
Virginia War Memorial announces Veterans Day essay contest winners
A middle-schooler from Alexandria and a high school junior from Henrico County were the first place winners in the Virginia War Memorial’s 2020 Veterans Day Student Essay Contest.

A middle-schooler from Alexandria and a high school junior from Henrico County were the first place winners in the Virginia War Memorial’s 2020 Veterans Day Student Essay Contest.

VCU will open its 2020-2021 basketball season against Charlotte on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 26, at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tenn.

Decriminalization and expunging the records of those convicted of marijuana possession should be the end point of the legalization conversation, not the beginning.

Virginia gas prices have risen 0.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.04/gallon today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 4,081 stations.

Virginia Agriculture in the Classroom has awarded 62 grants to 44 Virginia localities for the 2020-21 school year.

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

The smoke is clear, but the damage and the cause of arson remain for Staunton’s Habitat for Humanity ReStore.

Four-star guard Taine Murray signed a National Letter of Intent with defending champion Virginia on Wednesday.

Attorney General Mark Herring has asked the Virginia Supreme Court to dissolve the injunction preventing the Commonwealth from removing the Robert E. Lee statue from Monument Avenue in Richmond.

Amtrak, facing a $5 billion shortfall, is touting a new standard of travel that the train service hopes will convince travelers that they can get to and fro safely and comfortably during the Thanksgiving travel season.
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