
Update on Greene County hit-and-run fatality
The investigation continues this evening into a fatal hit-and-run of a pedestrian early Tuesday morning (Jan. 20) in Greene County.

The investigation continues this evening into a fatal hit-and-run of a pedestrian early Tuesday morning (Jan. 20) in Greene County.

At 3:50 a.m., the Greene County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 report of a possible body in the northbound lanes of Route 29, just north of the Sheets gas station in Greene County.

The 2015 Session of the General Assembly is underway. This is a short session, scheduled to adjourn on February 28, 2015, so the work will be fast and furious.

On Aug. 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his impassioned “I Have a Dream Speech at the Lincoln Memorial. Two weeks earlier, a young girl played in the first integrated tennis match on the public courts of Richmond, Va.

Members of the House Republican Caucus outlined their 2015 agenda Monday at a press conference at the General Assembly Building in Richmond.

It’s official! AAA, the trusted source for nationwide gas prices, announced the Virginia gas price average fell below $2 per gallon to $1.99 per gallon statewide, the lowest price of gasoline in the Commonwealth since May 2009.

For the past three years, Virginia Tech civil and environmental engineering students and faculty advisers Mark Widdowson and John Novak, have spent considerable time in the Caribbean but the journeys were not of the recreational variety.

U.S. motorists are paying an average price at the gas pump Friday ($2.08 per gallon) that is nearly 44 percent lower than the 2014 peak of $3.70 reached on April 28.

UVA Health System and Bon Secours Health System signed a non-exclusive agreement this week that will lead to new patient care partnerships.

Governor McAuliffe and the Virginia Council on Women announced the fourth annual STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Essay Contest for high school junior and senior girls.
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