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.
The Harrisonburg Fire Department is seeking leads related to a structure fire that occurred last week in Shannon Hill Office Park.
Firefighters rescued a disabled woman from a Harrisonburg apartment fire on Friday afternoon.
Albemarle County Fire Rescue is supplementing emergency response with career staff placed along with volunteers at North Garden Volunteer Fire Company.
A Friday night fire in Harrisonburg caused $190,000 in damage and displaced a family of five.
Mike Hollins won’t want to hear it, but he’s a hero on the level of the firefighters who ran into the World Trade Center on 9/11.

The Social Security Fairness Act would eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO), both of which unfairly reduce or eliminate Social Security benefits for millions of Americans who were public service employees.
The Albemarle County Fire Rescue and Charlottesville Fire Departments will unite to honor and remember the lives lost on the September 11 terrorist attacks with a stair climb event at Monticello High School.

Between retirements and the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 in Waynesboro and the industry changing with compensation for police, the Waynesboro Police Department is 20 percent down in staff. Ten police officer positions are open, as well as office positions.
In the presence of a giant sequoia, there is no lack of wonder. There is settling stillness as eyes lift to these giants’ amorphous yet signature crowns.