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Published on Jan 19, 2025

Winter Weather Update for Virginia: Sunday and Monday Are Anticipated to Be Very Cold and Snowy Along Blue Ridge

Blacksburg, Virginia — Extreme winter weather is expected to hit Virginia on Sunday, with a wintry mix turning to snow and dangerously cold temperatures continuing into next week. Residents west of the Blue Ridge Mountains should prepare for temperatures …

Source: The Independent Newsgroup - Michigan - Neutral
Published on Jan 19, 2025

Biden pardons Virginia Speaker of the House Don Scott

On his last full day in the White House President Joe Biden has pardoned Virginia Speaker of the House Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, who served nearly eight years in prison after a 1994 conviction on a drug-related offense. In January 2024 Scott became the …

Source: Richmond Times Dispatch - Virginia - Neutral
Published on Jan 19, 2025

Trump, Melania serenaded by Elvis impersonator at Virginia golf club

Source: Fox News - Right-wing
Published on Jan 19, 2025

Virginia high school basketball scores (Jan. 18 games)

BOYS Alexandria City 65, Chantilly 58 Altavista 50, Brookville 46 Annandale 52, Overbrook, Pa. 44 Bethel 73, Loyola, Md. 54 Bishop O’Connell 63, Riverdale Baptist, Md. 41 C. G. Woodson 47, Forest Park 39 Cape Henry Collegiate 60, Tallwood 54 Centreville 64 …

Source: InsideNoVa - Virginia - Label Pending
Published on Jan 19, 2025

Key bill on data center oversight in Virginia fails

A centerpiece of a bipartisan push for oversight of the data centers that are poised to send electricity demand and rates ballooning in Virginia failed on Thursday in an early General Assembly test. Earlier Thursday, rural and suburban legislators clashed …

Source: The Daily Progress - Virginia - Center-left
Published on Jan 19, 2025

Youngkin slams Biden's decision to grant clemency to two Virginia men

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Attorney General Jason Miyares criticized President Joe Biden's decision to grant clemency to the “Waverly Two," who sentenced to life in prison for the 1998 murder of a Sussex County police officer, even though …

Source: Just the News - Right-wing
Published on Jan 19, 2025

Popular restraint system the center of discussions at Virginia Beach jail death hearings

A device known as The Wrap has been used by police departments and medical facilities across the country for years to restrain combative people. Several local police departments have begun using it in recent years. Originally Published: January 19, 2025 at …

Source: Daily Press - Virginia - Neutral
Published on Jan 19, 2025

FBI, West Virginia Turnpike Authority warns of toll payment text scam

WEST VIRGINIA (LOOTPRESS) – The West Virginia Turnpike Authority and FBI are warning toll road users about a text messaging scam targeting drivers in multiple states. According to a public announcement from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), …

Source: Lootpress - West Virginia - Center-right
Published on Jan 19, 2025

What channel is U of L women's basketball vs. Virginia Tech on today? Time, TV info

Source: Courier-Journal - Kentucky - Neutral
Published on Jan 19, 2025

Yankee Sullivan fought 1847 match near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — The month of May marks the beginning of West Virginia's rainy season, the time of year when storms build quickly over her mountain forests and come bearing down on her valleys. Advertisement It was during one such deluge that …

Source: West Virginia Explorer - Neutral