
Emmett Hanger: Update on 2021 Virginia General Assembly work
“Toto, we’re not in Kansas anymore.” That famous line from the “Wizard of Oz” is quite apt for what our 2021 Session is like this year under COVID restrictions and precautions.

“Toto, we’re not in Kansas anymore.” That famous line from the “Wizard of Oz” is quite apt for what our 2021 Session is like this year under COVID restrictions and precautions.

Virginia State Police Trooper R.W. Stauss is investigating a single-vehicle crash in Augusta County. The crash occurred Friday at 1:15 a.m. on Interstate 64 at the 91 mile marker.

The bridges spanning the Potomac River connecting Virginia and Washington, D.C., will be closed during the 2021 presidential inauguration.

The four members of Virginia’s congressional delegation who voted last week to reject Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election victory this week are worried about dividing the country by voting for President Trump’s impeachment.

Virginia State Police is investigating an unattended death that occurred in the parking lot of the state police Area 14 Office in Edinburg.

United States Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick passed away Thursday due to injuries sustained while physically engaging with rioters at the Capitol a day earlier.

Gov. Ralph Northam issued the following statement today after he deployed members of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia State Police to respond to events in Washington, D.C.

At 1:16 p.m., Monday, Virginia State Police responded to a crash in the northbound lanes of I-81, 3.5 miles north of Raphine Road (Route 606).

A Waynesboro woman led authorities on a 17-minute pursuit that ended with her and a male in custody, two law enforcement officers sustaining minor injuries, and a Staunton K9 dog dead.

What if, instead of being born into the Roman police state, Jesus had been born at this moment in time? What kind of reception would Jesus and his family be given?
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