State Police investigating fatal accident in Rockingham County
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Virginia State Police Trooper B.W. Breeden is investigating a fatal crash that occurred in Rockingham County Monday evening.
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Bridgewater College police chief to make presentation at 150th anniversary of Antietam
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It was the bloodiest single day in American history. In 12 gruesome hours on Sept. 17, 1862, approximately 23,000 Americans from the North and the South were killed, wounded or lost in action at the battle of Antietam in Maryland.
George Allen receives Fraternal Order of Police endorsement
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George Allen received the U.S. Senate endorsement of the Virginia State Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police
ACLU of Virginia weighs in on Supreme Court decision on Arizona immigration law
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The U.S. Supreme Court this morning handed down a mixed decision in Arizona v. United States, a case challenging that state’s SB 1070 law, which is based on the controversial Prince William County ordinance that was cast aside as unworkable in 2008. While throwing out provisions making it a state crime to be in the country illegally and to make it a state crime to seek work, the Court refused to say that the Arizona “show me your papers” law was invalid on its face, without additional facts and an interpretation of the law by the Arizona Courts
State Police joins in Operation Border to Border
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Four state police agencies will engage in “Operation Border to Border,” a coordinated initiative targeting approximately 400 miles of U.S. Route 15, a heavily-traveled thoroughfare for summer vacationers and for those attempting to avoid congested interstates serving all four states
Grand jury indicts Culpeper police officer in February shooting
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A special investigative grand jury handed up a four-count indictment against the Town of Culpeper Police Officer involved in the Feb. 9 fatal shooting of a Culpeper County woman
State Police investigating accidents in Albemarle, Shenandoah
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One man was killed and three others were injured in a two-vehicle crash Thursday in Albemarle County
Moody’s: Virginia pension reforms ‘credit-positive’
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Moody’s Investor Services issued its Weekly Credit Outlook briefing today highlighting Gov. Bob McDonnell’s efforts to reform and strengthen the Virginia Retirement System. The bond-rating agency found the recently passed reforms to be “credit positive” and noted that Virginia estimates that its reforms, “lower total unfunded liabilities for state and local employee plans by nearly…
Harrisoburg police chief retires
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Harrisonburg Police Chief Donald G. Harper will officially retire on March 31, 2012 after announcing his intention to retire in 2011. Harper has reached the mandatory retirement age for public safety officials in the state of Virginia. On Tuesday, March 27, the Harrisonburg City Council passed a resolution honoring Harper’s career with the city. Among…
State Police still pursuing leads in ’96 Reynolds murder
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It was March 2, 1996, when Alicia Showalter Reynolds was abducted in Culpeper County on Route 29 while traveling from Baltimore, Md., to Charlottesville. Since then the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Culpeper Field Office has received more than 10,000 tips relating to the ongoing case. State police continue to encourage the public…
