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Two dead, two injured in Friday incident
First responders were summoned to an alleged shooting incident Friday at the El Parral Mexican Restaurant, in Martinsville. Two people are dead, two...
Emergency declaration issued in advance of winter storm
Gov. Ralph Northam on Friday declared a state of emergency in preparation for a winter storm expected to move into Virginia over the weekend. The National Weather...
VDOT urges residents to plan now and avoid travel during major winter storm
A major winter storm is expected to bring significant snow mixed with sleet and freezing rain to western Virginia starting Sunday, January 16. The Virginia Department of...
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Snow, ice blast through South with powerful winter storm
ATLANTA (AP) — A dangerous winter storm combining high winds and ice swept through parts of the U.S. Southeast on Sunday, knocking out power, felling trees and fences and coating roads with a treacherous, frigid glaze. Tens of thousands of customers were without power in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. Highway patrols reported
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Republican Glenn Youngkin sworn in as Virginia 74th governor
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Striking a tone of bipartisanship and optimism, Virginia’s new governor, Glenn Youngkin, pledged to “restore trust in government and to restore power to the people” after he was sworn in to office Saturday. “Today we stand together on behalf of Virginians who’ve never lost faith, even when they suffered loss. Of Virginians
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Major winter storm: South braces for big blast of snow, ice
ATLANTA (AP) — Forecasts of snow and ice as far south as Georgia have put a big part of the Southeast on an emergency preparedness footing as shoppers scoured store shelves for storm supplies and crews raced to treat highways and roads as a major winter storm approached from the Midwest. In Virginia, where a
