Former Virginia state trooper who killed teen’s family had troubled past, still got police job
Austin Lee Edwards got a job with the Virginia State Police after threatening to kill his father and himself in a 2016 encounter in Abingdon.
Austin Lee Edwards got a job with the Virginia State Police after threatening to kill his father and himself in a 2016 encounter in Abingdon.
Virginia State Police is reporting that a three-vehicle crash in the 2000 block of Shenandoah Mountain Drive in Augusta County has resulted in one confirmed fatality.
The COP27 U.N. Climate Summit in Egypt ended with a hard-fought deal to create a fund to help poor countries being battered by climate disasters.
The remains of a deceased male found in a river in the Dooms area of Augusta County have been identified as a recently reported missing 52-year-old Waynesboro man.

There were rumors going into Louisville’s Oct. 8 game at Virginia that a Cardinals loss could mean the end for coach Scott Satterfield.
Pittsburgh clinched its first winning streak of the season on a Minkah Fitzpatrick interception in the closing seconds Sunday, hanging on for a 19-16 win at Atlanta.
Although the Atlantic Hurricane season ended November 30, floods can happen anywhere and at any time.
An unbelievable story out of Henrico County – a Virginia State Police trooper was dragged by a fleeing suspect in an SUV for three miles on I-295.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a proposal to allow police to arm robots with deadly weapons for use in emergency situations.
Brennan Armstrong is on his way out, and it’s not hard to imagine that he’s just the first of many to be headed out the door after the first season of the Tony Elliott era at Virginia.
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