
Pedestrian dead in accident on Interstate 64 in Albemarle County
Virginia State Police responded to a crash on westbound Interstate 64 at the 108 mile marker involving a tractor-trailer and a pedestrian reported at 5:06 a.m. Thursday.

Virginia State Police responded to a crash on westbound Interstate 64 at the 108 mile marker involving a tractor-trailer and a pedestrian reported at 5:06 a.m. Thursday.

Ryan Howard picked up three hits and drove in a pair, including the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, as the Richmond Flying Squirrels topped the Hartford Yard Goats, 6-4, on Wednesday night at The Diamond.

AMPAC Fine Chemicals will invest $25 million to expand its existing operation on North Normandy Drive in the City of Petersburg.

Virginia wide receiver Terrell Jana was selected by the Saskatchewan Roughriders during Tuesday’s second round (17th overall) in the 2021 Canadian Football League Draft.

VMI head football coach Scott Wachenheim, on the heels of the Keydets’ best season in more than a half-century, was honored as the 34th annual Stats Perform FCS Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year on Tuesday.

EMU’s track athletes made a splash at this weekend’s ODAC Championships in Lynchburg, breaking two meet records.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the upcoming week.

Congressman A. Donald McEachin announced four grants, totaling $407,211, from the Department of Health and Human Services to four groups in the Fourth District that provide Head Start services.

May is National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, and Virginia State Police is once again offering its “Ride 2 Save Lives” motorcycle self-assessment courses across the Commonwealth in the coming weeks.

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service will co-invest with Trout Unlimited and the Capital Region Land Conservancy to launch two new partnership projects.
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