
idX Corporation to invest $7.2 million to establish Virginia manufacturing operation
idX Corporation will invest $7.2 million to establish its Virginia manufacturing operation in Spotsylvania County.

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.
A Florida man who wreaked havoc on a Virginia interstate on Valentine’s Day is now facing 74 charges in a series of hit-and-run crashes.
A Virginia man was sentenced to life in prison after a blatant attempt to rid the country of a couple of Latino men in a hate-fueled shooting spree.

Democrats told you the Northern Virginia economy would take a hit from the Trump/DOGE government job cuts, and guess what, it’s happening.
A U.S. Navy aircraft is in the water off the coast of Virginia after a pilot ejected during a routine training flight this morning.
Seven people were killed in crashes on Virginia roads over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, according to preliminary data.
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