
State Police: Two confirmed traffic deaths due to Monday snowstorm
From 4 p.m. Monday through 12 p.m. Tuesday, Virginia State Police troopers and dispatchers statewide fielded 3,363 calls for service statewide.

From 4 p.m. Monday through 12 p.m. Tuesday, Virginia State Police troopers and dispatchers statewide fielded 3,363 calls for service statewide.

This week in the Senate of Virginia has been hectic and busy. This Tuesday was the last day the Senate had to consider the bills introduced in that chamber in order for the House of Delegates to begin their consideration of the legislation; and the House has done the same.

Jonathan Arledge scored a game high 17 points and Aaron Bacote added 11, but the UTEP Miners held off the Monarchs for a 62-47 C-USA victory at the Don Haskins Center. ODU falls to 18-6 overall and 7-5 in C-USA, while UTEP is 18-7 overall and 10-3 in C-USA.

Trey Freeman (Virginia Beach, VA.) scored 19 points and Jonathan Arledge (Silver spring, MD.) added 15, but UTSA rallied in the second half to defeat the ODU Monarchs, 72-67 in a Conference USA nationally televised game.

House Republican leaders highlighted the success of their policy agenda at crossover in a press conference on Wednesday.

Earlier today, the House of Delegates passed the final piece of Attorney General Mark R. Herring’s bipartisan package of heroin and prescription drug legislation, HB1500 to allow safe reporting of overdoses in progress, meaning that all four bills have now passed their chamber in the General Assembly.

This afternoon, Senate Republicans axed Democrats’ final hope at gaining some traction on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in Virginia.

Five ODU Monarchs scored in double figures led by junior guard Aaron Bacote (Hampton, VA.) with 14 as Old Dominion defeated Charlotte, 61-57 in a Conference-USA matchup before a crowd of 7,678 at the Ted Constant Convocation Center.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced Friday that 329,500 Virginians have signed up for health insurance or renewed their plans on the Federal Marketplace during the current enrollment, which ends February 15.

The Virginia House of Delegates passed legislation Thursday to provide schools in the Commonwealth with exemptions from federal regulations that effectively prohibit students from holding fundraisers that sell snacks and food not compliant with the federal school lunch program.