RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Senate has passed a bill that would dock lottery winners who’d received welfare. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that the Senate voted 21-19 Monday to take back money from state lottery winners who’d received welfare benefits in the past five years. The bill by Sen. […]
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A Virginia Tech freshman has been charged with illegally possessing a rifle. Virginia Tech spokesman Mark Owczarski confirmed to the Richmond Times-Dispatch that Yunsong Zhao was arrested Monday. Owczarski says Zhao is accused of possessing a rifle, a weapon that Virginia law says foreign nationals cannot […]
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement after President Trump’s first State of the Union Address: “President Trump’s address presented to the American people the accomplishments of his Administration from the past year and offered a blueprint for further progress. Tax reform has led to more money for workers […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) issued the following statement on President Trump’s State of the Union address: “The President missed an opportunity tonight to show he’s serious about being a bipartisan dealmaker. Despite the length of this speech, there was little in it that reached beyond the divisiveness and partisanship of his […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement after President Trump’s State of the Union Address: “For the past year, Americans have been let down by a President who thrives off division and stands in the way of compromise on important issues. I brought Lakesha Cole as my […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Addressing a deeply divided nation, President Donald Trump called for a “new American moment” of unity Tuesday night and challenged lawmakers to make good on long-standing promises to fix a dangerously fractured immigration system, warning of evil outside forces seeking to undermine the nation’s way of life. […]
At 7:51 p.m., Tuesday (Jan. 30), Virginia State Police responded to a crash on Interstate 81 at Exit 77 in Wythe County. A tractor-trailer and passenger vehicle collided in the southbound lanes of I-81. The impact of the crash caused the tractor-trailer to overturn. There is at least one injury […]
James Worley Branch, age 67 of Pulaski passed away Sunday, January 28, 2018 at the Radford Health and Rehab and now reunited with his wife, Eva Darlene Branch. Born February 28, 1950 in Wythe County, he was the son of the late James Herman Branch & Pearl Sage Branch. His […]
Lola Emily Staples Wolfe, 93, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at Carilion New River Medical Center. She was born in Hillsville, VA on August 18, 1924 to the late Solon and Ethel Hicks Staples. She was also preceded in death by her loving husband […]
Evelyn Maxine Jones Weaver, age 90 of Dublin, died Sunday, January 28, 2018. She was born on November 20, 1927 in Bland County, and was the daughter of the late Matilda Harris Jones and Floyd Jones. Evelyn was a member of the Dublin United Methodist Church. In addition to her […]
Helen Clark Eastridge, age 88 of Dublin passed away Monday evening January 29, 2018 at the New River Valley Medical Center. Born September 2, 1929 in Washington County, she was the daughter of the late Henry Clark and Mamie C. Clark. Her husband, Paul William Eastridge, sons, Paul Wayne Eastridge […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia state Senate committee has voted to kill a bill that would decriminalize small amounts of marijuana. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports nine Republicans on the Senate Courts of Justice Committee voted Monday against the bill while six Democrats voted for it. The bill from Democratic […]