
Drivers beware: The deadly perils of blank check traffic stops
You’re driving along and you see a pair of flashing blue lights in your rearview mirror. Whether or not you’ve done anything wrong, you get a sinking feeling in your stomach.

You’re driving along and you see a pair of flashing blue lights in your rearview mirror. Whether or not you’ve done anything wrong, you get a sinking feeling in your stomach.

Attorney General Mark R. Herring commemorated National Crime Victims’ Rights Week by honoring 11 victims’ advocates at the fourth Unsung Heroes Awards ceremony.

More than three out of five of traffic crash-related fatalities in the 2019 St. Patrick’s Day weekend involved a drunk driver.

It took no time at all for the switch to be thrown and the nation’s capital to be placed under a military lockdown, online speech forums restricted, and individuals with subversive or controversial viewpoints ferreted out, investigated, shamed or shunned.

Roadways can be dangerous, both for drivers and for pedestrians. What measures can we take to improve road safety? And how good of a job are we actually doing?

If your organization’s passion is making a difference in your community and you want to save lives, consider applying for a highway safety grant from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles.

Officer Tim Wright and his K9 partner Doerak are retiring from the Harrisonburg Police Department, effective Jan. 1, which is this coming Friday.

A group of Franklin County teens’ efforts to educate teachers, parents and community leaders about the concealed use of vape products, drugs and alcohol in their school and community have earned the youth coalition a $500 grant from Virginia ABC.

Nationwide, there have been fewer DWI and DUI charges during the stay-at-home orders than during the same period in 2019.

All driving under the influence (DUI) penalties come with a penalty of probation, which is an opportunity for an individual to prove his or her ability to not drink and drive.
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