The build is on! Construction on Wayne Theatre to begin in September

Chris Graham

An effort to rebuild the Wayne Theatre that began in 1999 will take a huge step forward with construction slated to begin in September. The news was first made public tonight to a live audience at the River City Radio Hour at the Gateway Theatre, a sister theatre to the Wayne, at the kickoff event to the Wayne Theatre Alliance’s 2013-2014 programming season.

Major new customer for Virginia soybean exports

Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that Perdue Agribusiness, which owns and operates a major deep-water export terminal for grains and oilseeds in Chesapeake, has reached a new agreement with China’s Jiusan Oil and Grain Industries Group (Jiusan) to supply up to 8 million bushels of soybeans in a series of bulk shipments for the 2013-14 crop.