
Bad weather leads to multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 in Virginia
Thirteen cars were involved in a chain of crashes on Interstate 95 in Spotsylvania County Wednesday afternoon, according to Virginia State Police.
Thirteen cars were involved in a chain of crashes on Interstate 95 in Spotsylvania County Wednesday afternoon, according to Virginia State Police.
The Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office has received a federal award of $24,035 to prevent and combat crime.
AAA honored Chloe Cleveland, a fifth-grader at Battlefield Elementary School in Spotsylvania County, as this year’s Outstanding School Safety Patroller in Virginia.
A federal grant of $936,620 will support aging research and telehealth development in Spotsylvania County.
Freshman Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger finally went over the top in her re-election race in the Seventh District after mail-in votes in Spotsylvania County and Henrico County pushed her past Republican challenger Nick Freitas.
idX Corporation will invest $7.2 million to establish its Virginia manufacturing operation in Spotsylvania County.
The winner of this year’s State Fair of Virginia giant pumpkin competition broke his own record. Hank Houston of Spotsylvania County grew the largest entry, a pumpkin that weighed in at 1,340.7 pounds.
Lidl, one of the fastest growing retailers in Europe, will invest $202 million to establish operations in Virginia. The investment will include $77 million for its U.S. corporate headquarters in Arlington County, creating 500 new jobs, as well as $125 million in a regional headquarters and distribution center facility in Spotsylvania County, creating an additional 200 jobs.
In a press conference hosted Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Virginia and the office of Delegate Mark Cole of Spotsylvania County, the organization congratulated the Virginia House of Delegates for passage of a bill that would require a criminal conviction in asset forfeiture cases.
Hank Houston of Spotsylvania County grew the largest entry in this year’s Giant Pumpkin Contest at the State Fair of Virginia; his pumpkin weighed 1,203.2 pounds. The previous record, set in 2007, was 1,138 pounds for a pumpkin grown by William Layton of Nelson County.