
AAA, NTSB warn of increase in fatal wrong-way crashes
A report from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety shows a 10 percent increase in wrong-way crash fatalities in the most recent four-year period studied.

A report from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety shows a 10 percent increase in wrong-way crash fatalities in the most recent four-year period studied.

Virginia gas prices have fallen 2.1 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.74/gallon today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 4,081 stations in Virginia.

Dejon Brissett at least got drafted – by the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts. Still didn’t get to play, because the CFL canceled its 2020 season due to COVID. Hasise Dubois, after a 1,000-plus-yard season at UVA in 2019, didn’t even have a football job to have to miss out on.

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced that Virginia will receive $79,907,625 in federal funding from the Department of Health and Human Services to support 26 community health centers across the Commonwealth.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced additional appointments to his administration on Friday.

The Virginia Aviation Board awarded more than $6.54 million to 27 airports across the Commonwealth to fund 40 projects that will improve the airports and the services they provide.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the upcoming week.

The Virginia State Police is investigating a fatal fire reported to Augusta County Fire and Rescue at 6:18 a.m. on Thursday.

VCU Men’s Basketball mourns the passing of Benny Dees, the program’s first head coach. Dees, a native of Mount Vernon, Ga., was 86.

We’ll start here with one linking the two: Ralph Sampson probably doesn’t have 462 blocks if not for Ricky Stokes and fellow “Blitz Brother” Othell Wilson.
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