
Virginia ABC stores to close at 6 p.m. on Independence Day
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) stores will be open on July 4 to allow customers to make purchases of spirits, mixers and wine – but will close at 6 p.m.

Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) stores will be open on July 4 to allow customers to make purchases of spirits, mixers and wine – but will close at 6 p.m.

The Virginia Tech Hokies picked up their second football commitment of the week on Wednesday, landing three-star linebacker Aycn Stevens out of Indianapolis. The talented defender picked Brent Pry’s team over Purdue and Iowa State.

A Virginia Beach man was sentenced Tuesday to 27 years in prison for producing child sexual abuse material in his home.

Virginia’s official and only comprehensive report on local and statewide crime figures for 2021, titled Crime in Virginia, is now available online at the Virginia State Police website on the VSP CJIS Data Analysis & Reporting Team page.

Data from BarBend.com looking at obesity levels in Virginia over the past 10 years reveals that just two of the Commonwealth’s 135 cities and counties have lower obesity rates than they did a decade ago.

New Virginia Tech football coach Brent Pry has been very vocal about recruiting The Commonwealth, and the Hokies have now picked up another commitment from the state of Virginia.

Five laws impacting the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, its licensees and applicants for ABC licenses will take effect on Friday, July 1.

Mortgage rates are higher than they have been since 2008, and a Virginia Tech expert says consumers shouldn’t expect rates to go down anytime soon.

The ACC is moving forward with the new football scheduling model proposed earlier this year that will have each program face three primary opponents annually and the other 10 league teams twice during the four-year cycle, once at home and once on the road.

A collaborative project between BAE Systems and a team of researchers at Virginia Tech have been awarded a $14 million contract from the Intelligence Advance Research Projects Activity to help secure communications due to an increase in vulnerability and threats. ‘
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