 cases have resulted in hospitalizations, and one of Wythe County’s 10 cases has resulted in hospitalization. Wythe County also has the […]