
Thanksgiving holiday crashes claim 12 lives on Virginia highways
The 2018 Thanksgiving holiday weekend proved deadly for 12 drivers and passengers, to include a City of Winchester police officer.

The 2018 Thanksgiving holiday weekend proved deadly for 12 drivers and passengers, to include a City of Winchester police officer.

The nearly 16 percent of Virginians who still do not wear their seat belts should be warned – state and local police officers will be out in full force across Virginia looking for unbelted motorists during this month’s “Click It or Ticket” campaign.

Spotsylvania High School and Auburn Middle School are the statewide winners of the 2018 “Save Your Tailgate, Buckle Up and Slow Down” (SYT) campaign.

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) have introduced a bill to require uniformed federal police officers to wear body cameras and have dashboard cameras in marked vehicles.

Virginia State Police Trooper J.T. Lotts is investigating a single-vehicle crash in Augusta County. The crash occurred Saturday at 3:23 p.m. on Interstate 81 at the 234 mile marker.

Two City of Waynesboro employees were honored at the sixth annual Virginia Crisis Intervention Training Coalition Conference last week in Blacksburg.

The Virginia State Police has confirmed five deaths in the Commonwealth related to Tropical Storm Michael.

Close to 60 high schools, middle schools, and youth groups across Virginia are kicking off a statewide campaign to increase seat belt usage rates among teens and youth.

With Virginia under a state of emergency, and forecasts showing Florence zeroing in on the Mid-Atlantic, the time for all Virginians to prepare is now.

Governor Ralph Northam has declared a state of emergency in anticipation of the potential impact from Florence, currently a tropical storm.
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